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PhotoCraft changelog

PhotoCraft has shipped a new version every one to three days since its first release on October 2, 2026. This changelog summarises each version from the official release notes. The current version is 0.8.2.

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PhotoCraft versions at a glance

VersionReleasedHeadline changes
0.8.2October 12, 2026Shared panel docking, camera data from EXIF and XMP in File Info, brush strokes that no longer freeze on release, faster GPU compositing for property edits
0.7.0October 11, 2026Mask thumbnails that update after whole-mask edits, Smudge that follows the brush spacing setting, more Russian translation, MCP server setup from an installed release
0.6.0October 10, 2026Motion Blur 6 to 70 times faster, PSD mask and export fixes, Delete and Fill Selection on the selection tools’ right-click menu
0.5.0October 8, 2026Rendering modes with CPU fallback recovery, a pipette in the Color Picker, type recolouring from the Color panel and Swatches, easier Free Transform handles
0.3.0October 7, 2026Crash-safe document recovery, interface in Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Russian and Czech, TGA export, Free Transform a Copy
0.2.0October 5, 2026Camera RAW decoding for DNG, Canon CR2, Sony ARW, Panasonic RW2 and Olympus ORF, plus locked-down file access for automation clients
0.1.1October 3, 2026First maintenance release
0.1.0October 2, 2026First public release

PhotoCraft 0.8.2

Released October 12, 2026

  • Panels use a shared docking system while keeping their controls and workspaces.
  • File Info shows Camera Data read from EXIF and XMP.
  • Releasing a brush stroke no longer freezes the app: the release notes give 136 ms down to 0.8 ms for one test case.
  • Free Transform commits when you click outside it.
  • Pen pressure is interpolated across Shift-click connecting strokes.
  • The GPU compositor reuses unchanged parts of the layer stack when a property is edited.
  • The dots on the Studio theme’s canvas background can be turned off.

PhotoCraft 0.7.0

Released October 11, 2026

  • Layer mask thumbnails update after Invert and other whole-mask edits.
  • Smudge uses the spacing from Brush Settings.
  • Smart selection keeps your existing selection when it finds nothing.
  • File Info preserves XMP translations you did not change.
  • More of the interface is translated into Russian.
  • The documentation explains how to register the MCP server from an installed release.

PhotoCraft 0.6.0

Released October 10, 2026

  • Motion Blur is 6 to 70 times faster.
  • Applying a text data set re-renders the type layer instead of blanking it.
  • PSD reading handles a mask record written in specification order.
  • PSD export writes empty layer and mask channels as raw.
  • The selection tools’ right-click menu gains Delete and Fill Selection.
  • New Guide Layout remembers the values you last applied.

PhotoCraft 0.5.0

Released October 8, 2026

  • New rendering modes, with recovery to a CPU fallback.
  • The Color Picker can sample colours from the image with a pipette.
  • The Color panel, Swatches and Color Picker recolour selected text.
  • Free Transform: Undo steps through the transform, and handles are easier to grab.
  • Polygonal Lasso: a double-click closes the polygon.
  • Levels no longer clip the input and output ranges in 32-bit documents.
  • Type layers keep their name in step with their text.

PhotoCraft 0.3.0

Released October 7, 2026

  • 182 commits from 183 merged pull requests, including work from 31 community contributors, and 146 issues closed.
  • Recovered unsaved documents survive a second crash.
  • Preferences are no longer lost when two windows save at once or a save fails.
  • The interface is available in Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Russian and Czech, under Edit › Preferences › Interface › Language.
  • JPEG and other exports without transparency composite over white.
  • TGA is offered in Save As and Export As.
  • Free Transform a Copy, keyboard layer navigation, number keys for opacity and New from Clipboard.

PhotoCraft 0.2.0

Released October 5, 2026

  • Camera RAW: DNG, Canon CR2, Sony ARW, Panasonic RW2 and uncompressed Olympus ORF now decode. Nikon’s compressed NEF still opens its embedded preview.
  • Automation through MCP or the control channel now needs explicit file roots; without them, file operations fail.
  • The desktop control channel requires the per-launch token printed at startup.
  • Add Layer Mask uses the active selection.
  • Exit is added to the File menu.

PhotoCraft 0.1.0 and 0.1.1

Version 0.1.0 was the first public release on October 2, 2026, followed by 0.1.1 on October 3. Their release notes link to the commit history without a written summary.

Each version includes many more fixes than are listed here. The summaries pick the changes most users would notice; the official notes list every merged change.