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# What's new in LightCraft
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## October 2026
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### Presets and profiles
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- Import presets from other editors: XMP presets, classic `.lrtemplate` files, "DNG presets" from mobile apps and `.zip`
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bundles of any of these — whole folders at once, grouped by pack. Masks inside presets come along.
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- Luminar looks: `.lmp` files and `.mplumpack` collections import as presets (grouped by collection); the sliders
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with a counterpart here come along, the rest is listed.
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- 23 new built-in presets: Portrait, Landscape, Urban, Food, Seasons, Vintage and B&W toners.
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### Library
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- Smart albums with a rule editor: match all / any / none, nested groups, 26 fields.
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- Quick Collection and target album (B in the grid), keyword sets (⌥1–⌥9), colour-label sets.
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- Colour-label filter with several labels at once; expandable folder tree in Local.
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- Import: copy to any folder, by day / by month / one folder, rename on import, metadata preset, Copy as DNG.
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- Import ▸ Move: photos go into the destination (with the same folders and renaming as Copy, e.g.
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`Photos/2026/20260114/20260114_001.jpg`) together with their XMP sidecars; each original leaves the card only after its
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copy is verified and in the library. Duplicates and files that fail stay where they were.
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- Watched-folder auto import; Convert to DNG; Duplicate; Build Standard / 1:1 / Smart Previews.
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- Export file names use the Rename Photos tokens ({title}, {seq:2}, {date:%Y-%m-%d}…), plus new {num}, {folder}, {lens}, {iso}, {rating}, {creator}.
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- Copyright status, rights usage terms and copyright info URL in Info, metadata presets and exports.
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- Auto-Tag from Tracklog: GPS locations for your photos from a GPX track log, matched by capture time.
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- A change that can't be saved to disk (full or unplugged drive) is no longer silent: the command reports
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"saved in memory but not written to disk", the top bar shows a warning, and LightCraft keeps retrying until the
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save goes through.
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### Editing
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- Auto Sync: edits apply to every selected photo. Auto B&W mix. Automatic versions.
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- Colour-range masks: click the photo to sample. Luminance ranges: range bar, smoothness, luminance map.
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- ⌘-drag to straighten, ⇧G Guided Upright, a grid while transforming.
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### Viewing and sharing
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- Slideshow, second window, All Metadata, System Info.
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- Edit in External Editor (⇧⌘E): a 16-bit TIFF copy, stacked, refreshed when you come back.
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- Lossy DNG files and Smart Previews open as raw photos.
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