PhotoCraft Changelog — Release Notes & Version History

Every official PhotoCraft release summarized: new tools, GPU improvements, bug fixes, and critical upgrade notes for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Last updated: 2026-10-08

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v0.3.0 — October 7, 2026#

Stability & Core Hardening (Major Quality Release)

GPU Device-Loss Recovery: Implemented crash-safe startup and automatic hardware device-loss fallback (#4, #243, #252), fixing black-canvas and driver crash anomalies.
Dynamic 4K UI Scaling: Added automatic and smooth UI scaling for High-DPI / 4K monitors (#225), replacing the previous rigid 100%/200% steps.
Linux Dependency Verification: Integrated an automatic startup self-check (#201) that prints missing Wayland/X11 runtime library names instead of silently failing.
FreeBSD GPU Hardening: Resolved RADV Vulkan and driver initialization edge cases (#194, #223, #227).
Format Warnings: Added clear warnings when opening truncated JPEGs or when maximum PSD channel limits discard quick masks (#115).
CLI Guardrail: The photocraft-cli batch command now blocks overwriting source input folders to prevent accidental data loss.

New Tools & Capabilities

Eraser Tools: Added native Magic Eraser and Background Eraser tools.
Brush & Asset Import: Native Photoshop .abr brush import with stylus pressure and tilt support; 36 grouped presets included. Added Photoshop .grd gradient palette import.
Camera RAW Engine: Native decoding for Canon CR2, Sony ARW (lossless & compressed), Panasonic RW2, Olympus ORF, and Adobe DNG.
WASM Plugin Architecture: Initial release of the sandboxed WebAssembly plugin API (Filter → Plug-ins).
Color Pipeline: Color-managed canvas (sRGB, Display P3, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto, CMYK), Select Color Range dialog, and Blend If in Layer Styles.

⚠️ Upgrade Notes for v0.2.0+:

Automation and MCP command access are now fail-closed by default. You must supply explicit whitelist directory flags (--automation-read-root and --automation-write-root) or set corresponding environment variables.
The desktop control channel requires passing the per-launch security token generated in the terminal.

Initial Public Open-Source Release

Clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop in 100% pure Rust.
Core editor foundation with 34 tools, 16 adjustment layers, and layered PSD/PSB round-tripping.
Cross-platform desktop builds for macOS, Windows, Linux, and experimental FreeBSD.