Changelog: What's New in Lightframes

What’s changed in Lightframes, newest first. The full history is in the commit log on GitHub.

20 October 2026

Range masks. Local adjustments can now be limited to a brightness range (darkest to brightest) and to a colour range, with a smoothness control. Useful for touching only the sky in a linear mask, or only the warm tones inside a brush stroke.
Smoother panels on phones. Swipe down on the editing panel to fold it away and up to bring it back.
Gear recommendations and donations. A “Buy me a coffee” button, plus a small, labelled space with photography gear picks (affiliate links). See About for how the project is funded.
Demo video. The start screen has a button to watch a short video of the editor in action.

Background removal. Find the subject automatically, on your device, and replace the background with transparency, a solid colour or a blur. A refine brush (keep / erase) fixes the edges of the cutout.
AI upscaling on export. Enlarge photos 2× or 4× when exporting, using a model that runs in your browser.
Teeth whitening. A new “Whiten” slider for local adjustments.
Nine new built-in looks: B&W, B&W Noir, B&W Matte, Sepia, Selenium, Teal & Orange, Warm Film, Bright & Airy and Nordic. Presets now show as a grid of thumbnails rendered from your own photo.
Choose what to paste. Pasting edits opens a dialog where you pick which settings to apply, so you can paste the colour without the crop.
Multi-file downloads as a ZIP. Exporting several photos or carousel slides now gives you one ZIP instead of a burst of downloads.
Faster session saving. Large RAW files are stored only once in your browser’s storage, so saving after each edit stays quick.
New sample photos, developed from the author’s own RAW files.
Clearer interface. Icons on the panel tabs, a progress indicator in the toolbar for long tasks, an “Add photos” placeholder in the empty filmstrip and a tooltip explaining the clipping toggle.
New address. Lightframes now lives at lightframes.si.

Remove objects with AI. In the Retouch panel, mark something you don’t want and an on-device AI model fills the area in from its surroundings.
Spot removal. Heal and clone spots in the Retouch panel, with a shortcut (H) to show or hide the spot outlines.
Collage and carousel mode. Build Instagram collages and seamless carousels that continue across slides, with ready-made layouts and a choice of slide shapes.
Built-in presets to start from, and a before/after view toggle.
Install as an app. Lightframes can be installed from the browser and works offline once loaded.
Try it without your own photos. Sample photos to explore the editor, and a confirmation before clearing the workspace.
Better phone layout. A cleaner toolbar and sidebar on small screens.

Color and Effects panels. Colour grading, vignette, grain, sharpening and noise reduction.
More local adjustments. More mask types for local edits, and a white balance picker.
Export options. Size presets (including Instagram sizes), quality, file naming and a text watermark.
Filmstrip filters. Filter the photos in the filmstrip, with photo counts.
Crop with aspect ratios, HSL colour mixer with hue, saturation and luminance per colour, and grouped sliders.
Touch support. Pinch to zoom and pan, long-press to select in the filmstrip, and an overflow menu in the toolbar.
Editing workflow. Undo/redo, before/after compare, crop / straighten / rotate, tone curve, histogram with clipping overlay, multi-select and sync edits, keyboard shortcuts, and your session restored after a page refresh.
Wider RAW support, including Sony ARW files.
Presets: HSL in presets, preset intensity, and .cube LUT import.

First version. A local photo editor in the browser: non-destructive sliders with a live preview, presets saved as JSON, copy/paste edits between photos, and JPEG export.