Release prep: 0.6.0 and Linux riscv64 release build (#844 )

- release.yml: new linux-riscv64 job (ported from GridCraft): cross-compiles on ubuntu-24.04 against ports.ubuntu.com riscv64 libs, packages a tar.gz with package.sh --formats tar, smoke-tests lightcraft-cli under QEMU. The release job needs it, so its tarball lands in the draft and SHA256SUMS. - packaging/linux/package.sh: CROSS_ARCH/CROSS_TARGET/CROSS_COMPILE/EMULATOR support (target dir, cross strip, emulated --version). - README Downloads and docs/releasing.md list the riscv64 tarball. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Progress docs: target-app parity, RAW coverage vs Adobe, gaps, alpha gate, readiness by audience (#788 )
2026-10-10 19:38:10 -04:00 · 2026-10-10 14:25:15 -04:00 · 2026-10-10 05:14:58 -04:00 · 2026-10-10 04:35:25 -04:00 · 2026-10-10 04:35:13 -04:00 · 2026-10-10 04:01:27 -04:00
451 changed files with 107546 additions and 3506 deletions
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 300
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      # Optional font build input, so the Japanese font tests run (they skip without it).
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          repository: storytold/craft-fonts
-          ref: abb83316d96aa59c1cf64784289e378fe9fa5695
+          ref: 8dcdacd5153e64560d109541a47d806f26f048c0
          path: craft-fonts
      - name: Build and test in a FreeBSD VM
-        uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@c46abacb49f09938ca4e1702d15d836285d694cc # v1
+        uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@c46abacb49f09938ca4e1702d15d836285d694cc # v1.5.9
        with:
          release: "14.3"
          usesh: true
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
    env:
      ACTIONLINT_VERSION: 1.7.12
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      - name: Install tools
        run: |
          sudo apt-get update
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ jobs:
          if grep -oE '<Icon Id="[^"]*"' packaging/windows/lightcraft.wxs | grep -vE '\.(ico|exe)"$'; then
            echo "::error::Icon Id must end in .ico or .exe"; exit 1
          fi
+          # The interactive installer asks where to install and ends on a completion page (issues #18, #399).
+          for want in '<UIRef Id="LightcraftUI" />' 'Value="InstallDirDlg"' '<Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER" />' \
+              'Key="Software\LightCraft" Name="InstallFolder"' 'Value="LaunchLightcraft"'; do
+            grep -qF "$want" packaging/windows/lightcraft.wxs || { echo "::error::lightcraft.wxs lost: $want"; exit 1; }
+          done
          desktop-file-validate packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.lightcraft.desktop
          sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.0/' -e 's/@DATE@/2026-01-01/' packaging/linux/ai.storyteller.lightcraft.metainfo.xml.in >"$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.lightcraft.metainfo.xml"
          appstreamcli validate --no-net --explain "$RUNNER_TEMP/ai.storyteller.lightcraft.metainfo.xml"
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 # The signing jobs (macOS, Windows) and the draft-release job run in the `release` environment
 # (restricted to the `release` branch), which holds the signing secrets. Every secret is optional:
 # missing ones produce unsigned artifacts and a warning, never a failed build. The jobs that sign
-# nothing (version, Linux, Flatpak, FreeBSD, web) run without it, so a dispatch on any branch is
-# a dry run of them; the release job needs the signed jobs, so a branch run never drafts a release.
+# nothing (version, Linux, Linux riscv64, Flatpak, FreeBSD, web) run without it, so a dispatch on
+# any branch is a dry run of them; the release job needs the signed jobs, so a branch run never
+# drafts a release.
 name: Release

 on:
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
      date: ${{ steps.v.outputs.date }}
      prerelease: ${{ steps.v.outputs.prerelease }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      - id: v
        name: Resolve version
        run: |
@@ -72,17 +73,17 @@ jobs:
      LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      LIGHTCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      # Fonts (optional build input; required for releases): see craftrules standards/fonts.md.
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          repository: storytold/craft-fonts
-          ref: abb83316d96aa59c1cf64784289e378fe9fa5695 # bump deliberately
+          ref: 8dcdacd5153e64560d109541a47d806f26f048c0 # bump deliberately
          path: craft-fonts
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@686976e191b89faba57d3206551f0f330d8cb249 # stable
        with:
          targets: aarch64-apple-darwin, x86_64-apple-darwin
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6323deb102c322ba6fcbdcafc7e3dddab59af2b6 # v2.9.2
        with:
          key: release-macos-universal
      - name: Apply version override
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
          APPLE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_PASSWORD }}
          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
        run: packaging/macos/package.sh --arch universal
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
        with:
          name: release-macos
          path: dist/release/*
@@ -130,23 +131,24 @@ jobs:
      LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      LIGHTCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      # Fonts (optional build input; required for releases): see craftrules standards/fonts.md.
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          repository: storytold/craft-fonts
-          ref: abb83316d96aa59c1cf64784289e378fe9fa5695 # bump deliberately
+          ref: 8dcdacd5153e64560d109541a47d806f26f048c0 # bump deliberately
          path: craft-fonts
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@686976e191b89faba57d3206551f0f330d8cb249 # stable
        with:
          targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6323deb102c322ba6fcbdcafc7e3dddab59af2b6 # v2.9.2
        with:
          key: release-windows-${{ matrix.arch }}
      - name: Apply version override
        if: inputs.version != ''
        shell: bash
        run: cargo xtask version set "$LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION"
+      # package.ps1 adds the matching WixToolset.UI/Util.wixext (5.0.2) to the global extension cache.
      - name: Install WiX
        shell: pwsh
        run: dotnet tool install --global wix --version 5.0.2
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
          AZURE_SIGNING_ACCOUNT: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SIGNING_ACCOUNT }}
          AZURE_CERT_PROFILE: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CERT_PROFILE }}
        run: ./packaging/windows/package.ps1 -Arch ${{ matrix.arch }}
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
        with:
          name: release-windows-${{ matrix.arch }}
          path: dist/release/*
@@ -187,12 +189,12 @@ jobs:
      LIGHTCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
      NFPM_VERSION: 2.47.0
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      # Fonts (optional build input; required for releases): see craftrules standards/fonts.md.
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          repository: storytold/craft-fonts
-          ref: abb83316d96aa59c1cf64784289e378fe9fa5695 # bump deliberately
+          ref: 8dcdacd5153e64560d109541a47d806f26f048c0 # bump deliberately
          path: craft-fonts
      - name: Install build and packaging tools
        run: |
@@ -203,8 +205,8 @@ jobs:
          curl -fsSL -o "$RUNNER_TEMP/nfpm.deb" \
            "https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/releases/download/v${NFPM_VERSION}/nfpm_${NFPM_VERSION}_${{ matrix.deb }}.deb"
          sudo dpkg -i "$RUNNER_TEMP/nfpm.deb"
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@686976e191b89faba57d3206551f0f330d8cb249 # stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6323deb102c322ba6fcbdcafc7e3dddab59af2b6 # v2.9.2
        with:
          key: release-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}
      - name: Apply version override
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
            "$appimage" --appimage-updateinformation | grep -F 'gh-releases-zsync|'
            test -s "$appimage.zsync"
          done
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
        with:
          name: release-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}
          path: dist/release/*
@@ -250,8 +252,8 @@ jobs:
      LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      LIGHTCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
        with:
          name: release-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}
          path: dist/linux
@@ -265,12 +267,85 @@ jobs:
          sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0
      - name: Build the Flatpak bundle
        run: packaging/linux/flatpak-bundle.sh "dist/linux/lightcraft-$LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz"
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
        with:
          name: release-flatpak-${{ matrix.arch }}
          path: dist/release/*.flatpak
          if-no-files-found: error

+  linux-riscv64:
+    name: Linux riscv64
+    needs: version
+    # Cross-compiled on x86_64 (no hosted RISC-V runners) against the runner's own Ubuntu release
+    # from ports.ubuntu.com, so the binaries need that release's glibc (24.04: 2.39). 22.04's
+    # riscv64 ports lag its amd64 updates, which breaks the multiarch install. tar.gz only; the
+    # CLI is smoke-tested under QEMU.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    # No `environment: release`: this job signs nothing, so it gets no release secrets.
+    env:
+      LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
+      LIGHTCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      # Fonts (optional build input; required for releases): see craftrules standards/fonts.md.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          repository: storytold/craft-fonts
+          ref: 8dcdacd5153e64560d109541a47d806f26f048c0 # bump deliberately
+          path: craft-fonts
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@686976e191b89faba57d3206551f0f330d8cb249 # stable
+        with:
+          targets: riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6323deb102c322ba6fcbdcafc7e3dddab59af2b6 # v2.9.2
+        with:
+          key: release-linux-riscv64
+      - name: Apply version override
+        if: inputs.version != ''
+        run: cargo xtask version set "$LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION"
+      - name: Install cross-compilation dependencies
+        run: |
+          . /etc/os-release
+          sudo dpkg --add-architecture riscv64
+          # Pin the existing (archive.ubuntu.com) sources to amd64; riscv64 comes from ports.
+          if [ -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources ]; then
+            sudo sed -i '/^Types: deb/a Architectures: amd64' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
+          fi
+          if [ -f /etc/apt/sources.list ]; then
+            sudo sed -i 's/^deb /deb [arch=amd64] /g' /etc/apt/sources.list
+            sudo sed -i 's/^deb-src /deb-src [arch=amd64] /g' /etc/apt/sources.list
+          fi
+          for suite in "$VERSION_CODENAME" "$VERSION_CODENAME-updates" "$VERSION_CODENAME-security"; do
+            echo "deb [arch=riscv64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports $suite main universe restricted multiverse"
+          done | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/riscv64.list
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            gcc-riscv64-linux-gnu binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu libc6-dev-riscv64-cross libc6-dev:riscv64 qemu-user \
+            libxkbcommon-dev:riscv64 libwayland-dev:riscv64 libx11-dev:riscv64 libxrandr-dev:riscv64 \
+            libxi-dev:riscv64 libgl1-mesa-dev:riscv64
+      - name: Build and package (tar.gz)
+        env:
+          CRAFT_FONTS_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/craft-fonts
+          CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED: "1"
+          CARGO_TARGET_RISCV64GC_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER: riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc
+          PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR: /
+          PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /usr/lib/riscv64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig
+          PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS: "1"
+          CROSS_ARCH: riscv64
+          CROSS_TARGET: riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu
+          CROSS_COMPILE: riscv64-linux-gnu-
+          EMULATOR: qemu-riscv64
+          QEMU_LD_PREFIX: /usr/riscv64-linux-gnu
+        run: packaging/linux/package.sh --formats tar
+      - name: Check the tarball
+        run: |
+          tar -tzf dist/release/lightcraft-*-linux-riscv64.tar.gz \
+            | grep -E '/bin/lightcraft$|/bin/lightcraft-cli$|/share/applications/ai\.storyteller\.lightcraft\.desktop$'
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
+        with:
+          name: release-linux-riscv64
+          path: dist/release/*.tar.gz
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
  freebsd:
    name: FreeBSD x86_64
    needs: version
@@ -282,16 +357,16 @@ jobs:
      LIGHTCRAFT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
      LIGHTCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      # Fonts (optional build input; required for releases): see craftrules standards/fonts.md.
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          repository: storytold/craft-fonts
-          ref: abb83316d96aa59c1cf64784289e378fe9fa5695 # bump deliberately
+          ref: 8dcdacd5153e64560d109541a47d806f26f048c0 # bump deliberately
          path: craft-fonts
      - name: Build and package in a FreeBSD VM (tar.gz)
        # vmactions/freebsd-vm v1.5.9, pinned by commit (it runs our build).
-        uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@c46abacb49f09938ca4e1702d15d836285d694cc
+        uses: vmactions/freebsd-vm@c46abacb49f09938ca4e1702d15d836285d694cc # v1.5.9
        with:
          release: "14.3"
          usesh: true
@@ -316,7 +391,7 @@ jobs:
            bash packaging/freebsd/package.sh
            tar -tzf dist/release/lightcraft-*-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz \
              | grep -E '/bin/lightcraft$|/bin/lightcraft-cli$|/share/applications/ai\.storyteller\.lightcraft\.desktop$|/share/doc/lightcraft/LICENSE-MIT$'
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
        with:
          name: release-freebsd-x86_64
          path: dist/release/*
@@ -331,17 +406,17 @@ jobs:
      LIGHTCRAFT_BUILD_DATE: ${{ needs.version.outputs.date }}
      WASM_BINDGEN_VERSION: 0.2.129
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
      # Fonts (optional build input; required for releases): see craftrules standards/fonts.md.
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
        with:
          repository: storytold/craft-fonts
-          ref: abb83316d96aa59c1cf64784289e378fe9fa5695 # bump deliberately
+          ref: 8dcdacd5153e64560d109541a47d806f26f048c0 # bump deliberately
          path: craft-fonts
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@686976e191b89faba57d3206551f0f330d8cb249 # stable
        with:
          targets: wasm32-unknown-unknown
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6323deb102c322ba6fcbdcafc7e3dddab59af2b6 # v2.9.2
        with:
          key: release-web
      - name: Install wasm-bindgen CLI
@@ -359,7 +434,7 @@ jobs:
          CRAFT_FONTS_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/craft-fonts
          CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED: "1"
        run: packaging/web/package.sh
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
        with:
          name: release-web
          path: dist/release/*
@@ -367,7 +442,7 @@ jobs:

  release:
    name: Draft GitHub Release
-    needs: [version, macos, windows, linux, flatpak, freebsd, web]
+    needs: [version, macos, windows, linux, linux-riscv64, flatpak, freebsd, web]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: release
    permissions:
@@ -378,7 +453,7 @@ jobs:
      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
        with:
          pattern: release-*
          path: artifacts
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    timeout-minutes: 90
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@89b12181fb390509a0842a86cc55eeb8eb928c1d # stable
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@686976e191b89faba57d3206551f0f330d8cb249 # stable
        with:
          targets: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
-      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6323deb102c322ba6fcbdcafc7e3dddab59af2b6 # v2
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@6323deb102c322ba6fcbdcafc7e3dddab59af2b6 # v2.9.2
        with:
          key: windows-arm64-package
      - name: Install WiX
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
        env:
          DIST: ${{ github.workspace }}\dist\arm64
        run: ./packaging/windows/package.ps1 -Arch arm64
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
        with:
          name: lightcraft-windows-arm64
          path: dist/arm64/*
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: windows-11-arm
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
        with:
          name: lightcraft-windows-arm64
          path: dist
@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@ LightCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust photo library + non-destructi
 ## Start every session here
 1. Read `plan/STATUS.md` (current milestone, next unchecked task, blockers).
 2. Read the task in `plan/execution-plan.md` §3, the relevant section of `plan/architecture.md`, and the README/docs of the crate you touch. Behaviour/visual reference: `plan/lightroom/` (incl. `10-observed-ui.md` + screenshots).
-3. **Know where we stand:** read [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) → *Where we stand* (honest assessment by dimension and
-   by kind of user) and *Where we're going* (ordered priorities). The checklist counts features that *exist*; the real
-   gaps are quality and coverage: camera colour calibration, CR3 / compressed raws, per-model verification, render
-   fidelity against Lightroom, AI models, HDR / video / Classic modules. A ✅ row is not proof of parity — if you find a
-   ✅ feature that is wrong or incomplete, downgrade it to 🟡 with a note.
-4. **Pick work** from [`docs/parity.md`](docs/parity.md) → *Top gaps* (ordered by user impact; the tracker has one row per feature, menu item and shortcut). When you land a feature, update its row(s) and the gap list in the same commit, and the *Where we stand* / *Where we're going* sections of `ROADMAP.md` when a listed gap closes; `cargo xtask parity` (part of `ci`) checks that every `cmd:`/`ctl:` id and path the tracker cites still exists, and `cargo xtask parity --write` refreshes its summary.
+3. **Know where we stand:** read [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) (stage, headline numbers, every dimension) and, for
+   method and evidence, [`docs/target-app-parity.md`](docs/target-app-parity.md). The checklist counts features that
+   *exist*; the real gaps are quality and coverage: camera colour calibration, CR3 / compressed raws, per-model
+   verification, render fidelity against Lightroom, AI models, HDR / video / Classic modules (raw detail:
+   [`docs/raw-parity.md`](docs/raw-parity.md)). A ✅ row is not proof of parity — if you find a ✅ feature that is
+   wrong or incomplete, downgrade it to 🟡 with a note.
+4. **Pick work** from [`docs/gaps.md`](docs/gaps.md) (ranked by user impact; `B` marks beta blockers). The row-by-row
+   tracker is [`docs/parity-checklist.md`](docs/parity-checklist.md) (one row per feature, menu item and shortcut).
+   When you land a feature, update its row(s) and the gap entry in the same commit, and the numbers in `ROADMAP.md` /
+   `docs/target-app-parity.md` when a listed gap closes (bump each doc's *Last updated* line and revision history, per
+   craftrules `standards/progress-docs.md`); `cargo xtask parity` (part of `ci`) checks that every `cmd:`/`ctl:` id and
+   path the tracker cites still exists, and `cargo xtask parity --write` refreshes its summary.
 5. Follow the autonomous operation protocol (`plan/execution-plan.md` §7). Don't stop to ask unless §7 lists the decision as the user's.

 `plan/` is gitignored (local-only).
@@ -63,7 +69,10 @@ of it. Full standard: `../craftrules/standards/never-crash.md`
 - **Never use any iconography, image, artwork, font, sound or other asset from Adobe products** (no Lightroom/Creative Cloud icons, no screenshots, no presets/profiles/LUTs, no UI bitmaps — not even as a temporary placeholder or "reference copy"). Observing Adobe's UI to imitate *layout and behaviour* is allowed; copying or tracing its assets is not.
 - **This includes Adobe's open-licensed assets**: no Source Sans/Serif/Code or Source Han fonts, no Adobe Fonts, no
  Adobe-published icon sets, sample photos, colour profiles or LUTs — even when OFL/MIT. The UI font is Inter (OFL);
-  Japanese fonts come from craft-fonts (below).
+  Japanese and Chinese fonts come from craft-fonts (below). **One exception (maintainer decision, 2026-10-07): Noto
+  Sans/Serif CJK** (Google-branded, OFL, co-developed with Adobe as Source Han) is allowed via craft-fonts for Chinese
+  text, because nearly every OFL Chinese face derives from it. Use it unmodified under its OFL; this does not open the
+  door to Source Han under Adobe's name or to any other Adobe asset.
 - Every asset in the repository must be one of: **our own original work** (e.g. icons drawn in code as vectors, procedurally generated demo photos), **public domain / CC0**, **Creative Commons** (CC-BY / CC-BY-SA with attribution honoured), **OFL** (fonts), or **permissive open-source** (MIT/Apache-2.0/BSD/ISC) — or contributed by a person who created the asset and licenses it openly.
 - **Exception: `docs/brand/`.** The ArtCraft name, wordmark and logos there are ArtCraft Team trademarks, not open source and not covered by LightCraft's MIT OR Apache-2.0 licence (`LICENSE-MIT`, `LICENSE-APACHE`, `NOTICE`); their terms are in `docs/brand/LICENSE-brand.txt`. Use them only unmodified and never redraw, recolour or derive from them.
 - **Every asset must have an entry in `assets/ATTRIBUTION.md`** (path, title, author/creator, source URL or "original work", licence, date added, modifications) and its licence text when required (e.g. `assets/fonts/OFL-*.txt`). Add the entry in the same commit as the asset. Assets without an attribution entry must not be committed.
@@ -71,9 +80,10 @@ of it. Full standard: `../craftrules/standards/never-crash.md`
  font files here (Inter, already in `assets/fonts/`, is the one exception); add new fonts to craft-fonts. LightCraft
  uses it as the optional build input `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR`: `git clone https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts ../craft-fonts`
  then `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR=../craft-fonts cargo run -p lightcraft` (or any cargo/xtask command). `crates/engine/build.rs`
-  embeds the manifest's fonts as `lightcraft_engine::CRAFT_FONTS` (wasm32: BIZ UDPGothic Regular only); the UI
-  (`theme::font_definitions`) and the export watermark renderer use its Japanese faces as fallbacks after Inter. Unset,
-  `CRAFT_FONTS` is empty: everything builds, tests and runs, but Japanese text has no glyphs. Releases always build
+  embeds the manifest's fonts as `lightcraft_engine::CRAFT_FONTS` (wasm32: BIZ UDPGothic Regular only); `cargo xtask web`
+  ships Noto Sans CJK SC Regular as a separate asset loaded by the UI before startup. The UI
+  (`theme::font_definitions`) and the export watermark renderer use CJK faces (picked by script) as fallbacks after Inter. Unset,
+  `CRAFT_FONTS` is empty: everything builds, tests and runs, but Chinese and Japanese text lack glyphs. Releases always build
  with it (`release.yml`, `CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED=1`) and ship the fonts' OFL licences. Tests that need these fonts skip
  without it; the FreeBSD CI job runs them with it. Rules: craftrules
  [`standards/fonts.md`](https://github.com/storytold/craftrules/blob/main/standards/fonts.md).
@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@ LightCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust photo library + non-destructi
 ## Start every session here
 1. Read `plan/STATUS.md` (current milestone, next unchecked task, blockers).
 2. Read the task in `plan/execution-plan.md` §3, the relevant section of `plan/architecture.md`, and the README/docs of the crate you touch. Behaviour/visual reference: `plan/lightroom/` (incl. `10-observed-ui.md` + screenshots).
-3. **Know where we stand:** read [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) → *Where we stand* (honest assessment by dimension and
-   by kind of user) and *Where we're going* (ordered priorities). The checklist counts features that *exist*; the real
-   gaps are quality and coverage: camera colour calibration, CR3 / compressed raws, per-model verification, render
-   fidelity against Lightroom, AI models, HDR / video / Classic modules. A ✅ row is not proof of parity — if you find a
-   ✅ feature that is wrong or incomplete, downgrade it to 🟡 with a note.
-4. **Pick work** from [`docs/parity.md`](docs/parity.md) → *Top gaps* (ordered by user impact; the tracker has one row per feature, menu item and shortcut). When you land a feature, update its row(s) and the gap list in the same commit, and the *Where we stand* / *Where we're going* sections of `ROADMAP.md` when a listed gap closes; `cargo xtask parity` (part of `ci`) checks that every `cmd:`/`ctl:` id and path the tracker cites still exists, and `cargo xtask parity --write` refreshes its summary.
+3. **Know where we stand:** read [`ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md) (stage, headline numbers, every dimension) and, for
+   method and evidence, [`docs/target-app-parity.md`](docs/target-app-parity.md). The checklist counts features that
+   *exist*; the real gaps are quality and coverage: camera colour calibration, CR3 / compressed raws, per-model
+   verification, render fidelity against Lightroom, AI models, HDR / video / Classic modules (raw detail:
+   [`docs/raw-parity.md`](docs/raw-parity.md)). A ✅ row is not proof of parity — if you find a ✅ feature that is
+   wrong or incomplete, downgrade it to 🟡 with a note.
+4. **Pick work** from [`docs/gaps.md`](docs/gaps.md) (ranked by user impact; `B` marks beta blockers). The row-by-row
+   tracker is [`docs/parity-checklist.md`](docs/parity-checklist.md) (one row per feature, menu item and shortcut).
+   When you land a feature, update its row(s) and the gap entry in the same commit, and the numbers in `ROADMAP.md` /
+   `docs/target-app-parity.md` when a listed gap closes (bump each doc's *Last updated* line and revision history, per
+   craftrules `standards/progress-docs.md`); `cargo xtask parity` (part of `ci`) checks that every `cmd:`/`ctl:` id and
+   path the tracker cites still exists, and `cargo xtask parity --write` refreshes its summary.
 5. Follow the autonomous operation protocol (`plan/execution-plan.md` §7). Don't stop to ask unless §7 lists the decision as the user's.

 `plan/` is gitignored (local-only).
@@ -55,6 +61,10 @@ of it. Full standard: `../craftrules/standards/never-crash.md`
 - **Pure Rust** in the product. No C/C++ dependencies.
 - **Layering** (`plan/architecture.md` §3, enforced by `cargo xtask layers`): nothing below L5 depends on egui/eframe/winit/rfd.
 - **Everything is a command** (`crates/engine`): id, label, menu path, shortcut, params, enabled(), run(). UI, CLI, control channel and MCP all dispatch by id. Every slider is a `develop` control spec.
+- **Long-running work shows in the activity stack** ([`docs/background-tasks.md`](docs/background-tasks.md)): anything
+  that runs off the UI thread and can take more than a moment holds a `TaskGuard` from `session.activity.start(kind,
+  label, cancel)` for its whole run. It adopts the cancel flag the job already checks (`Cancel::Flag`), or uses
+  `Cancel::No` when the job can't stop. No progress window, panel or progress toast of its own; its tests assert the row.
 - **Resolution independence:** settings use normalized image coordinates and relative radii; previews and exports must match.
 - **Quality gates** before every commit: `cargo xtask ci` (fmt, clippy -D warnings, tests, layers, assets, wasm).
 - **Commits:** one task id per commit (`M2.3: local Laplacian highlights/shadows`). Only green states. End messages with the attribution line required by the environment.
@@ -63,7 +73,10 @@ of it. Full standard: `../craftrules/standards/never-crash.md`
 - **Never use any iconography, image, artwork, font, sound or other asset from Adobe products** (no Lightroom/Creative Cloud icons, no screenshots, no presets/profiles/LUTs, no UI bitmaps — not even as a temporary placeholder or "reference copy"). Observing Adobe's UI to imitate *layout and behaviour* is allowed; copying or tracing its assets is not.
 - **This includes Adobe's open-licensed assets**: no Source Sans/Serif/Code or Source Han fonts, no Adobe Fonts, no
  Adobe-published icon sets, sample photos, colour profiles or LUTs — even when OFL/MIT. The UI font is Inter (OFL);
-  Japanese fonts come from craft-fonts (below).
+  Japanese and Chinese fonts come from craft-fonts (below). **One exception (maintainer decision, 2026-10-07): Noto
+  Sans/Serif CJK** (Google-branded, OFL, co-developed with Adobe as Source Han) is allowed via craft-fonts for Chinese
+  text, because nearly every OFL Chinese face derives from it. Use it unmodified under its OFL; this does not open the
+  door to Source Han under Adobe's name or to any other Adobe asset.
 - Every asset in the repository must be one of: **our own original work** (e.g. icons drawn in code as vectors, procedurally generated demo photos), **public domain / CC0**, **Creative Commons** (CC-BY / CC-BY-SA with attribution honoured), **OFL** (fonts), or **permissive open-source** (MIT/Apache-2.0/BSD/ISC) — or contributed by a person who created the asset and licenses it openly.
 - **Exception: `docs/brand/`.** The ArtCraft name, wordmark and logos there are ArtCraft Team trademarks, not open source and not covered by LightCraft's MIT OR Apache-2.0 licence (`LICENSE-MIT`, `LICENSE-APACHE`, `NOTICE`); their terms are in `docs/brand/LICENSE-brand.txt`. Use them only unmodified and never redraw, recolour or derive from them.
 - **Every asset must have an entry in `assets/ATTRIBUTION.md`** (path, title, author/creator, source URL or "original work", licence, date added, modifications) and its licence text when required (e.g. `assets/fonts/OFL-*.txt`). Add the entry in the same commit as the asset. Assets without an attribution entry must not be committed.
@@ -71,9 +84,10 @@ of it. Full standard: `../craftrules/standards/never-crash.md`
  font files here (Inter, already in `assets/fonts/`, is the one exception); add new fonts to craft-fonts. LightCraft
  uses it as the optional build input `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR`: `git clone https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts ../craft-fonts`
  then `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR=../craft-fonts cargo run -p lightcraft` (or any cargo/xtask command). `crates/engine/build.rs`
-  embeds the manifest's fonts as `lightcraft_engine::CRAFT_FONTS` (wasm32: BIZ UDPGothic Regular only); the UI
-  (`theme::font_definitions`) and the export watermark renderer use its Japanese faces as fallbacks after Inter. Unset,
-  `CRAFT_FONTS` is empty: everything builds, tests and runs, but Japanese text has no glyphs. Releases always build
+  embeds the manifest's fonts as `lightcraft_engine::CRAFT_FONTS` (wasm32: BIZ UDPGothic Regular only); `cargo xtask web`
+  ships Noto Sans CJK SC Regular as a separate asset loaded by the UI before startup. The UI
+  (`theme::font_definitions`) and the export watermark renderer use CJK faces (picked by script) as fallbacks after Inter. Unset,
+  `CRAFT_FONTS` is empty: everything builds, tests and runs, but Chinese and Japanese text lack glyphs. Releases always build
  with it (`release.yml`, `CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED=1`) and ship the fonts' OFL licences. Tests that need these fonts skip
  without it; the FreeBSD CI job runs them with it. Rules: craftrules
  [`standards/fonts.md`](https://github.com/storytold/craftrules/blob/main/standards/fonts.md).
@@ -99,6 +113,9 @@ of it. Full standard: `../craftrules/standards/never-crash.md`
  the running app). See `docs/mcp.md`. Quick non-UI checks: `lightcraft-cli render in.jpg -o out.jpg --set light.exposure=1`.
 - Export goes through `lightcraft_engine::export` (one encoder for app, CLI, MCP and web); UI-only commands live in
  `crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs`.
+- Text boxes use `crates/ui-egui/src/text_field.rs` (`TextField`), not `egui::TextEdit`: it gives every field the
+  Cut / Copy / Paste / Select All menu, Esc restoring the text, and reports how an edit ended. Give each a widget id
+  that is unique on screen. Older fields still on `TextEdit` move over as they are touched.
 - Shell gotcha: `mv`/`cp` are aliased interactive here — use `/bin/mv -f` / `/bin/cp -f`.
 - Parallel agents: separate git worktrees and `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target/agent-<name>`; each agent uses its **own control port** (pick one in 18000–19999, never the default 7980) and its own scratch subfolder (`<scratch>/<agent-name>/`) — never `rm -rf` shared paths; delete your target dir when done (disk is shared); keep every `Cargo.toml` valid at all times (the `crates/*` glob means one broken manifest breaks everyone).
 - Test corpora: `cargo xtask corpus --download` into `corpus/` (gitignored, CC0 only). Never commit media.
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 checksum = "dc890384c8602f339876ded803c97ad529f3842aba97f6392b3dba0dd171769b"
 dependencies = [
- "equator",
+ "equator 0.4.2",
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@@ -967,6 +967,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "unicode-width",
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+[[package]]
+name = "coe-rs"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e8f1e641542c07631228b1e0dc04b69ae3c1d58ef65d5691a439711d805c698"
+
 [[package]]
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56e53799688f5632f364f8fb387488dd05db9fe45db7011be066fc20e7027f8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "reborrow",
+]
+
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+[[package]]
+name = "equator"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3b0a88aa91d0ad2b9684e4479aed31a17d3f9051bdbbc634bd2c01bc5a5eee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "equator-macro 0.1.9",
+]
+
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 checksum = "4711b213838dfee0117e3be6ac926007d7f433d7bbe33595975d4190cb07e6fc"
 dependencies = [
- "equator-macro",
+ "equator-macro 0.4.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "equator-macro"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60d08acb9849f7fb4401564f251be5a526829183a3645a90197dea8e786cf3ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.119",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -1608,6 +1644,42 @@ dependencies = [
 "pin-project-lite",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "faer-core"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32da0f6262445261106407bdfb548df4f8f1c89bcc3cff1bb6d08e7f525b575a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "coe-rs",
+ "dyn-stack 0.10.0",
+ "equator 0.1.10",
+ "faer-entity",
+ "gemm 0.17.1",
+ "matrixcompare-core",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-traits",
+ "paste",
+ "pulp 0.18.22",
+ "reborrow",
+ "seq-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "faer-entity"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fb12f36da3162b3fefc0c7343d905d5bd2c2bf444a7f63ceeaa2bc003311d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "coe-rs",
+ "libm",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-traits",
+ "pulp 0.18.22",
+ "reborrow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1783,13 +1855,33 @@ dependencies = [
 "slab",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "gemm"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ab24cc62135b40090e31a76a9b2766a501979f3070fa27f689c27ec04377d32"
+dependencies = [
+ "dyn-stack 0.10.0",
+ "gemm-c32 0.17.1",
+ "gemm-c64 0.17.1",
+ "gemm-common 0.17.1",
+ "gemm-f16 0.17.1",
+ "gemm-f32 0.17.1",
+ "gemm-f64 0.17.1",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-traits",
+ "paste",
+ "raw-cpuid 10.7.0",
+ "seq-macro",
+]
+
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 checksum = "ab96b703d31950f1aeddded248bc95543c9efc7ac9c4a21fda8703a83ee35451"
 dependencies = [
- "dyn-stack",
+ "dyn-stack 0.13.2",
 "gemm-c32 0.18.2",
 "gemm-c64 0.18.2",
 "gemm-common 0.18.2",
@@ -1799,7 +1891,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "num-complex",
 "num-traits",
 "paste",
- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
 "seq-macro",
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 dependencies = [
- "dyn-stack",
+ "dyn-stack 0.13.2",
 "gemm-c32 0.19.0",
 "gemm-c64 0.19.0",
 "gemm-common 0.19.0",
@@ -1819,7 +1911,22 @@ dependencies = [
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 "num-traits",
 "paste",
- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
+ "seq-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "gemm-c32"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9c030d0b983d1e34a546b86e08f600c11696fde16199f971cd46c12e67512c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "dyn-stack 0.10.0",
+ "gemm-common 0.17.1",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-traits",
+ "paste",
+ "raw-cpuid 10.7.0",
 "seq-macro",
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 dependencies = [
- "dyn-stack",
+ "dyn-stack 0.13.2",
 "gemm-common 0.18.2",
 "num-complex",
 "num-traits",
 "paste",
- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
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- "dyn-stack",
+ "dyn-stack 0.13.2",
 "gemm-common 0.19.0",
 "num-complex",
 "num-traits",
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- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
+ "seq-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "gemm-c64"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbb5f2e79fefb9693d18e1066a557b4546cd334b226beadc68b11a8f9431852a"
+dependencies = [
+ "dyn-stack 0.10.0",
+ "gemm-common 0.17.1",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-traits",
+ "paste",
+ "raw-cpuid 10.7.0",
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- "dyn-stack",
+ "dyn-stack 0.13.2",
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- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
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- "dyn-stack",
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- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "dyn-stack 0.10.0",
+ "half",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "paste",
+ "pulp 0.18.22",
+ "raw-cpuid 10.7.0",
+ "seq-macro",
+ "sysctl 0.5.5",
+]
+
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- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
+ "seq-macro",
+]
+
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+ "gemm-common 0.17.1",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-traits",
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+ "dyn-stack 0.13.2",
 "gemm-common 0.18.2",
 "num-complex",
 "num-traits",
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- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
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+ "dyn-stack 0.13.2",
 "gemm-common 0.19.0",
 "num-complex",
 "num-traits",
 "paste",
- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
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+checksum = "adf9dde634bb6d5b718bacd01bef80192f2334306b2f785519a0136cca7b9618"
+dependencies = [
+ "rayon",
+]
+
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@@ -2779,7 +2976,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "eframe",
 "egui",
@@ -2797,10 +2994,11 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-catalog"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "crc32fast",
 "lightcraft-develop",
+ "lightcraft-geom",
 "lightcraft-meta",
 "log",
 "proptest",
@@ -2812,7 +3010,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-cli"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2827,8 +3025,9 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-codecs"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "avif-serialize",
 "bytemuck",
 "image",
 "image-webp",
@@ -2837,10 +3036,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "jxl-oxide",
 "lightcraft-color",
 "lightcraft-geom",
+ "lightcraft-heif",
 "lightcraft-raster",
 "moxcms 0.9.1",
 "png",
 "proptest",
+ "rav1e",
 "ravif",
 "rayon",
 "serde",
@@ -2852,16 +3053,48 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-color"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "lightcraft-geom",
 "proptest",
 "serde",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "lightcraft-denoise"
+version = "0.6.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "faer-core",
+ "lightcraft-denoise-core",
+ "lightcraft-raster",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.8.9",
+ "proptest",
+ "rayon",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lightcraft-denoise-core"
+version = "0.6.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "lightcraft-raster",
+ "miniz_oxide 0.8.9",
+ "proptest",
+ "rayon",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-develop"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "lightcraft-color",
 "lightcraft-geom",
@@ -2873,7 +3106,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-engine"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "ab_glyph",
 "harfrust",
@@ -2881,9 +3114,14 @@ dependencies = [
 "lightcraft-catalog",
 "lightcraft-codecs",
 "lightcraft-color",
+ "lightcraft-denoise",
+ "lightcraft-denoise-core",
 "lightcraft-develop",
+ "lightcraft-faces",
+ "lightcraft-fetch",
 "lightcraft-geom",
 "lightcraft-gpu",
+ "lightcraft-heif",
 "lightcraft-merge",
 "lightcraft-meta",
 "lightcraft-pipeline",
@@ -2892,18 +3130,34 @@ dependencies = [
 "lightcraft-raw",
 "lightcraft-scenes",
 "lightcraft-segment",
+ "lightcraft-tiff",
 "log",
 "miniz_oxide 0.8.9",
 "rayon",
 "serde",
 "serde_json",
 "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lightcraft-faces"
+version = "0.6.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "matrixmultiply",
+ "ndarray",
+ "proptest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
 "web-time",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-fetch"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "log",
 "rustls",
@@ -2914,7 +3168,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-geom"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "proptest",
 "serde",
@@ -2922,23 +3176,33 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-gpu"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "bytemuck",
 "lightcraft-color",
+ "lightcraft-denoise",
 "lightcraft-develop",
 "lightcraft-geom",
 "lightcraft-pipeline",
 "lightcraft-raster",
+ "lightcraft-raw",
 "lightcraft-scenes",
 "log",
 "pollster 1.0.1",
 "wgpu",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "lightcraft-heif"
+version = "0.6.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "heic-rs",
+ "rayon",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-mcp"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "lightcraft-codecs",
 "lightcraft-engine",
@@ -2949,7 +3213,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-merge"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "lightcraft-codecs",
 "lightcraft-color",
@@ -2965,7 +3229,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-meta"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "lightcraft-geom",
 "lightcraft-tiff",
@@ -2977,13 +3241,14 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-pipeline"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "lightcraft-color",
 "lightcraft-develop",
 "lightcraft-geom",
 "lightcraft-raster",
+ "lightcraft-raw",
 "lightcraft-scenes",
 "proptest",
 "rayon",
@@ -2993,7 +3258,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-preview"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "jpeg-encoder",
 "lightcraft-raster",
@@ -3005,7 +3270,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-raster"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "libc",
 "lightcraft-color",
@@ -3017,9 +3282,10 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-raw"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "jpeg-encoder",
+ "jxl-oxide",
 "lightcraft-color",
 "lightcraft-geom",
 "lightcraft-meta",
@@ -3029,14 +3295,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "proptest",
 "rayon",
 "serde",
+ "sha2",
 "thiserror 2.0.21",
 "zune-core",
 "zune-jpeg",
+ "zune-jpegxl",
 ]

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-scenes"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "image",
 "lightcraft-color",
@@ -3047,7 +3315,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-segment"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "candle-core",
 "candle-nn",
@@ -3060,11 +3328,11 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-sysmem"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-tiff"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "proptest",
 "serde",
@@ -3073,15 +3341,18 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-ui-egui"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "egui",
 "lightcraft-catalog",
 "lightcraft-codecs",
 "lightcraft-color",
+ "lightcraft-denoise",
 "lightcraft-develop",
 "lightcraft-engine",
+ "lightcraft-faces",
 "lightcraft-geom",
+ "lightcraft-merge",
 "lightcraft-meta",
 "lightcraft-pipeline",
 "lightcraft-preview",
@@ -3095,7 +3366,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "lightcraft-web"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "crc32fast",
 "eframe",
@@ -3171,6 +3442,22 @@ dependencies = [
 "libc",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "matrixcompare-core"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0bdabb30db18805d5290b3da7ceaccbddba795620b86c02145d688e04900a73"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "matrixmultiply"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f607c237553f086e7043417a51df26b2eb899d3caff94e6a67592ff992fedc7"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "rawpointer",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maybe-rayon"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -3324,6 +3611,21 @@ dependencies = [
 "thiserror 2.0.21",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "ndarray"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "520080814a7a6b4a6e9070823bb24b4531daac8c4627e08ba5de8c5ef2f2752d"
+dependencies = [
+ "matrixmultiply",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "portable-atomic-util",
+ "rawpointer",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -4288,6 +4590,18 @@ dependencies = [
 "unarray",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "pulp"
+version = "0.18.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0a01a0dc67cf4558d279f0c25b0962bd08fc6dec0137699eae304103e882fe6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "libm",
+ "num-complex",
+ "reborrow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pulp"
 version = "0.21.5"
@@ -4314,7 +4628,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "num-complex",
 "paste",
 "pulp-wasm-simd-flag",
- "raw-cpuid",
+ "raw-cpuid 11.6.0",
 "reborrow",
 "version_check",
 ]
@@ -4515,6 +4829,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "rgb",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "raw-cpuid"
+version = "10.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c297679cb867470fa8c9f67dbba74a78d78e3e98d7cf2b08d6d71540f797332"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "raw-cpuid"
 version = "11.6.0"
@@ -4542,6 +4865,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "objc2-quartz-core 0.3.2",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rawpointer"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60a357793950651c4ed0f3f52338f53b2f809f32d83a07f72909fa13e4c6c1e3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
 version = "1.12.0"
@@ -5242,6 +5571,20 @@ dependencies = [
 "syn 3.0.6",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "sysctl"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec7dddc5f0fee506baf8b9fdb989e242f17e4b11c61dfbb0635b705217199eea"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "byteorder",
+ "enum-as-inner",
+ "libc",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sysctl"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -6483,11 +6826,12 @@ checksum = "e450f9b2ed1dff33c94c12589a87338689467b9c4f5d8a5710bd09a847d2c8a7"

 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
 "brotli",
 "flate2",
 "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -6749,6 +7093,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "zune-core",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "zune-jpegxl"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cba11ecd07cc23351500e840ae03841b7e4997923ec8e4832ee3ae199ea0b6b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "zune-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zvariant"
 version = "5.15.0"
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ resolver = "3"
 members = ["crates/*", "apps/*", "xtask"]

 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.90"
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ repository = "https://github.com/storytold/lightcraft"

 [workspace.dependencies]
 # internal
+lightcraft-denoise-core = { path = "crates/denoise-core" }
+lightcraft-denoise = { path = "crates/denoise", default-features = false }
 lightcraft-geom = { path = "crates/geom" }
+lightcraft-faces = { path = "crates/faces" }
 lightcraft-sysmem = { path = "crates/sysmem" }
 lightcraft-color = { path = "crates/color" }
 lightcraft-raster = { path = "crates/raster" }
@@ -30,10 +33,12 @@ lightcraft-engine = { path = "crates/engine" }
 lightcraft-ui-egui = { path = "crates/ui-egui" }
 lightcraft-mcp = { path = "crates/mcp" }
 lightcraft-fetch = { path = "crates/fetch" }
+lightcraft-heif = { path = "crates/heif" }
 lightcraft-segment = { path = "crates/segment" }

 # foundation
 thiserror = "2"
+sha2 = "0.10"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["float_roundtrip"] }
 log = "0.4"
@@ -61,7 +66,11 @@ tiff = "0.11"
 image-webp = "0.2"
 moxcms = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = ["lut"] }
 jxl-oxide = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
+zune-jpegxl = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, features = ["std"] } # MIT/Apache-2.0/Zlib lossless JXL encoder (test fixtures only)
 ravif = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["threading"] } # no "asm": it needs nasm (non-Rust)
+# HDR AVIF (PQ): ravif fixes the sRGB transfer curve, so HDR files drive its rav1e + avif-serialize directly
+rav1e = { version = "0.8.1", default-features = false, features = ["threading"] }
+avif-serialize = "0.8.6"

 # gpu (crates/gpu; native backends only, no GL: everything stays pure Rust)
 # SAM 3 inference (lightcraft-segment). 0.9.2: later releases pull `tokenizers` with the
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ list (author, source, license) is in assets/ATTRIBUTION.md.
 Inter (assets/fonts/Inter-*.ttf) — SIL Open Font License 1.1. See assets/fonts/OFL-Inter.txt.
 Showcase photographs by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and NASA (docs/images/) — public domain. See assets/ATTRIBUTION.md.

+crates/raw/src/spectral_table.rs (lightcraft-raw) holds camera colour matrices derived from the
+camera spectral sensitivities, training reflectances and model alias list of rawtoaces-data
+(https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rawtoaces-data, v1.1.0), an Academy Software
+Foundation project licensed under the Apache License 2.0, and from the CIE 1931 colour-matching
+functions it ships (CIE, CC-BY-4.0). The matrices were fitted by the LightCraft contributors
+(2026) with tools/spectral_camera_table.py. See assets/ATTRIBUTION.md.
+
 crates/segment (lightcraft-segment) ports the SAM 3 model code of Hugging Face Transformers
 (https://github.com/huggingface/transformers, src/transformers/models/sam3 and sam3_tracker),
 Copyright The HuggingFace Team and Meta Platforms, Inc., licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
@@ -27,6 +34,15 @@ the facebook/sam3 checkpoint only when they choose to (in the app, or by hand),
 License (https://github.com/facebookresearch/sam3/blob/main/LICENSE), a separate, non-OSI
 licence. See docs/ai-masks.md.

+AI denoise weights are not part of LightCraft and are never distributed with it.
+The default build offers user-supplied models only. The optional rawnind-model
+feature offers a separately downloaded RawNIND UtNet2 Bayer checkpoint under
+GPL-3.0 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html), after the user accepts its terms.
+Commercial use is subject to those terms, including applicable source, licence and
+notice obligations on redistribution. Enabling that offer in releases remains a
+maintainer decision. The ONNX reader and CPU/GPU executor are our Rust implementation;
+no darktable, RawSpeed, LibRaw or other GPL decoder/runtime code is included.
+
 Builds made with craft-fonts (the optional CRAFT_FONTS_DIR build input; all official releases)
 also embed the fonts listed in https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts/blob/main/ATTRIBUTION.md
 (the Japanese fonts BIZ UDPGothic, BIZ UDMincho and Shippori Mincho; the web build embeds only BIZ
@@ -249,6 +249,20 @@ lightcraft --control 7980 ~/Pictures/trip
  path=out.jpg longEdge=2048` runs any chain of commands (headless, on a saved library, or against the running app)
  and prints one JSON result per command; `lightcraft-cli render in.dng -o out.jpg --set light.exposure=0.7 --preset …`.
 - **Undo for everything**, including agent actions: a slider drag (or a scripted burst of updates) is one undo step.
+- **Contact sheets (native app / CLI):** select photos, then **File → Contact Sheet PDF…**. Choose A4 or Letter, landscape,
+  rows/columns and filename captions; save a paginated PDF and print it from your PDF viewer. Exports use the
+  current edits, fit each photo without further cropping, and render at 150 dpi in sRGB. The background export
+  supports cancellation and protects originals and XMP sidecars. From the CLI:
+
+  ```sh
+  lightcraft-cli run --import ~/Pictures/shoot library.selectAll export.contactSheet path=Contact.pdf paper=a4 columns=3 rows=4 captions=true
+  ```
+
+  `export.contactSheet` also accepts explicit `ids`, `landscape=true`, and `paper=letter`. It replaces an existing
+  output only after the entire PDF succeeds. Limits: 1,000 photos, 100 pages, 256 MiB; captions are rasterized
+  with the same font coverage as watermarks (CJK requires craft-fonts), with long names shortened in the middle.
+  This is a contact-sheet workflow,
+  not a printer-driver or custom picture-package layout editor.
 - **Every widget is addressable** (`ui.widgets`) and clickable by name, so agents operate the real UI, not a
  side door.
 - The screenshots in this README were produced end to end by the [`docs/showcase/`](docs/showcase/) scripts.
@@ -258,9 +272,10 @@ lightcraft --control 7980 ~/Pictures/trip

 ## Fast, native, private

- **Pure Rust, no C.** Our own RAW decoders (DNG, Canon CR2, Sony ARW, Nikon NEF, Fujifilm RAF incl. X-Trans,
+- **Pure Rust, no C.** Our own RAW decoders (DNG, Canon CR2/CR3, Sony ARW, Nikon NEF, Fujifilm RAF incl. X-Trans,
  Panasonic RW2 / Leica RWL, Pentax PEF, Olympus ORF), our own colour science, our own pipeline. JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP,
-  PSD composites and JPEG XL open today.
+  PSD composites and JPEG XL open today; HEIC/HEIF photos too with `--features heif` (HEVC is a build-time choice,
+  as in PhotoCraft).
 - **Scene-referred & wide-gamut.** Linear Rec.2020 float internally, Bradford-adapted white balance, gamut mapping
  instead of clipping, a filmic shoulder for raw and pixel-exact pass-through for JPEGs you haven't touched.
 - **Resolution-independent edits.** Radii and brush sizes are relative to the image, so a 400 px preview, your
@@ -268,7 +283,8 @@ lightcraft --control 7980 ~/Pictures/trip
 - **GPU-accelerated, CPU-exact.** The whole develop pipeline runs as wgpu compute kernels (Metal / Vulkan / DX12),
  checked against the CPU pipeline to within 1/255. On a 24 MP raw (Apple M4 Pro): a slider update re-renders in
  ~4 ms, a cold 2.5 MP loupe in ~30 ms, and a full-size export in ~0.3 s including a parallel JPEG encode.
-  Without a GPU the same pipeline runs on all CPU cores, redoing only the stages a slider affects.
+  Without a GPU the same pipeline runs on all CPU cores, redoing only the stages a slider affects. Batch exports
+  render several photos side by side, so one's decode and encode overlap another's render.
 - **Instant culling.** Opening a raw shows its embedded camera preview or cached render within ~0.1 s while the
  full render follows (~0.2–0.5 s for 24 MP). The next and previous photos are prepared in the background, so stepping
  through a shoot takes ~50 ms per photo.
@@ -281,18 +297,20 @@ lightcraft --control 7980 ~/Pictures/trip

 ## Feature status

-LightCraft is young and moving fast. **Where we honestly stand** (details in the [roadmap](ROADMAP.md#where-we-stand)):
+LightCraft is young and moving fast: **alpha**. **Where we honestly stand** (details in the [roadmap](ROADMAP.md) and
+[docs/target-app-parity.md](docs/target-app-parity.md)):

- **By feature count we're at ~79%** of Lightroom (core features 98%), tracked row by row in
-  [docs/parity.md](docs/parity.md).
- **As a day-to-day Lightroom replacement we're nearer 60–70%.** It's great for JPEG/DNG and most Nikon / Sony /
-  older-Canon raws on one machine.
+- **By feature count we're at ~81%** of Lightroom (core features 98%), tracked row by row in
+  [docs/parity-checklist.md](docs/parity-checklist.md).
+- **As a day-to-day Lightroom replacement we're nearer 61% for the whole product, ~49% for a typical working photographer and ~64% for
+  casual use.** It's great for JPEG/DNG and most Sony / Panasonic /
+  Fujifilm / Nikon / older-Canon raws on one machine; see [docs/raw-parity.md](docs/raw-parity.md) for your camera.
 - **The biggest gaps:**
-  - **camera colour calibration:** raws other than DNG develop with a neutral colour matrix today, so colour is muted;
-  - **CR3 and compressed Fujifilm / Olympus raws:** these open as embedded previews only;
+  - **camera colour calibration:** Sony, Nikon, Panasonic, Fujifilm and Canon CR3 raws have guarded estimates from their camera JPEGs, with built-in ILCE-7CR, ILCE-7M4, X-H2S and X-T4 profiles; measured calibration is missing, and other raws or rejected fits retain a neutral matrix;
+  - **compressed Olympus raws and unsupported CR3 variants:** these use embedded JPEG previews when present. Fujifilm lossless/lossy compressed RAF now decodes sensor data; [verification and existing-library reload instructions](docs/raf-compression.md);
  - **AI masks and denoise:** subject and sky selection are classical heuristics;
-  - **HDR, video and the Classic Print / Book / Map modules.**
- **What's next:** see [where we're going](ROADMAP.md#where-were-going).
+  - **on-screen HDR display, video and the Classic Print / Book / Map modules.**
+- **What's next:** see [the ranked gaps](docs/gaps.md) and [the roadmap](docs/roadmap.md).

 | Area | Status |
 |---|---|
@@ -302,12 +320,13 @@ LightCraft is young and moving fast. **Where we honestly stand** (details in the
 | Masking: brush, linear, radial, luminance/colour range, add/subtract/intersect | ✅ (AI subject/sky use classical heuristics for now) |
 | Crop, straighten tool + auto straighten, flip, rotate, aspect ratios, overlays | ✅ |
 | Profiles (Color, Neutral, Vivid, Landscape, Portrait, Monochrome: our own looks), presets, versions, history, copy/paste/sync settings | ✅ |
-| Camera colour: DNG files use their own matrices | ✅ · our own calibration for other raws ⬜ (top priority; ARW, NEF and RW2 start from a look fitted to their own JPEG, other raws from a neutral fallback) |
+| Camera colour: DNG files use their own matrices | ✅ DNG · 🚧 own Sony/Fujifilm profiles; measured calibration database missing |
 | Native macOS menu bar (generated from the command registry), control channel + every widget addressable, headless UI snapshots | ✅ |
-| RAW: DNG, CR2, ARW, NEF (uncompressed + lossless/lossy compressed), Fujifilm RAF (uncompressed, Bayer + X-Trans), Panasonic RW2 / Leica RWL / Panasonic RAW (every raw format, DMC-LX1 to DC-S1RM2), Pentax PEF, Olympus ORF (uncompressed); embedded previews for every format incl. CR3 | ✅ · CR3, compressed RAF/ORF decode ⬜ |
-| Detail: sharpening, luminance + colour noise reduction | ✅ · AI Denoise, Super Resolution ⬜ |
+| RAW: DNG, CR2, CR3 (lossless CRX Bayer and version 0x100/0x200 C-RAW), ARW, NEF (uncompressed + lossless/lossy compressed, incl. lossy after split), Fujifilm RAF (uncompressed + lossless/lossy compressed, Bayer + X-Trans), Panasonic RW2 / Leica RWL / Panasonic RAW (every raw format, DMC-LX1 to DC-S1RM2), Pentax PEF, Olympus ORF (uncompressed, 12.8 bpp), Samsung SRW (uncompressed); embedded previews for every format incl. CR3 | 🚧 · other CR3 variants, compressed ORF / SRW and Nikon HE NEF decode ⬜ ([raw parity](docs/raw-parity.md)) |
+| Detail: sharpening, luminance + colour noise reduction | ✅ · AI Denoise 🚧 (Bayer, user-installed weights), Super Resolution ⬜ |
 | Remove / Heal / Clone spots (auto source), Visualize Spots, Red Eye and Pet Eye (auto pupil detection, catchlight) | ✅ · content-aware fill, spot pin editing 🚧 |
-| Export: JPEG / PNG / TIFF / WebP / AVIF / DNG / original, sizing, file-size limit, output sharpening, naming templates, batch, metadata policy, text or image watermark | ✅ · HDR export ⬜ |
+| Export: JPEG / PNG / TIFF / WebP / AVIF / DNG / original, sizing, file-size limit, output sharpening, naming templates, batch, metadata policy, text or image watermark | ✅ |
+| HDR: HDR editing with a headroom limit, SDR rendition, Visualize HDR; export as ISO 21496-1 gain map JPEG, PQ AVIF or 32-bit float TIFF | ✅ · HDR display ⬜ |
 | Library persistence (crash-safe op log + snapshots, background compaction, failed saves reported), disk thumbnail cache | ✅ |
 | Import: Add in place / Copy / Move, rename and folder templates, devices, duplicate detection, watched folders; Local folder browsing | ✅ |
 | MCP server (headless or live app, persistent libraries), CLI, control channel | ✅ |
@@ -315,7 +334,7 @@ LightCraft is young and moving fast. **Where we honestly stand** (details in the
 | Optics (distortion, vignetting, auto + manual CA, defringe, lens corrections embedded in DNG files and Panasonic / Leica RW2 / RWL distortion data), Geometry (transforms, Constrain Crop), Upright (Auto/Level/Vertical/Full/Guided) | ✅ · camera lens profiles (our own) ⬜ |
 | Photo Merge: HDR (auto-align, deghost), Panorama (spherical/cylindrical/perspective, boundary warp, auto crop), HDR Panorama → DNG | ✅ |
 | GPU pipeline (wgpu compute, CPU-exact within 1/255), CPU fallback on device limits / errors | ✅ · WebGPU in the browser 🚧 |
-| AI: segmentation masks, AI denoise, super resolution, faces; HDR editing; video | ⬜ (see [roadmap](ROADMAP.md#where-were-going)) |
+| AI: segmentation masks, AI denoise, super resolution, faces; video | 🚧 (see [gaps](docs/gaps.md)) |
 | Web build (same UI in the browser via WASM): persistent library in OPFS/IndexedDB, Web Worker rendering, export downloads | ✅ · WebGPU, Safari/Firefox testing 🚧 |

 <sub>✅ works today · 🚧 in progress · ⬜ not started</sub>
@@ -353,13 +372,14 @@ CRAFT_FONTS_DIR=../craft-fonts cargo run --release -p lightcraft
 Without it LightCraft builds and runs the same, but Chinese and Japanese text have no glyphs. Fonts are never committed to this
 repo; see [craftrules `standards/fonts.md`](https://github.com/storytold/craftrules/blob/main/standards/fonts.md).

-**Interface language:** **Edit → Language** (English, 简体中文, 繁體中文（台灣）, 日本語) or **Settings → General →
+**Interface language:** **Edit → Language** (English, 简体中文, 繁體中文（台灣）, 日本語, Português (Brasil), Español, Deutsch, Русский, Français) or **Settings → General →
 Language**; the choice applies immediately and persists. See [docs/localization.md](docs/localization.md).

 **Logs:** the desktop app writes its log to standard error and to `logs/lightcraft.log` in its settings folder
 (Linux `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lightcraft/logs/`, by default `~/.config/lightcraft/logs/`; macOS
 `~/Library/Application Support/LightCraft/logs/`; Windows `%APPDATA%\LightCraft\logs\`), never in the library. A
-launch from a desktop menu or the Dock has no terminal, so attach this file to a bug report. Each start moves the
+launch from a desktop menu or the Dock has no terminal, so attach this file to a bug report (**Help ▸ Open Log
+Folder** shows it in the file manager). Each start moves the
 previous log to `lightcraft.1.log` and that one to `lightcraft.2.log`, so the log of a run that crashed survives the
 next start; the file stops growing at 16 MiB, `--version` and `--help` write none, and runs with
 `LIGHTCRAFT_NO_PREFS` log to standard error only. By default LightCraft's own crates log at `info` and everything else
@@ -442,7 +462,9 @@ Questions, ideas or a bug you'd like to talk through first? Bring them to [Disco
 | arm64 (Snapdragon and other ARM PCs) | `lightcraft-<ver>-windows-arm64.msi` | `lightcraft-<ver>-windows-arm64-portable.zip` |
 | x86 (32-bit) | `lightcraft-<ver>-windows-x86.msi` | `lightcraft-<ver>-windows-x86-portable.zip` |

-Installers and executables are code-signed.
+Installers and executables are code-signed. The installer asks where to install (`C:\Program Files\LightCraft` by
+default; upgrades stay in the folder you chose) and ends on a page confirming LightCraft was installed, with an
+option to start it. For unattended installs: `msiexec /i lightcraft-<ver>-windows-x64.msi /qn INSTALLFOLDER="D:\Apps\LightCraft\"`.

 ### macOS

@@ -461,6 +483,8 @@ Installers and executables are code-signed.
 | Fedora/RHEL/openSUSE | `lightcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.rpm` | `lightcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.rpm` | |
 | Tarball | `lightcraft-<ver>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz` | `lightcraft-<ver>-linux-aarch64.tar.gz` | Unpack anywhere |

+RISC-V (riscv64): `lightcraft-<ver>-linux-riscv64.tar.gz`, a tarball only (glibc 2.39 or newer, e.g. Ubuntu 24.04+).
+
 ### FreeBSD

 | Build | File |
@@ -1,217 +1,166 @@
 # LightCraft roadmap

-Milestones toward full Adobe Lightroom parity (cloud Lightroom first, then every Lightroom Classic module), with wall-clock
-estimates for continuous (24/7) agent-driven development with 4–6 parallel agents. Estimates are calibrated on the sibling
-projects (DrawCraft reached its first four milestones in ≈ 4½ h) and are revised as milestones land.
+**Stage: alpha** · next: beta, ~14 points and ~340–600 h away

-## Where we stand
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-10 · **Change:** major (full re-measure against Lightroom Classic 15.5 and the installed Lightroom 9.6; restructured to the progress-docs standard) · **Target:** Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.5 / Lightroom 9.6

-*Honest assessment, 2026-10-05. Agents: read this before picking work. The checklist in
-[`docs/parity.md`](docs/parity.md) counts features that **exist**; this section is about whether a photographer can
-**switch** from Lightroom. Update it when a gap below closes.*
+One-page summary of how close LightCraft is to Adobe Lightroom. Agents: read this, then pick work
+from [docs/gaps.md](docs/gaps.md). The full assessment, method and evidence are in
+[docs/target-app-parity.md](docs/target-app-parity.md).

-**In one line:** the checklist says **79.7%** (P0 98.2%, P1 95.6%, P2 41.6%), but measured by whether a working
-photographer could replace Lightroom without noticing, we are at roughly **60–70%**. The remaining gap is mostly
-**quality of results and camera coverage**, not missing buttons.
+## Headline numbers

-Caveat on the checklist: ✅ is set by whoever lands a feature, and nobody has systematically checked rows against
-Lightroom's behaviour or output. Bugs keep turning up in ✅ areas (CR2 colour-filter phase on some Canon models #85,
-duplicate Local entries #22, black GPU exports on an Intel iGPU #78).
-
-### By dimension
-
-| Dimension | Estimate | What's true today | Biggest gaps |
-|---|---:|---|---|
-| **Feature checklist** | 79.7% | P0 core and P1 nearly complete: import (Add / Copy / Move, templates, devices), library, grid/loupe/compare/survey, every Edit slider, curves, colour grading, masking tools, crop/Upright, heal/clone, presets/profiles, versions/history, sync, export, menus, shortcuts | P0: full-resolution zoom detail; P1: lens-profile database, content-aware fill (patch synthesis), video playback/trim |
-| **RAW coverage** (formats people shoot) | ~55% | DNG (all kinds), CR2, ARW, NEF (uncompressed + Huffman lossless/lossy), uncompressed RAF/ORF, RW2 / RWL / Panasonic RAW (every raw format, checked on 178 files from 118 Panasonic and Leica bodies), PEF; every container's embedded preview (incl. CR3) | **CR3** (every Canon since ~2018), compressed RAF/ORF, Nikon lossy-after-split, Canon sRAW, HEIC/AVIF. NEFs labelled compressed but stored uncompressed (Z 6 packed 14-bit, D850 12-bit uncompressed). Per-model verification is thin (~55 corpus files vs >1,000 models) |
-| **Colour & image quality** | ~55–65% | Pipeline is complete and fast; GPU path CPU-exact within 1/255 | **No measured camera calibration database**: ARW, NEF and RW2 have a guarded per-file embedded-JPEG colour estimate (docs/camera-preview-colour.md); other non-DNG raws and rejected estimates use a neutral matrix. Colour fidelity remains incomplete. No lens-profile database. No measured fidelity against Lightroom (tone, highlights, texture/clarity, NR, sharpening are tuned by eye) |
-| **AI & computational** | ~15–20% | Assisted culling (focus, bursts), auto tone, HDR/panorama merge; subject/sky/background masks as classical heuristics | Real segmentation masks (subject, sky, people, objects, landscape, depth), AI denoise, super resolution, lens blur, generative remove, faces/people, natural-language search. **Blocked on a model strategy** (licensable weights or our own training; pure-Rust inference is feasible) |
-| **Workflow & library** | ~85% (single machine) | Robust catalog (journal + snapshots, background compaction, crash-tested), 85k-photo libraries stay responsive, Local browsing with automatic cleanup, XMP interop, keywords, smart albums, Move import | Opening an 85k library takes 1.7–4.7 s; no cloud sync (out of scope), no tablet companion (#74, roadmap), shared albums, publish services, tethering |
-| **Classic modules** | ~30% | Geotagging from GPX track logs, soft proofing (partial), slideshow (basic) | **Map view, Book, Print, Slideshow module, Web, publish services**: ~40 tracker rows ⬜ |
-| **HDR & video** | 0% | | HDR edit/display/export; video play/trim/edit/export |
-| **Platform & robustness** | ~70% | macOS native; Windows/Linux builds; web via WASM; no-panic lints workspace-wide, `unsafe` confined to `crates/sysmem`; failed saves are reported; GPU errors fall back to CPU | Windows installer UI unverified on Windows (PR #79); GPU path proven only on Apple + user reports; English, Simplified/Traditional Chinese and Japanese UI (see docs/localization.md); remaining technical errors; Traditional Chinese uses the Simplified Chinese font until craft-fonts has a TC face; accessibility partial; headless UI tests time out under machine load |
-
-### By kind of user
-
-| User | Readiness | What blocks them |
+| | Value | Kind |
 |---|---:|---|
-| JPEG / DNG shooter, single machine | ~85% | Fidelity polish, AI masks |
-| Nikon / Sony / Panasonic / older-Canon raw shooter | ~65% | Camera colour fidelity and coverage (ARW, NEF and RW2 preview estimates are only a starting point); Panasonic compacts and kit zooms also miss their embedded distortion correction |
-| Canon CR3 / Fujifilm / Olympus shooter | ~35% | Their raws open as embedded previews only (CR3: the full-size JPEG with full metadata) |
-| Lightroom Classic power user | ~45% | Print, Book, Map, publish, tethering |
-| Relies on AI (masks, denoise) | ~25% | Object / Describe masks via optional SAM 3 (download not yet hosted); no AI denoise |
+| **Feature breadth** (checklist) | **81.1%** of 517 rows (P0 98.0%, P1 95.1%, P2 46.9%) | measured: [parity-checklist.md](docs/parity-checklist.md) recount |
+| **Feature breadth** (weighted by use) | **~77%** | estimated |
+| **Ready for real work** (full target) | **~61%** (56–66%) | estimated: weighted sum over the dimensions |
+| **Mainstream practitioner** | **~49%** (44–54%) | estimated |
+| **Essentials user** | **~64%** (59–69%) | estimated |
+| Remaining to **beta** | **~340–600 h** (Opus 5.5 agent hours, ~60% parallel) | estimated |
+| Remaining to **full parity** | **~1,000–1,800 h** (~70% parallel) | estimated |

-## Where we're going
+Each audience with its own hours (Opus 5.5 agent wall-clock hours to ~95%):

-Priorities, in order. Each points at tracker rows in [`docs/parity.md`](docs/parity.md) → *Top gaps*.
+| Audience | Ready | Opus 5.5 agent wall-clock hours to ~95% | Work that dominates |
+|---|---:|---:|---|
+| Full target (ready for real work) | **~61%** | **1,000–1,800 h** (~70% parallelizes) | raw colour, lens and camera data; AI models; Classic output modules; localization; plug-in ecosystem |
+| Mainstream practitioner | **~49%** | **450–840 h** (~60% parallelizes) | camera colour and render fidelity; CR3 / ORF / HE NEF; lens database; subject / sky masks; Lightroom XMP exchange; stability |
+| Essentials user | **~64%** | **160–300 h** (~50% parallelizes) | default raw look for popular cameras; launch stability; basic-slider feel; opening CR3 / HEIC files people send |

-1. **Camera colour calibration of our own** (LR-PROF-CAMERACOLOR, P0): fit each camera to its own embedded JPEG, use
-   matrices the files carry themselves, then chart shots. Sony ARW, Nikon NEF and Panasonic RW2 have the file-local fit
-   (matrix + tone curve from their own JPEG); generalise it to the other makes' raws (PEF, ORF…), then validate fidelity.
-2. **Raw formats, clean-room** (LR-IMP-FORMATS, P0): **CR3** first, then compressed RAF / ORF, NEF
-   lossy-after-split, sRAW. Decided 2026-10-05: write our own decoders from prose descriptions (never decoder source,
-   no LGPL dependency); compressed NEF (#86) is the template.
-3. **Verified camera coverage** (LR-IMP-CAMERA-COVERAGE, P0): a CC0 sample per model in the corpus, each decoded and
-   checked for plausible colour; fix per-model bugs (#85).
-4. **Render fidelity suite** (LR-BEHAV-RENDER-FIDELITY, P1): measure our output against Lightroom on the same CC0 raws
-   (references stay in the local `plan/`), then tune against the numbers.
-5. **Lens profiles of our own** (LR-EDIT-OPTICS-PROFILE, P1).
-6. **AI model strategy** (maintainer decision): which permissively licensed models (or our own training) for
-   segmentation masks and denoise; then pure-Rust inference. Unblocks M12 and Enhance. Object / Describe masks now
-   run Meta's SAM 3 in pure Rust (optional, user-consented download under the non-OSI SAM License; CDN mirrors still
-   to be set up, docs/ai-masks.md); Subject / Sky / People and Enhance are still open.
-7. **Then:** HDR (Q), the Classic output modules (Print first, then Map view, Book, Slideshow), video (R), localisation
-   and accessibility.
+The gap between breadth and readiness is quality and coverage, not missing buttons: camera colour is
+estimated rather than measured, CR3 decodes on three verified Canon bodies, compressed ORF and HE NEF
+open as previews, rendering is tuned by eye, AI masks are heuristics, there is no lens database, and
+tests run in CI on FreeBSD only. **Why alpha:** core workflows run end to end, but readiness is below
+the ~75% beta bar (it is above the ~40% alpha bar) and Lightroom's main inputs, raw files, still have blocking gaps (Canon, ~30% of
+raw users, decodes CR3 on three verified bodies). It passes the alpha gate: all six core workflows
+(import, cull, develop, save and reopen, batch looks, export) work end to end on macOS
+([docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md#alpha-gate)). The three readiness numbers and their weights and discounts are in
+[target-app-parity.md](docs/target-app-parity.md#ready-for-real-work-mainstream-practitioner-and-essentials-user).
+Hours are calibrated on this repo's PR history; see
+[target-app-parity.md](docs/target-app-parity.md#how-hours-are-calibrated).

-Already closed in the week of 2026-10-03: compressed NEF (#10), Move import (#29), per-library smart-preview folder,
-Local roots / cleanup, grid and catalog performance at 85k photos (#35, #37), failed-save reporting, GPU export
-hardening (#78), copyright metadata (#51), GPX geotagging (#60), import tag help and folder templates (#31, #32).
+## By dimension

-Image navigation now supports native pinch zoom and two-finger pan in Detail, Compare and Reference views.
-The whole-image preview still has a configurable size cap (2,560 px default), so 100% on larger photos does not
-yet guarantee original-pixel detail; visible-region rendering remains a gap (LR-VIEW-ZOOM).
+| Dimension | Ready | Breadth | Remaining | Doc |
+|---|---:|---:|---:|---|
+| Features | ~61% | ~77% (checklist 81.1%) | 600–1,100 h | [target-app-parity](docs/target-app-parity.md#features) |
+| ↳ RAW cameras, colour, lens profiles | ~56% | 81% of 1,446 Adobe models decode, 16% verified | 255–480 h | [raw-parity](docs/raw-parity.md) |
+| UI/UX fidelity | ~70% | ~85% | 40–70 h | [ui-parity](docs/ui-parity.md) |
+| File formats (non-raw) | ~70% | ~85% | 30–55 h | [file-format-parity](docs/file-format-parity.md) |
+| Hardware | ~40% | ~50% | 40–80 h | [hardware-parity](docs/hardware-parity.md) |
+| Localization | ~52% of the 12 key languages | 7 of 12 present | 130–210 h (+145–255 h new scripts) | [localization-parity](docs/localization-parity.md) |
+| Performance | ~70% | ~80% | 30–50 h | [target-app-parity](docs/target-app-parity.md#by-dimension) |
+| Stability | ~60% | — | 30–60 h | [target-app-parity](docs/target-app-parity.md#by-dimension) |
+| Platforms | ~60% | macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, web | 25–45 h | [target-app-parity](docs/target-app-parity.md#by-dimension) |
+| Ecosystem / plug-ins | ~15% | ~25% | 40–80 h | [target-app-parity](docs/target-app-parity.md#by-dimension) |
+| AI features | ~20% | ~30% | 120–220 h (overlaps features) | [target-app-parity](docs/target-app-parity.md#ai) |

-## Milestones
+## Features

-**Status legend:** ✅ done · 🚧 in progress · ⬜ not started
-
-| # | Milestone | Scope (summary) | Estimate (h) | Status |
-|---|---|---|---|---|
-| M0 | Skeleton + visual shell | workspace, xtask CI + layering, geom/color/raster, develop model, pipeline v0, catalog v0, engine commands, Lightroom-look UI (grid, loupe, filmstrip, Edit panel), control channel, MCP, web build | 3–5 | ✅ |
-| M1 | Library core | import (JPEG/PNG/TIFF/WebP), EXIF/XMP, persistent catalog (op log + snapshots), albums, ratings/flags/labels, filter/search/sort, thumbnail cache, 100k-photo grid | 6–10 | ✅ (100k-photo grid scale test pending) |
-| M2 | Pipeline v1 (quality) | WB temp/tint, profiles, local tone mapping (highlights/shadows), curves, HSL, point colour, colour grading, texture/clarity/dehaze, vignette, grain, B&W, auto tone/WB, histogram, before/after | 10–15 | ✅ (look tuning vs our references ongoing) |
-| M3 | RAW I | TIFF/DNG (LJ92, deflate, tiles, opcodes), demosaic (AHD/PPG/bilinear), highlight recovery, DNG colour model, CR2, NEF, ARW, embedded previews | 10–15 | 🚧 (DNG, CR2, ARW, NEF uncompressed + Huffman lossless/lossy, embedded previews ✅; NEF lossy-after-split ⬜) |
-| M4 | Crop, geometry, optics | crop tool + overlays, straighten, Upright (auto/level/vertical/full/guided), manual transforms, CA, defringe, manual lens corrections | 6–10 | ✅ |
-| M5 | Performance | source pyramids, wgpu compute pipeline (CPU oracle), draft/full renders, prefetch, budgets (16 ms slider updates on 24 MP) | 10–15 | 🚧 (stage cache, source pyramid, wgpu pipeline, prefetch, memory budget ✅; colour NR at half resolution, GPU histogram ⬜) |
-| M6 | Masking | brush, linear/radial gradients, colour/luminance/depth range, add/subtract/intersect/invert, all local adjustments, masks panel | 8–12 | 🚧 (brush/linear/radial/colour/luminance range, add/subtract/intersect, masks panel ✅; depth range, AI masks ⬜) |
-| M7 | Detail | sharpening + masking preview, luminance/colour NR, Denoise, Raw Details, Super Resolution | 6–10 | 🚧 (sharpening, luminance/colour NR ✅; AI Denoise, Raw Details, Super Resolution ⬜) |
-| M8 | Heal / Remove | content-aware remove (PatchMatch), heal, clone, brush spots, visualize spots, red/pet eye | 6–10 | 🚧 (heal, clone, auto source, visualize spots, red/pet eye ✅; PatchMatch remove ⬜) |
-| M9 | Presets, profiles, versions, sync | preset browser + amount, create/import presets, profile browser, versions, history, copy/paste/sync settings | 5–8 | ✅ |
-| M10 | Export & share | export dialog (JPEG/PNG/TIFF/DNG/AVIF/JXL/original), sizing, sharpening, metadata, watermark, naming, batch jobs, XMP sidecars, HDR export | 6–10 | 🚧 (all formats incl. DNG/original, sizing, presets, background jobs ✅; JXL encode, HDR export ⬜) |
-| M11 | RAW II | CR3, RAF (X-Trans), ORF, RW2, PEF, SRW, 3FR, IIQ + long tail; camera calibration DB; HEIC/AVIF/JXL import | 20–35 | 🚧 (RAF uncompressed, RW2 (every raw format), PEF, ORF uncompressed ✅; **camera colour calibration** 🚧 (guarded ARW, NEF and RW2 preview fitting; measured database still missing), CR3, compressed ORF/RAF ⬜) |
-| M12 | AI & smart features | subject/sky/background/people/object masks, semantic search, faces/People (permissively licensed models, pure-Rust inference) | 20–40 | ⬜ |
-| M13 | Merge | HDR merge (deghost), panorama (projections, boundary warp, fill edges), HDR panorama | 10–15 | ✅ |
-| M14 | Video | import/playback/trim via FilmCraft crates, global edits + presets on video, video export | 6–10 | ⬜ |
-| M15 | Classic modules | Map, Book, Slideshow, Print, Web; smart collections, stacks, virtual copies, publish services, tethering | 25–40 | 🚧 (smart albums, stacks, virtual copies, compare/survey ✅; Map/Book/Slideshow/Print/Web ⬜) |
-| M16 | 1.0 polish | preferences, shortcut editor, accessibility, localization, packaging (dmg/msi/AppImage/web), hardening | 10–20 | 🚧 (settings, keyboard shortcuts sheet, packaging basics ✅; English/Chinese (Simplified, Traditional)/Japanese localisation 🟡; accessibility and further locales ⬜) |
-
-## Parity estimate (feature count updated 2026-10-05; effort estimate from 2026-10-02)
-
-**By feature count** — from `docs/parity.md` (one row per Lightroom feature, menu item and shortcut; `cargo xtask
-parity` prints this line on every run, so it stays current):
-
-| Scope | Weighted completion | Rows | 2026-10-02 |
+| Area | Ready | Breadth | Remaining |
 |---|---:|---:|---:|
-| P0 (core) | **98.2%** | 200 | 98.7% |
-| P1 (important parity) | **95.6%** | 149 | 94.4% |
-| P2 (later / AI / niche, incl. Classic modules) | **41.6%** | 160 | 29.4% |
-| **All in-scope rows** | **79.7%** | 509 | 75.6% |
+| Import and library | 80% | 90% | 25–45 h |
+| RAW decoding and camera coverage | 76% | 81% | 120–220 h |
+| Colour, camera profiles, render fidelity | 35% | 65% | 80–150 h |
+| Global develop adjustments | 70% | 93% | 30–60 h |
+| Optics, lens profiles, crop and geometry | 50% | 80% | 40–80 h |
+| Masking | 45% | 67% | 60–110 h |
+| Remove, heal, Enhance | 30% | 45% | 70–130 h |
+| Presets, profiles, versions, sync | 85% | 95% | 8–15 h |
+| Export | 75% | 89% | 15–30 h |
+| Merge and HDR | 60% | 85% | 20–35 h |
+| Views, compare, zoom, culling | 70% | 90% | 15–30 h |
+| Classic output modules (Map, Book, Slideshow, Print, publish, tethering) | 10% | 15% | 90–150 h |
+| Video | 0% | 0% | 25–45 h |

-The 2026-10-05 count includes three new 🟡 rows that make quality gaps visible (camera colour calibration, verified
-camera coverage, render fidelity), which is why P0 dipped slightly.
+Weights and evidence: [target-app-parity.md](docs/target-app-parity.md#features).

-✅ counts 1, 🟡 ½, ⬜ 0; out-of-scope rows (cloud sharing, Adobe accounts…) are left out.
+## Languages

-**By remaining effort** — rows are not equal: a shortcut and the whole Book module are one row each, and what is
-left is the heavy part (AI, video, Classic output modules, undocumented raw codecs). Remaining work in **Opus agent-hours**
-(one agent working continuously; calibrated on this project — a single lead agent closed ≈ 45 tracker rows of
-UI/feature work in ≈ 5 h on 2026-10-01, and ≈ 60 more (preset import incl. `.lrtemplate` / DNG / zip and masks, smart-album
-rule editor, auto sync, keyword and label sets, import options and DNG conversion, smart previews, external-editor round
-trip, slideshow, auto import…) in ≈ 12 h on 2026-10-02; four to six parallel agents built M0–M13 in ≈ 25 active hours):
+Measured from `crates/ui-egui/locales` (share of 2,304 catalog messages translated); none is `full`
+while lower-layer errors stay English. Detail: [localization-parity.md](docs/localization-parity.md).

-| Work package | Tracker rows | Agent-hours | Risk |
+| Language | Code | Translated | Status |
 |---|---|---:|---|
-| Remaining P0/P1 UI and library features (folder rename/move, keyword painter, people view…) | ≈ 8 | 5–10 | low |
-| Raw codecs: CR3 (CRX), compressed ORF / RAF, NEF lossy-after-split, HEIC/AVIF decode, JPEG XL DNG | LR-IMP-FORMATS | 40–80 | **high** — clean-room black-box analysis, no permissive specs |
-| Lens-profile database of our own (calibration targets, fitting, data) | LR-EDIT-OPTICS-PROFILE | 15–30 | data collection |
-| Video: playback, trim, edits, export (pure-Rust decode, ideally shared with FilmCraft) | R. Video | 20–40 | medium |
-| AI: subject / sky / background / people / object masks, object-aware remove, AI denoise, super resolution, lens blur, people & faces, natural-language search, culling | ≈ 30 | 80–150 | **high** — permissively licensed weights, pure-Rust inference, maybe training |
-| HDR editing, display, visualisation and export | Q. HDR, LR-EXP-HDR | 15–25 | medium |
-| Classic modules: Map, Book, Slideshow module, Print, publish services, tethering, soft proofing | ≈ 50 | 60–100 | medium (large, well-understood) |
-| Smaller P2 items: Enhance dialog, export to Photos, help / what's new, accessibility, localisation, sidecar variants | ≈ 15 | 12–25 | low |
-| Look tuning, performance budgets (colour NR at half resolution on CPU + GPU, 100k-photo library), packaging, hardening | — | 25–45 | medium |
-| **Total remaining** | | **≈ 270–505** | |
+| English | en | 100% | full (source) |
+| Simplified Chinese | zh-hans | 87% | partial |
+| Spanish | es | 86% | partial |
+| Hindi | hi | 0% | none (no Devanagari shaping) |
+| Arabic | ar | 0% | none (no RTL / shaping) |
+| French | fr | 88% | partial |
+| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-br | 85% | partial |
+| Indonesian | id | 0% | none |
+| Japanese | ja | 87% | partial |
+| German | de | 91% | partial |
+| Korean | ko | 0% | none (no Hangul face) |
+| Vietnamese | vi | 0% | none |

-Spent so far ≈ 105–145 agent-hours, so **by effort the project is ≈ 20–35% of the way to complete Lightroom + Classic
-parity**, and ≈ 45–60% of the way for cloud-Lightroom parity without AI and the Classic modules (remaining ≈ 130–255 h,
-most of it the raw codecs, lens data, video and HDR).
+Also shipped: Traditional Chinese (87%), Russian (74%), Ukrainian (99%).

-**Wall clock:** ≈ 270–505 h for one agent working alone; with 4–6 parallel agents (≈ 70% parallel efficiency, merges and
-CI under load cost the rest) **≈ 65–125 h of continuous work**. The AI package and the raw codecs carry most of the
-uncertainty: they can finish faster if suitable permissive models / documentation turn up, or stall on licensing.
+## Upcoming

-## Totals
+Ranked toward beta; detail in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md), gaps in [docs/gaps.md](docs/gaps.md).

-Remaining from 2026-10-02 evening (see *Parity estimate* above for the breakdown):
+1. Camera colour of our own: measured calibration for the popular models (50–90 h)
+2. CR3 for every Canon body (25–45 h)
+3. Render-fidelity suite against Lightroom, then tuning (30–60 h)
+4. Full-resolution zoom (8–15 h)
+5. AI masks: Subject / Sky / People (40–70 h + model decision)
+6. Compressed ORF and HE NEF (28–55 h)
+7. Lens profile database of our own (40–80 h)
+8. Tests in CI on macOS, Windows and Linux (6–12 h)
+9. Per-model raw verification (20–35 h)

-| Target | Remaining agent-hours | Wall clock, 4–6 parallel agents |
-|---|---:|---:|
-| Cloud-Lightroom parity without AI or Classic modules | ≈ 130–255 h | ≈ 35–65 h |
-| Full parity incl. AI, video and the Classic modules | ≈ 270–505 h | ≈ 65–125 h |
+## Progress log

-The milestone estimates in the table above were made before work started and are kept for calibration (M0–M13 took
-≈ 25 active hours with parallel agents against an estimate of ≈ 110–170 h for those milestones).
+- 2026-10-10 (RAW): RAW measured model by model against Adobe's 1,446-model list (234 verified, 943
+  unverified, 233 preview-only, 36 unsupported; ~84% of photographers' cameras decode, ~40% on a
+  verified body). Full ~61%, mainstream ~49%, essentials ~64%; beta ~14 points away.
+- 2026-10-10 (final): full ready is a weighted sum over the dimensions (~59%; method aligned with
+  the standard); mainstream practitioner ~51% (450–840 h), essentials user ~63% (160–300 h);
+  alpha gate passes.
+- 2026-10-10: full re-measure for the progress-docs standard: stage alpha, ready ~55%, checklist
+  81.1%; new docs (target-app-parity, gaps, roadmap, architecture, raw / file-format / hardware / UI
+  / localization parity); `docs/parity.md` renamed `docs/parity-checklist.md`. Landed today: Nikon
+  lossy-after-split NEF (#633), ORF 12.8 bpp (#651), HDR gain map JPEG / PQ AVIF / float TIFF export
+  (#646), Lightroom-like Auto (#628), activity stack.
+- 2026-10-09: Sony ILCE-7CR camera colour: bundled profile from 125 photos; on 26 withheld photos mean
+  ΔE vs the camera JPEG 4.07 → 3.29. HEIC in release builds (#609), Samsung uncompressed SRW,
+  contact-sheet PDF export, Ukrainian and French UI, release v0.5.0.
+- 2026-10-08: independent Rust CR3 lossless and version 0x100/0x200 C-RAW decoding, six exact
+  full-sensor regressions on M50 / R100 / R8; guarded CR3 camera-JPEG colour fitting
+  ([cr3.md](docs/cr3.md)).
+- 2026-10-08: Fujifilm lossless / lossy compressed RAF: pure-Rust striped decoder, full sensor arrays
+  verified on 17 CC0 and 7 supplied files (13 bodies). Fujifilm camera colour: bundled X-H2S / X-T4
+  profiles from 201 / 545 photos; on 150 withheld files mean ΔE X-H2S 1.70 → 1.62, X-T4 2.43 → 2.34.
+  AI RAW denoise (#384), Lightroom catalog import, German, Spanish and Russian UI.
+- 2026-10-07: Panasonic RW2 / Leica RWL / Panasonic RAW decode in every raw format, established on
+  178 CC0 files from 118 bodies; RW2 file-local camera look (140 of 174 files). Faces: recognition in
+  pure Rust and People view.
+- 2026-10-03 – 10-05: community PRs (#42–#51, #60) and 25+ issues: compressed NEF, Move import,
+  folder templates, Local roots and cleanup, 85k-photo grid and catalog performance, background
+  compaction, failed-save errors, GPU export hardening. Added the honest *Where we stand* assessment
+  and tracker rows for camera colour, camera coverage and render fidelity.
+- 2026-10-02: parity estimate added (`cargo xtask parity` prints weighted completion); milestones
+  refreshed.
+- 2026-10-01: RAW II formats: RAF (uncompressed Bayer + X-Trans), RW2 (packed), PEF (incl. Huffman),
+  ORF (uncompressed); embedded previews for every container incl. CR3; raw corpus test with 37 CC0
+  samples.
+- 2026-09-30 (later): app running with the full Lightroom-style UI; pipeline v0; DNG / CR2 / ARW;
+  README showcase. ≈ 8 h elapsed.
+- 2026-09-30: roadmap created; M0 in progress; research docs (Lightroom reference, Rust imaging
+  ecosystem) complete.

-## Risks that coding hours alone don't retire
+## Revision history

- **AI features** (subject/sky/people masks, generative remove) need model weights with licences we can ship; classical
-  fallbacks first. No permissively licensed sky-segmentation or raw-denoise model was found — we may need to train our own.
- **Camera colour and lens data** is a data problem: we never use Adobe's matrices, DCPs or LCPs. DNG-embedded data first,
-  then our own calibration; long-tail camera/lens coverage grows over time.
- **Raw-format sources:** decided 2026-10-05: decoders are written from *prose* format descriptions (even ones
-  published alongside GPL code); decoder source is never read. Still open: freedom-to-operate review for local
-  Laplacian filters, PatchMatch and HEVC (HEIC).
- **Look parity** with Adobe's default rendering is tuned by eye today; the planned fidelity suite (LR-BEHAV-RENDER-FIDELITY)
-  turns it into measured comparisons against local-only Lightroom references.
-
-## Raw format coverage and known gaps
-
-Sony ILCE-7M4 downsized lossless ARW (subsampled YCbCr 4:2:0 / 4:2:2 tiles) now decodes to linear RGB;
-private 3:2 & 4:3 examples verified through native rendering & full-resolution 16-bit export.
-
-Decoded (CC0 corpus from raw.pixls.us, `cargo xtask corpus --download`, `crates/raw/tests/corpus.rs`): DNG (uncompressed,
-LJ92, lossy JPEG / Smart Previews, Deflate, float, linear), CR2, ARW (uncompressed, ARW2, LJ92; as-shot white balance and black level of pre-2017 bodies from the enciphered
-maker-note `Tag2010` and the encrypted `SR2SubIFD`, both recovered by black-box analysis, `crates/raw/src/vendor/arw.rs`), NEF/NRW uncompressed and Huffman-compressed (lossless, lossy type 1/2, 12/14-bit), RAF uncompressed (Bayer and
-X-Trans), RW2 / Leica RWL / Panasonic RAW in every raw format (compressed formats 4 and 6, the prefix-coded strips of format 8,
-packed formats 2, 5 and 7, the 16-bit words of the 2005–2007 bodies; all recovered by black-box analysis of 178 CC0 files from
-118 bodies, `crates/raw/src/vendor/rw2.rs`), PEF (uncompressed and Huffman), ORF uncompressed (16-bit and 12-bit packed). Every
-supported container also yields its embedded JPEG preview (CR3 too), and the engine shows that preview for raw variants
-it can't decode yet.
-
-Not decoded yet — preview only (no permissively licensed description; black-box analysis incomplete):
- **Nikon "lossy after split" NEF** (non-zero split row in maker note `0x0096`, e.g. some D3400/D5000/D5200/D5500/D5600
-  files): rows above the split decode with the regular lossy table; from the split row on a different code is used
-  that our black-box analysis has not recovered yet (none of the four regular tables fits, also not with byte
-  alignment or reset predictors at the split row). The other Nikon Huffman variants are decoded (`crates/raw/src/vendor/nefc.rs` documents the analysis).
- **Olympus compressed ORF**, **Fujifilm compressed RAF**, **Canon CR3/CRX** (M11.1), **Canon sRAW/mRAW**, lossy DNG.
-
-**Camera colour matrices:** ARW, NEF and RW2 files can use guarded, separate chromaticity and tone estimates from their own embedded JPEG (see `docs/camera-preview-colour.md`); this is a per-file camera-look estimate with relative WB, not measured calibration or absolute-Kelvin WB. Other non-DNG raws and rejected fits use the documented neutral fallback (camera RGB ≈ linear sRGB, flagged
-`matrix_is_fallback`) with the file's as-shot white-balance multipliers. Clean sources to evaluate next: manufacturer
-matrices stored in the files themselves (Olympus ImageProcessing `ColorMatrix`, Pentax equivalents; Panasonic RW2 files carry none) and our
-own chart-based calibration (M11.4). Adobe matrices are never used.
-
-## Log
- 2026-09-30: roadmap created; M0 in progress; research docs (Lightroom reference, Rust imaging ecosystem) complete.
- 2026-09-30 (later): app running with the full Lightroom-style UI; pipeline v0; DNG/CR2/ARW; README showcase. ≈ 8 h elapsed.
- 2026-10-02: parity estimate added (xtask parity prints weighted completion); milestone statuses refreshed.
- 2026-10-01: RAW II formats: RAF (uncompressed Bayer + X-Trans), RW2 (packed), PEF (incl. Huffman), ORF (uncompressed); embedded previews for every container incl. CR3; raw corpus test with 37 CC0 samples.
- 2026-10-03 – 10-05: community PRs (#42–#51, #60) and 25+ issues landed: compressed NEF, Move import, folder templates,
-  Local roots and cleanup, 85k-photo grid and catalog performance, background compaction, failed-save errors, GPU
-  export hardening, clippy 1.99. Added the honest *Where we stand* assessment and *Where we're going* priorities; added
-  tracker rows for camera colour, camera coverage and render fidelity.
- 2026-10-07: Panasonic RW2 / Leica RWL / Panasonic RAW decode in every raw format (compressed 4/6/8, packed 2/5/7,
-  16-bit words), black levels, in-camera aspect crops and mapped-out defects established on 178 CC0 files from 118
-  bodies; RW2 gets the file-local camera look (accepted on 140 of 174 files with a preview).
-
-## Chinese and Japanese interfaces, and text watermarks
-
-English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) and Japanese interface languages are persisted in UI state, and the
-language table (`crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs`) drives the menus, settings and fonts, so another
-language is a table entry plus two catalogs (docs/localization.md). Core menus and panels are
-translated; untranslated text retains English. CJK glyphs (Chinese: Noto Sans CJK SC; Japanese UI:
-BIZ UDPGothic; watermarks: BIZ UDMincho) come from storytold/craft-fonts, embedded by builds made
-with the optional `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR` input (all releases), so no system fonts are needed. Text watermarks now accept
-`vertical: true` in export JSON/presets and expose an orientation selector. Japanese
-characters stay upright in top-to-bottom columns, with newlines starting columns to the
-left. This is basic lettering, without tate-chu-yoko, ruby, kinsoku, or general vertical
-OpenType shaping. The same coverage renderer serves 8/16/32-bit exports.
+| Date | Change | Summary |
+|---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-10 | minor | RAW measured model by model; RAW decode and colour as explicit rows: full 59% → 61%, mainstream 51% → 49%, essentials 63% → 64%; beta ~14 points |
+| 2026-10-10 | minor | Full ready restored to the additive weighted sum (~59%; method aligned with the standard, no new evidence); hours per audience; beta ~16 points away |
+| 2026-10-10 | minor | Mainstream practitioner and essentials user numbers; full ready 55% → 46% (method written down); beta 340–600 h |
+| 2026-10-10 | minor | Alpha gate added (core-workflow check): passes, stays alpha |
+| 2026-10-10 | major | Restructured to the progress-docs standard; re-measured; *Where we stand*, *Parity estimate* and *Totals* moved to docs/target-app-parity.md, milestones and risks to docs/roadmap.md, raw coverage to docs/raw-parity.md, catalog migration to docs/file-format-parity.md, CJK notes to docs/localization-parity.md |
+| 2026-10-08 | minor | *Where we stand* by dimension and by kind of user |
+| 2026-10-02 | major | Parity estimate and effort table |
+| 2026-09-30 | major | Created |
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 dhat = { workspace = true, optional = true }

 [features]
+default = ["denoise"]
+denoise = ["lightcraft-engine/denoise"]
+rawnind-model = ["denoise", "lightcraft-engine/rawnind-model"]
 # Heap profiling: `cargo run --release -p lightcraft-cli --features dhat-heap -- snapshot …` counts
 # every allocation (live/peak bytes in `library.memory` / `ui.inspect`) and writes dhat-heap.json
 # (open it in DHAT's viewer: allocation sites by bytes at the peak). Slows allocation-heavy work.
 dhat-heap = ["dep:dhat"]
+
+# Open HEIC/HEIF photos (the optional lightcraft-heif crate). Not default so distributors choose
+# it (HEVC patents); build with `--features heif` to include it.
+heif = ["lightcraft-codecs/heif"]
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ USAGE:
  lightcraft-cli controls [--json]   list every develop control id with its range
  lightcraft-cli calibrate [--max N] [--out DIR] FOLDERS/FILES…
      Fit a colour profile per camera model from raw files and their embedded camera JPEGs
-      (Sony ARW, Nikon NEF): up to N files spread over the folders (default 300; 0 = all), pooled per
+      (Sony ARW, Nikon NEF, Fujifilm RAF): up to N files spread over the folders (default 300; 0 = all), pooled per
      model, written as <model>.json to DIR (default: the profiles folder LightCraft reads,
      <config>/camera-profiles, or $LIGHTCRAFT_CAMERA_PROFILES). Raws of a profiled model then
      take their colour from the profile and only their tone from their own JPEG.
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ static ALLOC: dhat::Alloc = dhat::Alloc;

 /// Why `--library DIR` can't be opened; for a library open in another program, how to work with
 /// that one instead (issue #99).
+/// Print the open library's warnings (an unlockable library, damaged settings files) on stderr:
+/// stdout carries command results / MCP protocol messages only.
+fn library_warnings(session: &mut Session, who: &str) {
+    for w in session.take_library_warnings() {
+        eprintln!("{who}: warning: {w}");
+    }
+}
+
 fn library_error(dir: &str, e: lightcraft_engine::EngineError) -> String {
    match e {
        lightcraft_engine::EngineError::LibraryInUse(why) => format!(
@@ -159,7 +167,8 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {

 /// Raw files below `path` (or `path` itself), skipping hidden and NAS metadata folders.
 fn raw_files(path: &Path, out: &mut Vec<std::path::PathBuf>, depth: usize) {
-    let is_raw = |p: &Path| p.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()).is_some_and(|e| ["arw", "nef", "nrw"].iter().any(|x| e.eq_ignore_ascii_case(x)));
+    let is_raw =
+        |p: &Path| p.extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()).is_some_and(|e| ["arw", "nef", "nrw", "raf"].iter().any(|x| e.eq_ignore_ascii_case(x)));
    if path.is_file() {
        if is_raw(path) {
            out.push(path.to_path_buf());
@@ -316,6 +325,7 @@ fn mcp(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
                    let mut h = Headless::default();
                    let r = h.session.open_library(dir, demo).map_err(|e| library_error(dir, e))?;
                    eprintln!("lightcraft-cli mcp: opened library {dir} ({r:?})");
+                    library_warnings(&mut h.session, "lightcraft-cli mcp");
                    h
                }
                None if demo => Headless::demo(),
@@ -332,7 +342,7 @@ fn mcp(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
    eprintln!("lightcraft-cli mcp: serving MCP on stdio ({})", backend.describe());
    let mut server = Server::new(backend).with_command_tools(!compact);
    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
-    server.serve(BufReader::new(stdin.lock()), std::io::stdout().lock()).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+    server.serve(BufReader::new(stdin), std::io::stdout()).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
 }

 fn merge(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
@@ -381,7 +391,7 @@ fn merge(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
        }
        i += 1;
    }
-    let mut s = Session::new().with_fs();
+    let mut s = Session::new().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock();
    let paths = expand_paths(&files);
    let r = s.execute("library.import", &json!({"paths": paths})).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
    let mut ids: Vec<u64> = r["imported"].as_array().map(|a| a.iter().filter_map(Value::as_u64).collect()).unwrap_or_default();
@@ -552,6 +562,7 @@ fn run(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
                    Some(dir) => {
                        let mut h = Headless::default();
                        h.session.open_library(dir, demo).map_err(|e| library_error(dir, e))?;
+                        library_warnings(&mut h.session, "lightcraft-cli");
                        h
                    }
                    None if demo => Headless::demo(),
@@ -641,7 +652,7 @@ fn render(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
    }
    let input = input.ok_or("render: missing input file")?;
    let output = output.ok_or("render: missing -o OUTPUT")?;
-    let mut s = Session::new().with_fs();
+    let mut s = Session::new().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock();
    let abs = expand_paths(std::slice::from_ref(&input));
    let r = s.execute("library.import", &json!({"paths": abs})).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
    let id = r["imported"][0].as_u64().ok_or_else(|| format!("{input}: not a readable photo"))?;
@@ -717,19 +728,19 @@ fn snapshot(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
    if script.is_none() && output.is_none() {
        return Err("snapshot: give -o OUT.png and/or --script FILE".into());
    }
-    if !(scale > 0.0 && size[0] >= 1.0 && size[1] >= 1.0) {
-        return Err("snapshot: bad --size/--scale".into());
-    }
+    lightcraft_ui_egui::headless::viewport_pixels(size, scale).map_err(|e| format!("snapshot: bad --size/--scale: {e}"))?;
    let t0 = Instant::now();
    let mut session = match &library {
        Some(dir) => {
-            let mut s = Session::new().with_fs();
+            let mut s = Session::new().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock().with_default_face_models();
            s.open_library(dir, false).map_err(|e| library_error(dir, e))?;
            s
        }
-        None if files.is_empty() => Session::with_demo().with_fs(),
-        None => Session::new().with_fs(),
+        None if files.is_empty() => Session::with_demo().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock().with_default_face_models(),
+        None => Session::new().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock().with_default_face_models(),
    };
+    // Apply compute policy before imports or the first scripted query can discover an adapter.
+    session.execute("app.gpu", &json!({"enabled": false})).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
    if !files.is_empty() {
        let ti = Instant::now();
        let r = session.execute("library.import", &json!({"paths": expand_paths(&files)})).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
@@ -744,7 +755,11 @@ fn snapshot(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), String> {
        })),
        ..Default::default()
    };
-    let app = lightcraft_ui_egui::LightcraftApp::new(session, services);
+    let mut app = lightcraft_ui_egui::LightcraftApp::new(session, services);
+    // Snapshot sessions promise no GPU: disable photo compute as well as the compositor
+    // before the first frame can start background adapter discovery.
+    // This UI state is session-local: the CLI neither loads nor saves desktop ui.json.
+    app.ui.settings.gpu = false;
    let mut h = Headless::new(app, size, scale);
    let timeout = Duration::from_secs(60);
    let mut shots = 0usize;
@@ -7,6 +7,46 @@ use serde_json::{Value, json};

 const BIN: &str = env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_lightcraft-cli");

+#[test]
+fn contact_sheet_exports_pdf_and_protects_originals() {
+    let input = tmp("contact-sheet-input.png");
+    gradient_png(&input);
+    let out = tmp("contact-sheet.pdf");
+    let (ok, lines, err) = run_cli(
+        &[
+            "--import",
+            input.to_str().unwrap(),
+            "export.contactSheet",
+            &format!("path={}", out.display()),
+            "paper=letter",
+            "landscape=true",
+            "columns=2",
+            "rows=3",
+        ],
+        None,
+    );
+    assert!(ok, "{err}: {lines:?}");
+    assert_eq!(lines[0]["result"]["pages"], 1);
+    assert_eq!(lines[0]["result"]["photos"], 1);
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(&out).unwrap();
+    assert!(bytes.starts_with(b"%PDF-1.4"));
+    assert!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).contains("/MediaBox [0 0 792.00 612.00]"));
+    let before = std::fs::read(&input).unwrap();
+    for target in [input.clone(), input.with_extension("xmp")] {
+        if target != input {
+            std::fs::write(&target, b"existing sidecar").unwrap();
+        }
+        let (ok, _, _) = run_cli(&["--import", input.to_str().unwrap(), "export.contactSheet", &format!("path={}", target.display())], None);
+        assert!(!ok, "overwrote protected file");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&input).unwrap(), before);
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read(input.with_extension("xmp")).unwrap(), b"existing sidecar");
+    let prior = std::fs::read(&out).unwrap();
+    let (ok, _, _) = run_cli(&["--import", input.to_str().unwrap(), "export.contactSheet", &format!("path={}", out.display()), "columns=0"], None);
+    assert!(!ok);
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&out).unwrap(), prior, "failed export changed prior output");
+}
+
 fn tmp(name: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
    let d = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lightcraft-cli-test-{}", std::process::id()));
    std::fs::create_dir_all(&d).unwrap();
@@ -19,6 +59,19 @@ fn gradient_png(path: &std::path::Path) {
    std::fs::write(path, png).unwrap();
 }

+#[test]
+fn calibrate_reads_raf_inputs_and_reports_bad_files() {
+    let input = tmp("invalid.RAF");
+    std::fs::write(&input, b"FUJIFILMCCD-RAW").unwrap();
+    let out = tmp("raf-profiles");
+    let result = Command::new(BIN).args(["calibrate", "--out"]).arg(&out).arg(&input).output().unwrap();
+    assert!(!result.status.success());
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&result.stderr);
+    assert!(stderr.contains("1 of 1 raw files"), "RAF was silently ignored: {stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.contains("invalid.RAF") && stderr.contains("no profile written"), "{stderr}");
+    assert!(!out.join("X-T4.json").exists(), "bad input must not produce a profile");
+}
+
 fn mean(path: &std::path::Path) -> f64 {
    let d = lightcraft_codecs::decode(&std::fs::read(path).unwrap(), Default::default()).unwrap();
    let img = d.to_srgb8();
@@ -154,10 +207,14 @@ fn snapshot_subcommand_renders_the_ui_headlessly() {
    std::fs::write(
        &script,
        format!(
-            "# comment\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n",
+            "# comment\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n{}\n",
            json!({"method": "ui.set", "params": {"view": "photoGrid"}}),
+            // (settled: under load a grid shot taken before its thumbnails is darker than the
+            // dimmed export dialog over them, and the comparison below fails)
+            json!({"method": "ui.settle", "params": {"timeoutMs": 20000}}),
            json!({"method": "ui.screenshot"}),
            json!({"method": "engine.execute", "params": {"command": "dialog.export"}}),
+            json!({"method": "ui.settle", "params": {"timeoutMs": 20000}}),
            json!({"method": "ui.screenshot", "params": {"path": b.to_str().unwrap()}}),
        ),
    )
@@ -168,7 +225,7 @@ fn snapshot_subcommand_renders_the_ui_headlessly() {
        .unwrap();
    assert!(o.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr));
    let replies: Vec<Value> = String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).lines().map(|l| serde_json::from_str(l).unwrap()).collect();
-    assert_eq!(replies.len(), 4);
+    assert_eq!(replies.len(), 6);
    assert!(replies.iter().all(|r| r["ok"] == true), "{replies:?}");
    for (p, dimmed) in [(&a, false), (&b, true)] {
        let d = lightcraft_codecs::decode(&std::fs::read(p).unwrap(), Default::default()).unwrap();
@@ -216,6 +273,55 @@ fn snapshot_script_failure_exits_non_zero() {
    assert_eq!((d.width, d.height), (320, 200));
 }

+#[test]
+fn snapshot_ui_zoom_keeps_requested_pixel_dimensions() {
+    let script = tmp("snap-ui-zoom.jsonl");
+    std::fs::write(&script, format!("{}\n{}\n", json!({"method": "ui.zoomFactor", "params": {"factor": 1.1}}), json!({"method": "ui.inspect"})))
+        .unwrap();
+    for (size, scale, expected) in [("400x240", "1", (400, 240)), ("345x200", "0.9", (311, 180))] {
+        let out = tmp(&format!("snap-ui-zoom-{scale}.png"));
+        let o = Command::new(BIN)
+            .args(["snapshot", "--script", script.to_str().unwrap(), "-o", out.to_str().unwrap(), "--size", size, "--scale", scale])
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(o.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stderr));
+        let replies: Vec<Value> = String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).lines().map(|line| serde_json::from_str(line).unwrap()).collect();
+        assert!(replies.iter().all(|reply| reply["ok"] == true), "{replies:?}");
+        assert!(replies[1]["result"]["pixelsPerPoint"].as_f64().unwrap() > scale.parse::<f64>().unwrap());
+        let decoded = lightcraft_codecs::decode(&std::fs::read(out).unwrap(), Default::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((decoded.width, decoded.height), expected);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Headless snapshots default to CPU photo rendering as well as CPU UI rasterization.
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_defaults_to_cpu_without_gpu_environment_overrides() {
+    let script = tmp("default-cpu.jsonl");
+    std::fs::write(
+        &script,
+        format!("{}\n{}\n", json!({"method": "engine.execute", "params": {"command": "app.gpu"}}), json!({"method": "ui.screenshot"})),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let image = tmp("default-cpu.png");
+    let output = Command::new(BIN)
+        .env_remove("LIGHTCRAFT_GPU")
+        .env_remove("LIGHTCRAFT_GPU_BACKEND")
+        .env_remove("WGPU_BACKEND")
+        .args(["snapshot", "--demo", "--script", script.to_str().unwrap(), "-o", image.to_str().unwrap(), "--size", "480x320"])
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(output.status.success(), "status {}: {}", output.status, String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+    let replies: Vec<Value> = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).lines().map(|line| serde_json::from_str(line).unwrap()).collect();
+    assert!(replies.iter().all(|reply| reply["ok"] == true), "{replies:?}");
+    let gpu = &replies[0]["result"];
+    assert_eq!(gpu["enabled"], false, "{gpu}");
+    assert_eq!(gpu["available"], false, "{gpu}");
+    assert_eq!(gpu["adapter"], Value::Null, "no device is created: {gpu}");
+    assert!(gpu["reason"].as_str().is_some_and(|reason| reason.contains("preference")), "{gpu}");
+    let decoded = lightcraft_codecs::decode(&std::fs::read(image).unwrap(), Default::default()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((decoded.width, decoded.height), (480, 320));
+}
+
 /// Issue #136: with the GPU switched off from the environment the UI starts and renders on the CPU,
 /// without creating a GPU device (no driver is loaded), and says why.
 #[test]
@@ -395,3 +501,79 @@ fn warnings_are_logged_on_stderr() {
    let off = run("off");
    assert!(!off.contains("names no known backend"), "{off}");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_rejects_invalid_dimensions_before_creating_an_image() {
+    for (index, (size, scale)) in
+        [("NaNx100", "1"), ("100x100", "inf"), ("9000x9000", "1"), ("9000x100", "2"), ("100x100", "0.001")].into_iter().enumerate()
+    {
+        let image = tmp(&format!("invalid-viewport-{index}.png"));
+        let output = Command::new(BIN).args(["snapshot", "--size", size, "--scale", scale, "-o"]).arg(&image).output().unwrap();
+        assert!(!output.status.success());
+        assert!(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).contains("snapshot: bad --size/--scale"), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+        assert!(!image.exists());
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_preserves_fractional_scale_rounding() {
+    let image = tmp("fractional-scale-rounding.png");
+    let output =
+        Command::new(BIN).env("LIGHTCRAFT_GPU", "0").args(["snapshot", "--size", "345x200", "--scale", "0.9", "-o"]).arg(&image).output().unwrap();
+    assert!(output.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+    let decoded = lightcraft_codecs::decode(&std::fs::read(image).unwrap(), Default::default()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((decoded.width, decoded.height), (311, 180));
+}
+
+/// Snapshot's CPU setting must never replace the desktop preference, including with --library.
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[test]
+fn snapshot_leaves_desktop_gpu_preferences_untouched() {
+    let dir = tmp("snapshot-desktop-preferences");
+    let library = dir.join("library");
+    let mut session = lightcraft_engine::Session::new().with_fs();
+    session.open_library(&library, true).unwrap();
+    drop(session);
+    let config = dir.join("config");
+    let app_config = config.join("lightcraft");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&app_config).unwrap();
+    let ui_path = app_config.join("ui.json");
+    let mut ui = lightcraft_ui_egui::UiState::default();
+    ui.settings.gpu = true;
+    let saved = serde_json::to_vec_pretty(&ui).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(&ui_path, &saved).unwrap();
+    let script = dir.join("preferences.jsonl");
+    std::fs::write(
+        &script,
+        format!("{}\n{}\n", json!({"method": "engine.execute", "params": {"command": "app.gpu"}}), json!({"method": "ui.inspect"})),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    for gpu_environment in [None, Some("1")] {
+        let image = dir.join(format!("{}.png", gpu_environment.unwrap_or("default")));
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(BIN);
+        cmd.env("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", &config).env_remove("LIGHTCRAFT_GPU").env_remove("LIGHTCRAFT_GPU_BACKEND").env_remove("WGPU_BACKEND");
+        if let Some(value) = gpu_environment {
+            cmd.env("LIGHTCRAFT_GPU", value);
+        }
+        let output = cmd
+            .args(["snapshot", "--library"])
+            .arg(&library)
+            .args(["--script"])
+            .arg(&script)
+            .args(["-o"])
+            .arg(&image)
+            .args(["--size", "480x320"])
+            .output()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(output.status.success(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+        let replies: Vec<Value> = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).lines().map(|line| serde_json::from_str(line).unwrap()).collect();
+        assert!(replies.iter().all(|reply| reply["ok"] == true), "{replies:?}");
+        assert_eq!(replies[0]["result"]["enabled"], false);
+        assert_eq!(replies[0]["result"]["available"], false);
+        assert_eq!(replies[0]["result"]["adapter"], Value::Null);
+        assert_eq!(replies[1]["result"]["ui"]["settings"]["gpu"], false);
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&ui_path).unwrap(), saved, "snapshot changed the desktop preferences");
+        assert!(!app_config.join("ui.json.tmp").exists());
+        assert!(image.exists());
+    }
+}
@@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ web-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
    "WorkerType",
    "WritableStream",
 ] }
+
+[features]
+# Open HEIC/HEIF photos (the optional lightcraft-heif crate). Not default so distributors choose
+# it (HEVC patents); build with `--features heif` to include it. On wasm32 panics abort, so
+# heic-rs's `catch_unwind` guard does not apply there.
+heif = ["lightcraft-codecs/heif"]
@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@
  <script type="module">
    import init, { start, command } from "./lightcraft_web.js";
    (async () => {
+      // The Chinese font is a separate file: embedding it would exceed the host's WASM size limit.
+      // Font-free development builds can still run, with the same missing-glyph warning as before.
+      const chineseFont = fetch("./lightcraft_zh_hans.otf")
+        .then(async response => response.ok ? new Uint8Array(await response.arrayBuffer()) : new Uint8Array())
+        .catch(() => new Uint8Array());
      // Compile once; the render workers (worker.js) instantiate the same compiled module.
-      const module = await WebAssembly.compileStreaming(fetch("./lightcraft_web_bg.wasm"));
+      const [module, font] = await Promise.all([
+        WebAssembly.compileStreaming(fetch("./lightcraft_web_bg.wasm")),
+        chineseFont,
+      ]);
      globalThis.lightcraftModule = module;
      await init({ module_or_path: module });
      // automation: `await lightcraft.command("library.info", "{}")` → JSON text
      globalThis.lightcraft = { command };
-      start();
+      start(font);
    })().catch((e) => {
      console.error(e);
      const el = document.getElementById("lightcraft_loading");
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 //!
 //! Restoring never deletes anything: the library files go to a new library folder in browser
 //! storage, originals that aren't stored yet are added (they're named by content, so existing
-//! ones are identical), and only then does a small pointer file ([`ACTIVE_LIBRARY`]) switch to
-//! the restored library. The library that was there before stays in storage.
+//! ones are identical; a restored one must match its content hash, see [`verify_original`]),
+//! and only then does a small pointer file ([`ACTIVE_LIBRARY`]) switch to the restored library.
+//! The library that was there before stays in storage.
 //!
 //! No zip64: a backup holds at most [`MAX_BYTES`] and 65 535 entries.

@@ -241,6 +242,16 @@ pub fn verify(entry: &ZipEntry, data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
    Ok(())
 }

+/// Check that an original's bytes are the photo its storage key names: originals are stored
+/// under their content hash, and a restore that kept bytes under another photo's hash would
+/// give that photo's catalog record a different image (the zip checksum can't tell).
+pub fn verify_original(entry: &ZipEntry, hash: &str, data: &[u8]) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if crate::store::content_hash(data) != hash {
+        return Err(format!("{}: the file doesn't match its content hash (damaged or altered backup)", entry.name));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// A name for the restored library's folder.
 pub fn restored_dir_name(now_ms: f64) -> String {
    format!("library-restored-{}", now_ms.max(0.0) as u64)
@@ -283,6 +294,27 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(find_central(b"not a zip at all, just some text").is_err());
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn originals_must_match_their_content_hash() {
+        let red: &[u8] = b"red corner photo";
+        let blue: &[u8] = b"blue corner photo";
+        let hash = crate::store::content_hash(red);
+        let name = original_entry(&hash, "IMG 1.png");
+        let key = restore_key(&name, "d").unwrap();
+        let key_hash = key.strip_prefix("originals/").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(key_hash, hash);
+        // the entry's own bytes pass; other bytes under the same name (valid zip CRC) don't
+        let zip = build(&[(name.as_str(), blue)]);
+        let tail = &zip[zip.len() - tail_len(zip.len() as u64) as usize..];
+        let (off, size) = find_central(tail).unwrap();
+        let entries = parse_central(&zip[off as usize..(off + size) as usize]).unwrap();
+        let entry = &entries[0];
+        verify(entry, blue).unwrap();
+        let err = verify_original(entry, key_hash, blue).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.contains(&name), "{err}");
+        verify_original(entry, key_hash, red).unwrap();
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn restore_keys_are_safe() {
        assert_eq!(restore_key("library/catalog.snap", "library-restored-1").as_deref(), Some("library-restored-1/catalog.snap"));
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use wasm_bindgen_futures::JsFuture;
 use crate::backend::Backend;
 use crate::backup::{
    ACTIVE_LIBRARY, README, ZipWriter, data_offset, find_central, original_entry, parse_central, restore_key, restored_dir_name, tail_len,
-    valid_hash, verify,
+    valid_hash, verify, verify_original,
 };
 use crate::files::{Files, LIBRARY_FILES};
 use crate::store::storage_key;
@@ -93,25 +93,41 @@ pub fn install_panic_hook() {
 const TAB_LOCK: &str = "lightcraft-library";

 /// Hold the library lock for as long as this page lives (Web Locks API). `Some(true)`: ours;
-/// `Some(false)`: another tab of this site has it; `None`: the browser can't tell (no Web Locks).
+/// `Some(false)`: another tab of this site has it; `None`: the browser can't tell (no Web Locks, or
+/// it refused the request).
 pub async fn acquire_tab_lock() -> Option<bool> {
    let nav = Reflect::get(&js_sys::global(), &"navigator".into()).ok()?;
    let locks = Reflect::get(&nav, &"locks".into()).ok().filter(|l| !l.is_undefined() && !l.is_null())?;
    let request: js_sys::Function = Reflect::get(&locks, &"request".into()).ok()?.dyn_into().ok()?;
    let opts = js_sys::Object::new();
    Reflect::set(&opts, &"ifAvailable".into(), &true.into()).ok()?;
-    let granted = js_sys::Promise::new(&mut |resolve, _reject| {
+    let granted = js_sys::Promise::new(&mut |resolve, reject| {
        let cb = Closure::once_into_js(move |lock: JsValue| -> JsValue {
            let ours = !lock.is_null() && !lock.is_undefined();
            let _ = resolve.call1(&JsValue::NULL, &ours.into());
            // keep the lock until the page goes away: a promise that never settles
            if ours { js_sys::Promise::new(&mut |_, _| {}).into() } else { JsValue::NULL }
        });
-        if let Err(e) = request.call3(&locks, &TAB_LOCK.into(), &opts, &cb) {
-            log::warn!("Web Locks request failed: {e:?}");
+        // a refused request never calls `cb`: settle with its error instead of waiting forever
+        match request.call3(&locks, &TAB_LOCK.into(), &opts, &cb) {
+            Ok(pending) => {
+                let catch = Reflect::get(&pending, &"catch".into()).ok().and_then(|c| c.dyn_into::<js_sys::Function>().ok());
+                if let Some(catch) = catch {
+                    let _ = catch.call1(&pending, &reject);
+                }
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                let _ = reject.call1(&JsValue::NULL, &e);
+            }
        }
    });
-    JsFuture::from(granted).await.ok().map(|v| v.is_truthy())
+    match JsFuture::from(granted).await {
+        Ok(v) => Some(v.is_truthy()),
+        Err(e) => {
+            log::warn!("Web Locks request failed, starting without the one-tab guard: {e:?}");
+            None
+        }
+    }
 }

 /// Offer a blob as a download named `name`.
@@ -208,6 +224,9 @@ pub async fn restore(file: web_sys::File, backend: Backend) -> Result<String, St
        let start = data_offset(e, &local)?;
        let data = read_range(&file, start, start + e.size).await?;
        verify(e, &data)?;
+        if let Some(hash) = key.strip_prefix("originals/") {
+            verify_original(e, hash, &data)?;
+        }
        backend.write(&key, &data).await.map_err(|err| format!("storing {}: {err}", e.name))?;
        written += 1;
    }
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ fn services(originals: Originals, backend: Option<Backend>, files: Files, frozen
    let (backup_backend, backup_files) = (backend.clone(), files);
    let restore_backend = backend.clone();
    Services {
+        picker: None,
+        pick_display_profile: None,
        backup_library: Some(Box::new(move |session: &mut Session| {
            let Some(b) = backup_backend.clone() else { return Err("nothing is stored in this browser session (?store=memory)".into()) };
            // the photos' own names for the originals in the zip
@@ -204,10 +206,16 @@ fn services(originals: Originals, backend: Option<Backend>, files: Files, frozen
            open_picker(originals.clone(), backend.clone(), ctx.clone());
            Vec::new() // files arrive asynchronously and are imported on a later frame
        })),
+        pick_denoise_model: None,
        // Preset files: browser pickers are asynchronous; not wired on the web yet.
        pick_preset_files: None,
        pick_tracklog: None,
+        pick_lightroom_catalog: None,
+        // Face models need a folder to live in; the web has none.
+        pick_model_file: None,
        save_preset_file: None,
+        pick_keyword_list: None,
+        save_keyword_list: None,
        pick_curve_preset_files: None,
        save_curve_preset_file: None,
        write: Some(Box::new(download)),
@@ -217,6 +225,7 @@ fn services(originals: Originals, backend: Option<Backend>, files: Files, frozen
            lightcraft_codecs::encode_png(&lightcraft_codecs::EncodeImage::rgba8(img), &lightcraft_codecs::EncodeMeta::default()).unwrap_or_default()
        })),
        reveal: None,
+        log_file: None,
        open_with: None,
        open_url: Some(Box::new(|url: &str| {
            let w = web_sys::window().ok_or("no window")?;
@@ -372,7 +381,7 @@ struct WebApp {
 }

 impl WebApp {
-    fn new(cc: &eframe::CreationContext<'_>, boot: Boot) -> Self {
+    fn new(cc: &eframe::CreationContext<'_>, boot: Boot, chinese_font: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
        let Boot { opts, backend, files, index, lib_dir } = boot;
        let originals = Originals::default();
        let t = perf_now();
@@ -417,7 +426,8 @@ impl WebApp {
        // previews are large (≤ 2560 px, f32): keep few in a 32-bit address space
        session.media.preview_capacity = 3;
        let frozen = Rc::new(Cell::new(false));
-        let mut app = LightcraftApp::new(session, services(originals.clone(), backend.clone(), files.clone(), frozen.clone(), cc.egui_ctx.clone()));
+        let mut app = LightcraftApp::new(session, services(originals.clone(), backend.clone(), files.clone(), frozen.clone(), cc.egui_ctx.clone()))
+            .with_chinese_font(chinese_font);
        let ui_written = files.get("ui.json").unwrap_or_default();
        if let Ok(ui) = serde_json::from_slice::<UiState>(&ui_written) {
            app.ui = ui;
@@ -650,12 +660,15 @@ impl eframe::App for WebApp {
    }
 }

-/// Start the app (called by `index.html` after instantiating the module).
+/// Start the app with the separately fetched Simplified Chinese font (empty in font-free builds).
 #[wasm_bindgen]
-pub fn start() {
+pub fn start(chinese_font: Vec<u8>) {
    eframe::WebLogger::init(log::LevelFilter::Info).ok();
    safety::install_panic_hook();
    log::info!("lightcraft: wasm instantiated at {:.0} ms", perf_now());
+    if chinese_font.is_empty() {
+        log::warn!("lightcraft: no Simplified Chinese font supplied; Chinese-only glyphs will show as boxes");
+    }
    let opts = Options::from_url();
    wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local(async move {
        // one tab per library: two would each keep their own copy and overwrite each other's saves
@@ -676,7 +689,7 @@ pub fn start() {
        };
        let boot = boot(opts).await;
        let runner = eframe::WebRunner::new();
-        let r = runner.start(canvas, eframe::WebOptions::default(), Box::new(move |cc| Ok(Box::new(WebApp::new(cc, boot))))).await;
+        let r = runner.start(canvas, eframe::WebOptions::default(), Box::new(move |cc| Ok(Box::new(WebApp::new(cc, boot, chinese_font))))).await;
        match r {
            Ok(()) => {
                if let Some(el) = window().and_then(|w| w.document()).and_then(|d| d.get_element_by_id("lightcraft_loading")) {
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ pub struct WireJob {
    /// The request's diagnostic overlay (`Overlay::to_parts`).
    #[serde(default)]
    pub overlay: (u8, f64),
+    /// Render only this window `[x, y, w, h]` of the output `max_w × max_h` describes (a zoomed view).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub window: Option<[usize; 4]>,
 }

 impl WireJob {
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ impl WireJob {
            thumb_cached,
            stages: job.stages.is_some().then(|| view.to_string()),
            overlay: job.request.overlay.to_parts(),
+            window: job.request.window.map(|w| [w.x, w.y, w.w, w.h]),
        }
    }

@@ -108,6 +112,8 @@ impl WireJob {
            space: lightcraft_engine::pipeline::OutputSpace::Srgb,
            depth: lightcraft_engine::pipeline::OutputDepth::U8,
            proof: None,
+            window: self.window.map(|[x, y, w, h]| lightcraft_engine::pipeline::PixelWindow { x, y, w, h }),
+            display: None,
        }
    }

@@ -348,6 +354,40 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(reopened.contains(&new));
    }

+    // Issue #323: a worker given a zoomed view's window renders that window, not the whole frame
+    #[test]
+    fn a_window_job_crosses_the_wire_and_renders_the_same_window() {
+        use lightcraft_engine::pipeline::PixelWindow;
+        let mut s = Session::with_demo();
+        let id = s.visible_cloned()[0];
+        let win = PixelWindow { x: 300, y: 200, w: 160, h: 120 };
+        let job = s.region_job(id, 1920, 1280, win, true).unwrap();
+        let wire = WireJob::from_job(&job, false, "Region");
+        let wire: WireJob = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&wire).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(wire.request().window, Some(win));
+        let mut core = WorkerCore::default();
+        let a = core.render(&wire, None).unwrap();
+        let b = job.run().rendered.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((a.image.width, a.image.height), (160, 120));
+        assert_eq!((b.image.width, b.image.height), (160, 120));
+        // the worker renders on the CPU; the engine job uses a GPU when the machine has one, which
+        // stays within docs/gpu-pipeline.md's bound (≤ 3 LSB per channel) rather than bit-exact
+        let max = a.image.data.iter().zip(&b.image.data).flat_map(|(p, q)| (0..3).map(move |c| p[c].abs_diff(q[c]))).max();
+        assert!(max.is_some_and(|m| m <= 3), "max channel difference {max:?}");
+    }
+
+    // a job from before windows existed has none
+    #[test]
+    fn a_job_without_a_window_field_has_no_window() {
+        let mut s = Session::with_demo();
+        let id = s.visible_cloned()[0];
+        let wire = WireJob::from_job(&s.thumb_job(id, 128).unwrap(), false, "Thumb");
+        let mut v = serde_json::to_value(&wire).unwrap();
+        v.as_object_mut().unwrap().remove("window");
+        let old: WireJob = serde_json::from_value(v).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(old.request().window, None);
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn wire_job_renders_like_the_engine() {
        let mut s = Session::with_demo();
@@ -393,6 +433,7 @@ mod tests {
            thumb_cached: false,
            stages: Some("Main".into()),
            overlay: (0, 0.0),
+            window: None,
        };
        let mut core = WorkerCore::default();
        assert_eq!(core.needs_original(&job).as_deref(), Some(hash.as_str()));
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ impl Workers {
                    rendered: Err(msg),
                    loaded: None,
                    quick: None,
+                    display: None,
                };
                g.done.push((b.slot, r, 0.0));
            }
@@ -379,6 +380,7 @@ impl Workers {
                rendered,
                loaded: None,
                quick: None,
+                display: None,
            },
            ms,
        ));
@@ -431,6 +433,7 @@ impl RenderOffload for Workers {
                rendered: Ok(Rendered { image, histogram, deep: None }),
                loaded: None,
                quick: None,
+                display: None,
            };
            g.done.push((slot, r, 0.0));
            return None;
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ default-run = "lightcraft"
 [lints]
 workspace = true

+[features]
+default = ["denoise"]
+denoise = ["lightcraft-engine/denoise"]
+rawnind-model = ["denoise", "lightcraft-engine/rawnind-model"]
+# Open HEIC/HEIF photos (the optional lightcraft-heif crate). Not default so distributors choose
+# it (HEVC patents); build with `--features heif` to include it.
+heif = ["lightcraft-codecs/heif"]
+
 [dependencies]
 lightcraft-engine = { workspace = true, features = ["sam"] }
 lightcraft-sysmem = { workspace = true }
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+//! File-dialog filters that match extensions whatever their letter case.
+//!
+//! On Linux, `rfd` turns each extension into a `*.ext` glob for the GTK dialog and for the
+//! desktop portal (`xdg-desktop-portal` FileChooser), and both match globs case-sensitively, so
+//! a filter of `nef` hid `DSC_1234.NEF` (issue #342). Windows and macOS ignore case. Every
+//! dialog filter of the app goes through [`FileDialogExt::add_filter_nocase`] (a test checks
+//! that nothing else calls `add_filter`), so no extension can hit this.
+
+use rfd::FileDialog;
+
+/// The patterns to hand to `rfd` for `exts`, which are plain extensions without the dot.
+///
+/// Windows and macOS take the extension literally and ignore case: lower case, de-duplicated.
+/// Linux (`linux`): `rfd` formats each entry as `*.{entry}`, which GTK 3 and the portal match
+/// as a glob, so an entry may carry glob syntax. Each extension gives the lower-case form, the
+/// UPPER-case form (kept in case a portal backend does not do `[...]` classes) and a bracket
+/// form such as `[nN][eE][fF]` that matches every mix (`.Nef`, `.nEf`, ...).
+pub fn dialog_extensions_for(exts: &[&str], linux: bool) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut out: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    let mut push = |s: String| {
+        if !s.is_empty() && !out.contains(&s) {
+            out.push(s);
+        }
+    };
+    for ext in exts {
+        let ext = ext.trim_start_matches('.');
+        let lower = ext.to_lowercase();
+        push(lower.clone());
+        if !linux {
+            continue;
+        }
+        push(ext.to_uppercase());
+        // `[` `]` `*` `?` in an extension would already be glob syntax: leave those alone
+        if lower.chars().any(|c| c.is_alphabetic()) && !lower.contains(['[', ']', '*', '?', '\\']) {
+            push(
+                lower
+                    .chars()
+                    .map(|c| {
+                        let up: String = c.to_uppercase().collect();
+                        if up.chars().count() == 1 && up != c.to_string() { format!("[{c}{up}]") } else { c.to_string() }
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// [`dialog_extensions_for`] for the platform this is built for.
+pub fn dialog_extensions(exts: &[&str]) -> Vec<String> {
+    dialog_extensions_for(exts, cfg!(all(unix, not(target_os = "macos"))))
+}
+
+/// `add_filter` that matches the extensions in any letter case.
+pub trait FileDialogExt {
+    fn add_filter_nocase(self, name: impl Into<String>, exts: &[&str]) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl FileDialogExt for FileDialog {
+    fn add_filter_nocase(self, name: impl Into<String>, exts: &[&str]) -> Self {
+        self.add_filter(name, &dialog_extensions(exts))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn other_platforms_get_lower_case_once() {
+        assert_eq!(dialog_extensions_for(&["NEF", "nef", ".Jpg", "jpg", ""], false), ["nef", "jpg"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn linux_gets_lower_upper_and_any_mix() {
+        assert_eq!(dialog_extensions_for(&["nef"], true), ["nef", "NEF", "[nN][eE][fF]"]);
+        // digits have no case; a duplicate adds nothing
+        assert_eq!(dialog_extensions_for(&["mp4", "MP4"], true), ["mp4", "MP4", "[mM][pP]4"]);
+        assert_eq!(dialog_extensions_for(&["7z"], true), ["7z", "7Z", "7[zZ]"]);
+        assert_eq!(dialog_extensions_for(&["123"], true), ["123"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn linux_glob_syntax_is_not_wrapped_again() {
+        assert_eq!(dialog_extensions_for(&["[nN]ef"], true), ["[nn]ef", "[NN]EF"]);
+    }
+
+    /// The Linux patterns match like GTK's glob (`*.{entry}`): checked against a tiny matcher of
+    /// the subset used here (verified against real GTK 3.24 `GtkFileFilter` in the PR notes).
+    fn glob_ext(entry: &str, ext: &str) -> bool {
+        let mut pat = entry.chars().peekable();
+        let mut s = ext.chars();
+        while let Some(p) = pat.next() {
+            let Some(c) = s.next() else { return false };
+            if p == '[' {
+                let mut hit = false;
+                for q in pat.by_ref() {
+                    if q == ']' {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    hit |= q == c;
+                }
+                if !hit {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            } else if p != c {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        s.next().is_none()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn linux_patterns_match_every_case_mix() {
+        let pats = dialog_extensions_for(&["nef", "cr2", "xmp"], true);
+        let matches = |name: &str| pats.iter().any(|p| glob_ext(p, name));
+        for ok in ["nef", "NEF", "Nef", "nEF", "CR2", "Cr2", "XMP", "xMp"] {
+            assert!(matches(ok), "{ok}");
+        }
+        for bad in ["nex", "ne", "nefs", "jpg", "cr3"] {
+            assert!(!matches(bad), "{bad}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The app's own extension list (the one the folder scan uses) is covered whole.
+    #[test]
+    fn import_extensions_are_all_covered_in_both_cases() {
+        let pats = dialog_extensions_for(lightcraft_engine::import::EXTENSIONS, true);
+        for e in lightcraft_engine::import::EXTENSIONS {
+            assert!(pats.iter().any(|p| glob_ext(p, &e.to_uppercase())), "{e}");
+            assert!(pats.iter().any(|p| p == e), "{e}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Every dialog filter goes through the helper: `main.rs` must not call rfd's own
+    /// `add_filter`.
+    #[test]
+    fn no_dialog_bypasses_the_helper() {
+        for (file, src) in [("main.rs", include_str!("main.rs")), ("control_server.rs", include_str!("control_server.rs"))] {
+            assert!(!src.contains(".add_filter("), "{file} calls rfd's add_filter; use add_filter_nocase");
+        }
+        assert!(include_str!("main.rs").contains(".add_filter_nocase("));
+    }
+}
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@

 mod alloc_release;
 mod control_server;
+mod dialog_filter;
 mod logging;
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 mod native_menu;

+use dialog_filter::FileDialogExt as _;
 use lightcraft_engine::Session;
 use lightcraft_ui_egui::panels::library_problem::LibraryProblem;
 use lightcraft_ui_egui::{LightcraftApp, Services, UiState};
@@ -50,8 +52,15 @@ struct App(LightcraftApp, PrefsWriter, #[cfg(target_os = "macos")] Option<native
 impl eframe::App for App {
    fn logic(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context, _frame: &mut eframe::Frame) {
        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-        if let Some(m) = self.2.as_mut() {
-            m.update(&mut self.0, ctx);
+        if let Some(m) = self.2.as_mut()
+            && m.update(&mut self.0, ctx)
+            && lightcraft_ui_egui::panels::notices::may_close(&mut self.0)
+        {
+            // Quit from the menu bar: save exactly what closing the window saves (settings and
+            // library, after the unsaved-changes check; otherwise its prompt shows), then end the
+            // process instead of closing the viewport while AppKit is terminating (PR #444).
+            eframe::App::on_exit(self);
+            std::process::exit(0);
        }
        self.0.logic(ctx);
        self.1.tick(&mut self.0, ctx);
@@ -69,16 +78,26 @@ impl eframe::App for App {
        if let Err(e) = self.0.session.close_library() {
            log::error!("saving the library failed: {e}");
        }
+        // last, with everything saved: no render may be inside the GPU driver when the process ends
+        if !self.0.shutdown(EXIT_WAIT) {
+            log::warn!("quit: background work was still running after {EXIT_WAIT:?}");
+        }
    }
 }

+/// How long quitting waits for renders that are running (issue #620). A GPU render takes well under
+/// a second; anything slower gives way to quitting.
+const EXIT_WAIT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(2);
+
 /// The window's renderer (egui-wgpu): eframe's defaults, with LightCraft's backend choice — DX12
 /// alone on Windows unless `LIGHTCRAFT_GPU_BACKEND` / `WGPU_BACKEND` say otherwise (issue #136:
-/// with Vulkan in the set, wgpu loads the Vulkan driver even when it then picks DX12).
+/// with Vulkan in the set, wgpu loads the Vulkan driver even when it then picks DX12) — and DX12
+/// shaders compiled with FXC, never a stray `dxcompiler.dll` (issue #471).
 fn window_wgpu_options() -> eframe::egui_wgpu::WgpuConfiguration {
    let mut c = eframe::egui_wgpu::WgpuConfiguration::default();
    if let eframe::egui_wgpu::WgpuSetup::CreateNew(n) = &mut c.wgpu_setup {
        n.instance_descriptor.backends = lightcraft_engine::gpu::backend::window_backends();
+        n.instance_descriptor.backend_options = lightcraft_engine::gpu::backend::backend_options();
    }
    c
 }
@@ -122,8 +141,25 @@ fn gpu_crash_notice(what: &str) -> String {
    )
 }

+/// Where the system keeps monitor profiles, for the Choose Profile dialog to start in: the user's
+/// own profiles first (Linux: colord / DisplayCAL; macOS: ColorSync), then the system's.
+fn display_profile_dir() -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+    let home = std::env::var_os(if cfg!(windows) { "USERPROFILE" } else { "HOME" }).filter(|h| !h.is_empty()).map(std::path::PathBuf::from);
+    let user = |rel: &str| home.as_ref().map(|h| h.join(rel));
+    let candidates: Vec<Option<std::path::PathBuf>> = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+        vec![user("Library/ColorSync/Profiles"), Some("/Library/ColorSync/Profiles".into())]
+    } else if cfg!(windows) {
+        let root = std::env::var_os("SystemRoot").map(std::path::PathBuf::from).unwrap_or_else(|| "C:\\Windows".into());
+        vec![Some(root.join("System32").join("spool").join("drivers").join("color"))]
+    } else {
+        let data = std::env::var_os("XDG_DATA_HOME").filter(|d| !d.is_empty()).map(std::path::PathBuf::from).or_else(|| user(".local/share"));
+        vec![data.map(|d| d.join("icc")), user(".color/icc"), Some("/usr/share/color/icc".into())]
+    };
+    candidates.into_iter().flatten().find(|d| d.is_dir())
+}
+
 fn config_dir() -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
-    lightcraft_engine::camera_profiles::config_dir()
+    lightcraft_engine::config::config_dir()
 }

 /// `<config>/ui.json`, the saved UI state and app settings — `None` when nothing is read or
@@ -269,8 +305,94 @@ impl PrefsWriter {
    }
 }

-fn services() -> Services {
+/// The Windows command that opens `url` in the default browser. `explorer <url>` opened File
+/// Explorer instead for links with a query or fragment, like the Map button's OpenStreetMap link
+/// (issue #234). The URL protocol handler hands the URL to the browser as is; no shell runs, so
+/// `?`, `&` and `#` need no escaping.
+fn windows_open_url_command(url: &str) -> std::process::Command {
+    let mut c = std::process::Command::new("rundll32");
+    c.args(["url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url]);
+    c
+}
+
+/// Explorer's `/select,<path>` switch (issue #272). Explorer parses its own command line and only
+/// selects the file when the path after the comma is quoted (`/select,"C:\My Photos\a.jpg"`),
+/// spelled with backslashes and free of the verbatim prefix (`\\?\`, `\\?\UNC\`) that
+/// `canonicalize` adds; given anything else it opens Documents. Windows file names can't contain
+/// `"`; a path that does anyway (a hostile catalog) has them dropped, so the raw command line
+/// always holds exactly this one argument.
+fn explorer_select_arg(path: &str) -> String {
+    let path = path.replace('/', "\\").replace('"', "");
+    let path = match path.strip_prefix(r"\\?\UNC\") {
+        Some(unc) => format!(r"\\{unc}"),
+        None => path.strip_prefix(r"\\?\").unwrap_or(path.as_str()).to_string(),
+    };
+    format!("/select,\"{path}\"")
+}
+
+/// `explorer /select,"<path>"`. Rust's own argument quoting wraps the whole switch in quotes
+/// (`"/select,C:\My Photos\a.jpg"`) whenever the path has a space, which Explorer doesn't
+/// recognise, so on Windows the switch goes on the command line exactly as built.
+fn explorer_select_command(path: &str) -> std::process::Command {
+    let mut c = std::process::Command::new("explorer");
+    let arg = explorer_select_arg(path);
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+        c.raw_arg(arg);
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        c.arg(arg);
+    }
+    c
+}
+
+/// The platform services; `ctx` repaints when a file dialog closes, and `log_file` is
+/// for Help ▸ Open Log Folder.
+fn services(ctx: egui::Context, log_file: Option<&std::path::Path>) -> Services {
    Services {
+        // Commands' file dialogs run on their own thread (#191): a dialog on the UI thread
+        // stopped the window answering the compositor, which then reported the app as hung.
+        picker: Some(Box::new(move |req: lightcraft_ui_egui::pick::PickRequest| {
+            use lightcraft_ui_egui::pick::PickKind;
+            let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+            let repaint = ctx.clone();
+            std::thread::Builder::new()
+                .name("file-dialog".into())
+                .spawn(move || {
+                    let mut d = rfd::FileDialog::new();
+                    if let Some(t) = &req.title {
+                        d = d.set_title(t);
+                    }
+                    if let Some((name, exts)) = &req.filter {
+                        d = d.add_filter_nocase(name.clone(), exts);
+                    }
+                    if let Some(n) = &req.file_name {
+                        d = d.set_file_name(n);
+                    }
+                    let s = |p: std::path::PathBuf| p.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                    let paths: Vec<String> = match req.kind {
+                        PickKind::Files => d.pick_files().unwrap_or_default().into_iter().map(s).collect(),
+                        PickKind::File => d.pick_file().map(s).into_iter().collect(),
+                        PickKind::Folder => d.pick_folder().map(s).into_iter().collect(),
+                        PickKind::Save => d.save_file().map(s).into_iter().collect(),
+                    };
+                    // the app may have quit meanwhile: nobody to tell
+                    let _ = tx.send(paths);
+                    repaint.request_repaint();
+                })
+                .map_err(|e| format!("could not start the file dialog: {e}"))?;
+            Ok(rx)
+        })),
+        log_file: log_file.map(|p| p.display().to_string()),
+        pick_lightroom_catalog: Some(Box::new(|| {
+            rfd::FileDialog::new()
+                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Import Lightroom Catalog"))
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Lightroom Classic Catalog"), &["lrcat"])
+                .pick_file()
+                .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+        })),
        pick_folder: Some(Box::new(|| {
            rfd::FileDialog::new().set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Open Library")).pick_folder().map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
        })),
@@ -303,7 +425,7 @@ fn services() -> Services {
            let status = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
                std::process::Command::new("open").arg(url).status()
            } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-                std::process::Command::new("explorer").arg(url).status()
+                windows_open_url_command(url).status()
            } else {
                std::process::Command::new("xdg-open").arg(url).status()
            };
@@ -313,8 +435,7 @@ fn services() -> Services {
            let status = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
                std::process::Command::new("open").args(["-R", path]).status()
            } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-                let win_path = path.replace('/', "\\");
-                std::process::Command::new("explorer").arg(format!("/select,{win_path}")).status()
+                explorer_select_command(path).status()
            } else {
                let dir = std::path::Path::new(path).parent().map(|d| d.to_string_lossy().to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|| ".".into());
                std::process::Command::new("xdg-open").arg(dir).status()
@@ -325,23 +446,24 @@ fn services() -> Services {
        })),
        pick_files: Some(Box::new(|| {
            rfd::FileDialog::new()
-                .add_filter(
-                    lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Photos"),
-                    &[
-                        "jpg", "jpeg", "png", "tif", "tiff", "webp", "dng", "cr2", "cr3", "nef", "nrw", "arw", "raf", "orf", "rw2", "rwl", "raw",
-                        "pef", "psd", "jxl", "gif", "bmp",
-                    ],
-                )
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Photos"), lightcraft_engine::import::EXTENSIONS)
                .pick_files()
                .unwrap_or_default()
                .into_iter()
                .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
                .collect()
        })),
+        pick_denoise_model: Some(Box::new(|| {
+            rfd::FileDialog::new()
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("ONNX model"), &["onnx"])
+                .pick_file()
+                .map(|p| vec![p.to_string_lossy().into_owned()])
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+        })),
        pick_preset_files: Some(Box::new(|| {
            rfd::FileDialog::new()
                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Import Presets"))
-                .add_filter(
+                .add_filter_nocase(
                    lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Presets & Profiles"),
                    &["lcpreset", "xmp", "lrtemplate", "zip", "dng", "lmp", "mplumpack", "cube"],
                )
@@ -351,18 +473,51 @@ fn services() -> Services {
                .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
                .collect()
        })),
-        pick_tracklog: Some(Box::new(|| {
+        pick_model_file: Some(Box::new(|| {
            rfd::FileDialog::new()
-                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Auto-Tag from Tracklog"))
-                .add_filter(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("GPS Track Log"), &["gpx"])
+                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Add a Face Recognition Model"))
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Face models (ONNX)"), &["onnx"])
                .pick_file()
                .map(|p| vec![p.to_string_lossy().to_string()])
                .unwrap_or_default()
        })),
+        pick_tracklog: Some(Box::new(|| {
+            rfd::FileDialog::new()
+                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Auto-Tag from Tracklog"))
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("GPS Track Log"), &["gpx"])
+                .pick_file()
+                .map(|p| vec![p.to_string_lossy().to_string()])
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+        })),
+        pick_display_profile: Some(Box::new(|| {
+            let mut d = rfd::FileDialog::new()
+                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Choose Monitor Profile"))
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("ICC Profiles"), &["icc", "icm"]);
+            if let Some(dir) = display_profile_dir() {
+                d = d.set_directory(dir);
+            }
+            d.pick_file().map(|p| vec![p.to_string_lossy().to_string()]).unwrap_or_default()
+        })),
        save_preset_file: Some(Box::new(|name: &str| {
            rfd::FileDialog::new()
                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Export Presets"))
-                .add_filter(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("LightCraft Preset"), &["lcpreset"])
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("LightCraft Preset"), &["lcpreset"])
+                .set_file_name(name)
+                .save_file()
+                .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+        })),
+        pick_keyword_list: Some(Box::new(|| {
+            rfd::FileDialog::new()
+                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Import Keywords"))
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Keyword Lists"), &["txt", "utf8"])
+                .pick_file()
+                .map(|p| vec![p.to_string_lossy().to_string()])
+                .unwrap_or_default()
+        })),
+        save_keyword_list: Some(Box::new(|name: &str| {
+            rfd::FileDialog::new()
+                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Export Keywords"))
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Keyword Lists"), &["txt"])
                .set_file_name(name)
                .save_file()
                .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
@@ -370,7 +525,7 @@ fn services() -> Services {
        pick_curve_preset_files: Some(Box::new(|| {
            rfd::FileDialog::new()
                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Import Point Curve Presets"))
-                .add_filter(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Point Curve Presets"), &["lccurve", "json"])
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Point Curve Presets"), &["lccurve", "json"])
                .pick_files()
                .unwrap_or_default()
                .into_iter()
@@ -380,7 +535,7 @@ fn services() -> Services {
        save_curve_preset_file: Some(Box::new(|name: &str| {
            rfd::FileDialog::new()
                .set_title(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Export Point Curve Presets"))
-                .add_filter(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Point Curve Presets"), &["lccurve"])
+                .add_filter_nocase(lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::tr("Point Curve Presets"), &["lccurve"])
                .set_file_name(name)
                .save_file()
                .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string())
@@ -397,22 +552,29 @@ fn services() -> Services {
    }
 }

+/// The library session with the folder face models are kept in (`<config>/models`).
+fn open_session(in_memory: bool, dir: Option<std::path::PathBuf>, seed_demo: bool) -> (Session, Option<LibraryProblem>) {
+    let (mut s, problem) = open_library_session(in_memory, dir, seed_demo);
+    s.face_models_dir = lightcraft_engine::config::default_face_models_dir();
+    (s, problem)
+}
+
 /// The persistent library session, or with `--memory` an in-memory one (demo photos).
 ///
 /// If the library can't be opened the session is empty and in memory — never seeded with the
 /// demo photos, never written anywhere — and the problem is returned: the window then says so
 /// and offers Try Again / Choose Another Library… / Continue Without Saving / Quit (issue #100).
-fn open_session(in_memory: bool, dir: Option<std::path::PathBuf>, seed_demo: bool) -> (Session, Option<LibraryProblem>) {
+fn open_library_session(in_memory: bool, dir: Option<std::path::PathBuf>, seed_demo: bool) -> (Session, Option<LibraryProblem>) {
    if in_memory {
-        return (if seed_demo { Session::with_demo() } else { Session::new() }.with_fs().with_system_clock(), None);
+        return (if seed_demo { Session::with_demo() } else { Session::new() }.with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock(), None);
    }
-    let unopened = || Session::new().with_fs().with_system_clock();
+    let unopened = || Session::new().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock();
    let Some(dir) = dir else {
        log::warn!("no library location (set --library or LIGHTCRAFT_LIBRARY)");
        return (unopened(), Some(LibraryProblem::new("", "There is no home folder to keep the library in. Choose a folder for it.")));
    };
    let t0 = std::time::Instant::now();
-    let mut s = Session::new().with_fs().with_system_clock();
+    let mut s = Session::new().with_fs().with_default_denoise_models().with_system_clock();
    match s.open_library(&dir, seed_demo) {
        Ok(r) => {
            let (replayed, torn) = (r.replayed, r.torn_bytes);
@@ -456,6 +618,31 @@ ENVIRONMENT:
                   <settings folder>/logs/lightcraft.log (previous runs: lightcraft.1.log, lightcraft.2.log)
 ";

+/// The launch arguments' files and folders to import (absolute), and a notice for each one that
+/// is not imported (see [`lightcraft_engine::import::launch_path`]; issue #374).
+fn launch_imports(args: &[String]) -> (Vec<String>, Vec<String>) {
+    let cwd = std::env::current_dir().ok();
+    let home = std::env::var_os(if cfg!(windows) { "USERPROFILE" } else { "HOME" }).filter(|h| !h.is_empty()).map(std::path::PathBuf::from);
+    launch_imports_in(args, cwd.as_deref(), home.as_deref())
+}
+
+fn launch_imports_in(args: &[String], cwd: Option<&std::path::Path>, home: Option<&std::path::Path>) -> (Vec<String>, Vec<String>) {
+    use lightcraft_engine::import::{LaunchPath, launch_path};
+    let (mut files, mut notices) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    for a in args {
+        match launch_path(a, cwd, home, lightcraft_engine::devices::dcim_in) {
+            Some(LaunchPath::Import(p)) => files.push(p),
+            Some(LaunchPath::Refused { path, why }) => {
+                log::warn!("not importing {path} given at launch: {why}");
+                notices
+                    .push(format!("{path} was not imported: it is {why}. To import from it, choose a folder inside it with File ▸ Import Photos…"));
+            }
+            None => {}
+        }
+    }
+    (files, notices)
+}
+
 /// Where the log files live: `logs` in the settings folder, next to `ui.json` (see `logging`).
 /// None with `LIGHTCRAFT_NO_PREFS` (tests, scripts), so those runs don't rotate away the user's logs.
 fn log_dir() -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
@@ -513,18 +700,29 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
    }
    // The log file: opened after the arguments, so `--version`, `--help` and a usage error leave
    // no file behind. Records logged until now are written to it first.
+    let mut log_file = None;
    if let Some(logger) = logger {
        // a --memory session writes nothing (issue #164), a log file included
        match log_dir().filter(|_| !in_memory) {
            Some(dir) => match logger.attach_dir(&dir) {
-                Ok(path) => log::info!("LightCraft {}, log file {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), path.display()),
+                Ok(path) => {
+                    log::info!("LightCraft {}, log file {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), path.display());
+                    log_file = Some(path);
+                }
                // The file sink has given up by now, so this goes to standard error only.
                Err(e) => log::warn!("no log file: {e}"),
            },
            None => logger.no_file(),
        }
    }
+    // what the arguments name, resolved now: an empty or relative argument never becomes a drive
+    // root, and a whole drive or home folder is not walked (issue #374)
+    let (files, launch_notices) = launch_imports(&files);
    let (prefs, prefs_warning, keep_prefs_file) = load_prefs(in_memory);
+    // the saved language from the start, so a failed start is reported in it too
+    if let Some(ui) = &prefs {
+        lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::set_language(ui.language);
+    }
    // --library, else the library last opened from Settings, else the default location
    let library_dir = library_dir.or_else(|| {
        prefs
@@ -554,7 +752,9 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
        wgpu_options: window_wgpu_options(),
        ..Default::default()
    };
-    eframe::run_native(
+    // the app's copy: `log_file` is still named in the message of a start that fails
+    let app_log_file = log_file.clone();
+    let started = eframe::run_native(
        "LightCraft",
        options,
        Box::new(move |cc| {
@@ -565,13 +765,14 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
                std::env::var_os("LIGHTCRAFT_SAM3_DIR").map(std::path::PathBuf::from).or_else(|| config_dir().map(|d| d.join("models").join("sam3")));
            // the user's own download locations, one base URL per line (LIGHTCRAFT_SAM3_MIRRORS too)
            session.segmenter.mirrors_file = config_dir().map(|d| d.join("models").join("sam3-mirrors.txt"));
-            let mut app = LightcraftApp::new(session, services());
+            let mut app = LightcraftApp::new(session, services(cc.egui_ctx.clone(), app_log_file.as_deref()));
            if let Some(ui) = prefs {
                app.ui = ui;
            }
            lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::set_language(app.ui.language);
            app.integrated_titlebar = cfg!(target_os = "macos");
            app.notices.extend(prefs_warning);
+            app.notices.extend(launch_notices);
            // what's on disk now: only changes are written
            let writer = PrefsWriter {
                path: if in_memory { None } else { prefs_path() },
@@ -594,7 +795,12 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
                p.pending_import = files;
                app.library_problem = Some(p);
            } else if !files.is_empty() {
-                let _ = app.run("library.import", serde_json::json!({"paths": files}));
+                // listed and read on the import worker once the window shows (issue #374: never
+                // here, before the first frame, where a large folder kept the window from
+                // appearing)
+                if let Err(e) = lightcraft_ui_egui::import::start_paths(&mut app, files) {
+                    log::warn!("import at launch: {e}");
+                }
                app.ui.view = lightcraft_ui_egui::state::ViewMode::PhotoGrid;
            }
            // native menu bar generated from the command registry (macOS; elsewhere the menus are
@@ -608,7 +814,28 @@ fn main() -> eframe::Result {
                menu,
            )))
        }),
-    )
+    );
+    if let Err(e) = &started {
+        startup_failed(&e.to_string(), log_file.as_deref());
+    }
+    started
+}
+
+/// The window could not start (e.g. no usable graphics device): say so in the log and in a native
+/// message box naming the log file, instead of exiting without a trace — the release builds have
+/// no console on Windows, and an app started from Finder shows no standard error (issue #260).
+fn startup_failed(error: &str, log_file: Option<&std::path::Path>) {
+    log::error!("LightCraft could not open its window: {error}");
+    if std::env::var_os("LIGHTCRAFT_NO_PREFS").is_some() {
+        return; // tests and scripts: no dialog to click away
+    }
+    let (title, text) = lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::startup_failed_message(error, log_file.map(|p| p.display().to_string()).as_deref());
+    let _ = rfd::MessageDialog::new()
+        .set_level(rfd::MessageLevel::Error)
+        .set_title(title)
+        .set_description(text)
+        .set_buttons(rfd::MessageButtons::Ok)
+        .show();
 }

 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -623,6 +850,24 @@ mod tests {
        d
    }

+    /// Issue #374: launch arguments that would walk a whole drive or home folder are reported,
+    /// not imported; empty ones are ignored; the rest are imported as absolute paths.
+    #[test]
+    fn launch_arguments_never_walk_a_drive_or_the_home_folder() {
+        let home = dir("launch");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(home.join("Trip")).unwrap();
+        let args: Vec<String> = ["", "  ", ".", "Trip", &home.to_string_lossy()].iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect();
+        let (files, notices) = launch_imports_in(&args, Some(&home), Some(&home));
+        assert_eq!(files, [home.join("Trip").to_string_lossy().to_string()]);
+        assert_eq!(notices.len(), 2, "{notices:?}");
+        assert!(notices.iter().all(|n| n.contains("was not imported")), "{notices:?}");
+        // the working folder is a drive root (a launcher's choice): `.` is never the whole drive
+        let root = home.ancestors().last().unwrap().to_path_buf();
+        let (files, notices) = launch_imports_in(&[".".to_string()], Some(&root), None);
+        assert!(files.iter().all(|f| f.ends_with("DCIM")) && files.len() + notices.len() == 1, "{files:?} {notices:?}");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&home);
+    }
+
    /// Issue #103: a damaged ui.json (which holds the library location) is kept aside and
    /// reported, not silently replaced by the defaults.
    #[test]
@@ -744,6 +989,44 @@ mod tests {
        assert!(!b.is_empty());
    }

+    /// Issue #471: the window's DX12 shaders compile with FXC — wgpu's default loaded any
+    /// `dxcompiler.dll` on the search path, and one without `dxil.dll` kept the window from opening.
+    #[test]
+    fn window_compiles_dx12_shaders_with_fxc() {
+        let eframe::egui_wgpu::WgpuSetup::CreateNew(n) = window_wgpu_options().wgpu_setup else { panic!("expected CreateNew") };
+        if std::env::var_os("WGPU_DX12_COMPILER").is_none() {
+            assert!(matches!(n.instance_descriptor.backend_options.dx12.shader_compiler, eframe::wgpu::Dx12Compiler::Fxc));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Issue #234: Windows opens links with the URL protocol handler (the default browser), not
+    /// File Explorer, and passes the whole map link, `?`, `&` and `#` included, as one argument.
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_links_open_in_the_browser() {
+        let url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.856600&mlon=2.352200#map=15/48.856600/2.352200";
+        let c = windows_open_url_command(url);
+        assert_eq!(c.get_program(), "rundll32");
+        let args: Vec<&std::ffi::OsStr> = c.get_args().collect();
+        assert_eq!(args, ["url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url]);
+    }
+
+    /// Issue #272: Explorer gets the file to select quoted after `/select,`, with backslashes and
+    /// without the verbatim prefix, even when the path has spaces (else it opens Documents).
+    #[test]
+    fn explorer_select_quotes_the_path() {
+        assert_eq!(explorer_select_arg(r"C:\Users\Me\My Photos\IMG 1.jpg"), r#"/select,"C:\Users\Me\My Photos\IMG 1.jpg""#);
+        assert_eq!(explorer_select_arg("D:/Example/Photos/IMG_0001.CR3"), r#"/select,"D:\Example\Photos\IMG_0001.CR3""#);
+        assert_eq!(explorer_select_arg(r"\\server\share\My Photos\a.jpg"), r#"/select,"\\server\share\My Photos\a.jpg""#);
+        assert_eq!(explorer_select_arg(r"\\?\D:\My Photos\a.jpg"), r#"/select,"D:\My Photos\a.jpg""#);
+        assert_eq!(explorer_select_arg(r"\\?\UNC\server\share\a.jpg"), r#"/select,"\\server\share\a.jpg""#);
+        // a `"` can't end the quoted path and add arguments to the raw command line
+        assert_eq!(explorer_select_arg(r#"C:\a" "C:\b.jpg"#), r#"/select,"C:\a C:\b.jpg""#);
+        let c = explorer_select_command(r"C:\My Photos\a.jpg");
+        assert_eq!(c.get_program(), "explorer");
+        let args: Vec<&std::ffi::OsStr> = c.get_args().collect();
+        assert_eq!(args, [r#"/select,"C:\My Photos\a.jpg""#]);
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn a_control_port_that_is_not_a_number_is_ignored() {
        assert_eq!(control_port_from("--control", Some("7980".into())), Some(7980));
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ pub struct NativeMenu {
    /// Structure of the installed menu (ids, kinds, submenu names); a change rebuilds it.
    structure: String,
    text_focus: bool,
+    /// The keyboard shortcuts editor is recording a key: every accelerator is off so the key
+    /// press reaches it.
+    capturing: bool,
 }

 /// `Cmd+Shift+Z` → a muda accelerator (`None` for keys we leave to egui, e.g. Escape).
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ impl NativeMenu {
            let _ = tx.send(e.id.0);
            repaint.request_repaint();
        }));
-        let mut m = NativeMenu { menu: Menu::new(), items: HashMap::new(), rx, structure: String::new(), text_focus: false };
+        let mut m = NativeMenu { menu: Menu::new(), items: HashMap::new(), rx, structure: String::new(), text_focus: false, capturing: false };
        m.rebuild(app);
        app.native_menu = true;
        m
@@ -281,6 +284,7 @@ impl NativeMenu {
        }
        self.menu.init_for_nsapp();
        self.text_focus = false;
+        self.capturing = false;
        self.publish_shortcuts(app);
    }

@@ -345,17 +349,21 @@ impl NativeMenu {
    /// Tell the egui shortcut handler which shortcuts the menu bar currently owns.
    fn publish_shortcuts(&self, app: &mut LightcraftApp) {
        let installed = self.items.values().filter(|i| i.accel.is_some()).filter_map(|i| i.shortcut.as_deref());
-        app.native_shortcuts = owned_by_menu(installed, self.text_focus);
+        // (none while the keymap editor records a shortcut: every key goes to it)
+        app.native_shortcuts = if self.capturing { HashSet::new() } else { owned_by_menu(installed, self.text_focus) };
        app.native_shortcuts.insert(SETTINGS_KEY.to_string());
    }

    /// Per frame: run chosen items, then sync labels / enabled / checked and the text-focus
-    /// accelerators with the app state.
-    pub fn update(&mut self, app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+    /// accelerators with the app state. Returns whether Quit was chosen: the caller saves
+    /// everything and exits the process itself (closing the viewport while AppKit terminates the
+    /// app can crash in winit's teardown, PR #444).
+    pub fn update(&mut self, app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> bool {
        lightcraft_ui_egui::i18n::set_language(app.ui.language);
+        let mut quit = false;
        while let Ok(key) = self.rx.try_recv() {
            if key == QUIT {
-                ctx.send_viewport_cmd(egui::ViewportCommand::Close);
+                quit = true;
                continue;
            }
            if key == "app.about" || key == SETTINGS {
@@ -370,7 +378,7 @@ impl NativeMenu {
        let bar = menu_bar(app);
        if structure_of(&bar) != self.structure {
            self.rebuild(app);
-            return;
+            return quit;
        }
        fn walk(nodes: &[MenuNode], items: &mut HashMap<String, Item>) {
            for n in nodes {
@@ -407,14 +415,16 @@ impl NativeMenu {
        walk(&bar.iter().flat_map(|(_, v)| v.clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), &mut self.items);

        let focus = ctx.egui_wants_keyboard_input();
-        if focus != self.text_focus {
+        let capturing = app.recording_shortcut.is_some();
+        if focus != self.text_focus || capturing != self.capturing {
            self.text_focus = focus;
+            self.capturing = capturing;
            for it in self.items.values() {
                let Some(sc) = it.shortcut.as_deref() else { continue };
-                if it.accel.is_none() || !yields_to_text(sc) {
+                if it.accel.is_none() {
                    continue;
                }
-                let accel = if focus { None } else { it.accel };
+                let accel = if capturing || (focus && yields_to_text(sc)) { None } else { it.accel };
                let _ = match &it.handle {
                    Handle::Plain(h) => h.set_accelerator(accel),
                    Handle::Check(h) => h.set_accelerator(accel),
@@ -422,6 +432,7 @@ impl NativeMenu {
            }
            self.publish_shortcuts(app);
        }
+        quit
    }
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 | `assets/app-icon/` (`lightcraft.svg` and the PNG/ICNS/ICO/SVG files derived from it) | LightCraft app icon (lynx) | LightCraft project owner (drawn in ArtCraft) | original work (vectorised from the owner's drawing; see `assets/app-icon/README.md`) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`assets/app-icon/LICENSE.txt`) | 2026-10-02 | vectorised to SVG; rendered to PNG/ICNS/ICO by `packaging/icons.sh` |
 | `assets/camera-profiles/*.json` | Camera colour profiles (matrix + hue/saturation/value table), built into LightCraft | ILCE-7M4: Harald Hoyer | original work: fitted by `lightcraft-cli calibrate` to the contributor's own raw photos and their in-camera JPEGs (597 ILCE-7M4 photos, 2026); aggregate colour statistics only, no image content; no Adobe or third-party profile data | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 2026-10-07 | none |
 | `packaging/macos/dmg/` (`background.svg`, the `background.tiff` rendered from it by `generate.py`, and the `dmg-layout.DS_Store` layout file) | LightCraft macOS DMG window background | @XusBadia | original work for this repository, derived from the LightCraft app icon (`assets/app-icon/lightcraft.svg`, referenced via `<image>`, not copied); text is outlined Inter / JetBrains Mono glyph paths | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 2026-10-08 | none (original); used for the Finder window of the macOS DMG, `packaging/macos/dmg/generate.py` renders it to `background.tiff` |
+| `assets/camera-profiles/ILCE-7CR.json` | Sony ILCE-7CR camera colour profile (matrix + hue/saturation/value table), built into LightCraft | LightCraft contributors; source photographs supplied by @AlexChambers | original work: fitted by `lightcraft-cli calibrate` to 125 usable ILCE-7CR ARWs (of 131, September 2025 to September 2026, Standard creative style) and their in-camera JPEGs; aggregate colour statistics only, no image content; no Adobe or third-party profile data | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 2026-10-09 | none |
+| `assets/camera-profiles/X-H2S.json`, `assets/camera-profiles/X-T4.json` | Fujifilm camera colour profiles (matrix + hue/saturation/value table), built into LightCraft | LightCraft contributors; source photographs supplied by Sebastian Pfluegelmeier | original work: fitted by `lightcraft-cli calibrate` to 201 X-H2S and 545 X-T4 RAFs and their in-camera JPEGs; aggregate colour statistics only, no image content; no Adobe or third-party profile data | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 2026-10-08 | none |
+| `crates/raw/src/spectral_table.rs` | Camera colour matrices (DNG ColorMatrix1/2 and ForwardMatrix1/2 for Standard Illuminant A and D65) for 52 camera models, and the model alias list | Derived by LightCraft contributors from rawtoaces-data (Academy Software Foundation): camera spectral sensitivities measured by Weta Digital (44 cameras), scitech (7) and Jonathon Irons at the National Physical Laboratory (Nikon D5100); training reflectances; CIE 1931 colour-matching functions (CIE, CC-BY-4.0, as shipped in rawtoaces-data) | https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/rawtoaces-data, tag v1.1.0, commit 5cfa53707b053594b2d0d48e8019fb56e6582d6c | Apache-2.0 (`LICENSE-APACHE`); the colour-matching functions CC-BY-4.0 | 2026-10-08 | generated by `tools/spectral_camera_table.py`: a 3×3 matrix per illuminant fitted to the spectral data (no measurement copied verbatim); aliases copied from `data/aliases.json`; no Adobe or third-party camera matrix |
+| `assets/camera-tone/sony-dro-off.json` | Sony global tone curve with the Dynamic Range Optimizer off (32 knots), built into LightCraft for ARWs shot with DRO on | LightCraft contributors; source photographs by raw.pixls.us contributors | original work: tone curve quantile-matched over the pooled pixel pairs of 12 CC0 raw.pixls.us ARWs (DRO off, Standard creative style; ILCE-3500, -5000, -6600, -7CR, -7M3 ×3, -7S, -9M2, ILCA-77M2, SLT-A57, NEX-F3) and their embedded camera JPEGs; the file lists each source URL and SHA-256 and how the curve was derived (see also `docs/camera-preview-colour.md`); aggregate tone statistics only, no image content; no Adobe or third-party profile data | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (sources CC0) | 2026-10-09 | none |
 | `crates/scenes/` (generated images) | Procedural demo photographs | LightCraft contributors | original work (generated at runtime, no source imagery) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 2026-09-30 | n/a |
 | `crates/ui-egui/src/icons.rs` | UI icons drawn as vector paths in code | LightCraft contributors | original work | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 2026-09-30 | n/a |
 | `docs/images/*-tetons.jpg`, `docs/images/grid-pd.jpg` (screenshots containing it) | "The Tetons and the Snake River" | Ansel Adams (1942), U.S. National Archives | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adams_The_Tetons_and_the_Snake_River.jpg | Public domain (U.S. federal government work) | 2026-09-30 | developed in LightCraft; shown inside app screenshots |
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 | `docs/images/*-blue-marble.jpg`, `docs/images/grid-pd.jpg` | "The Blue Marble" (AS17-148-22727) | NASA, Apollo 17 crew (1972) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg | Public domain (NASA) | 2026-09-30 | developed in LightCraft; shown inside app screenshots |
 | `docs/images/*.jpg` (UI) | LightCraft application screenshots | LightCraft contributors | original work (captured with `docs/showcase/`) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | 2026-09-30 | n/a |
 | `docs/brand/` (artcraft-logo and artcraft-mark, SVG and PNG) | ArtCraft wordmark and mark | ArtCraft Team | original work (https://getartcraft.com/) | ArtCraft trademark, see `docs/brand/LICENSE-brand.txt` (not open source) | 2026-10-01 | none |
-| craft-fonts: optional build input, not files in this repository | BIZ UDPGothic (Regular, Bold), BIZ UDMincho Regular, Shippori Mincho Regular | Morisawa Inc. / The BIZ UDGothic and BIZ UDMincho Project Authors; The Shippori Mincho Project Authors (per craft-fonts' attribution) | https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts/blob/main/ATTRIBUTION.md | SIL Open Font License 1.1 (each font's OFL.txt in craft-fonts; release packages ship it as OFL-<family>.txt) | 2026-10-06 | none; embedded only in builds made with `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR` (all official releases); the web (wasm32) build embeds BIZ UDPGothic Regular only |
+| craft-fonts: optional build input, not files in this repository | BIZ UDPGothic (Regular, Bold), BIZ UDMincho Regular, Shippori Mincho Regular, Noto Sans CJK SC Regular | Morisawa Inc. / The BIZ UDGothic and BIZ UDMincho Project Authors; The Shippori Mincho Project Authors; Google and Adobe (Noto Sans CJK, maintainer-approved exception; see AGENTS.md) (per craft-fonts' attribution) | https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts/blob/main/ATTRIBUTION.md | SIL Open Font License 1.1 (each font's OFL.txt in craft-fonts; release packages ship it as OFL-<family>.txt) | 2026-10-06 | none; native builds made with `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR` embed the manifest fonts (all official releases); the web build embeds BIZ UDPGothic Regular and ships Noto Sans CJK SC Regular as a separate font file |
+| `crates/ui-egui/locales/uk.json`, `crates/ui-egui/locales/uk-formats.json` | Ukrainian interface catalogs | @dmatviichuk with Codex; PhotoCraft, FilmCraft and VectorCraft translation contributors for reused labels | original translations from English source; 337 initial English-key matches reviewed from [PhotoCraft 69c41f3](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/blob/69c41f3523e147eb215da8c7b4c29b18b35d1c63/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv), [FilmCraft 4854c27](https://github.com/storytold/filmcraft/blob/4854c277536fe8118257362304b6a7d82d8e704b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv), [VectorCraft 4b44265](https://github.com/storytold/vectorcraft/blob/4b44265965fdd6ffedfd6182a892c1a6c360d344/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/uk.tsv) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 (`LICENSE-MIT`, `LICENSE-APACHE`, also the source repositories' licences) | 2026-10-09 | adapted to LightCraft photo-development context, completed catalogs, reviewed spelling and placeholders |

 Notes
 - Fonts authored or published by Adobe (Source Sans/Serif/Code, Source Han, …) are not used, even though some are
  OFL-licensed: the asset rule excludes anything from Adobe. Source Sans 3 was removed on 2026-09-30 and replaced by Inter.
- Japanese fonts (BIZ UDPGothic, BIZ UDMincho, Shippori Mincho) are not in this repository. They live in
+- CJK fonts (BIZ UDPGothic, BIZ UDMincho, Shippori Mincho, Noto Sans CJK SC) are not in this repository. They live in
  [storytold/craft-fonts](https://github.com/storytold/craft-fonts), with their licences and attribution in its
  `ATTRIBUTION.md`, and are embedded only in builds made with the optional `CRAFT_FONTS_DIR` build input (all official
  releases). Never commit font files here; add new fonts to craft-fonts (craftrules `standards/fonts.md`).
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+  "derivation": "Each source raw was paired with its own embedded camera JPEG at the 96-pixel proxy of the per-photo fit (camera_preview::collect_pairs). The pairs of all 12 files were pooled as one model, as lightcraft-cli calibrate pools a camera profile: a colour matrix and hue/saturation table were fitted to the pool, and the tone curve was quantile-matched (camera_preview::fit_tone) between the pooled scene luminances through that colour model and the JPEG luminances. Knots rounded to 5 decimals. Aggregate statistics only, no image content.",
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      "model": "Claude Opus",
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      "company": "Anthropic",
      "model": "Claude Sonnet",
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-      "model": "Codex",
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      "company": "Anthropic",
      "model": "Claude",
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+      "commits": 66,
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+    },
+    {
+      "id": "openai/codex",
+      "company": "OpenAI",
+      "model": "Codex",
+      "version": "",
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+    },
+    {
+      "id": "anthropic/claude-fable/5.1",
+      "company": "Anthropic",
+      "model": "Claude Fable",
+      "version": "5.1",
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    {
      "id": "anthropic/claude-sonnet/5",
@@ -453,6 +1021,15 @@
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    },
+    {
+      "id": "deepseek/deepseek-flash/v4",
+      "company": "DeepSeek",
+      "model": "DeepSeek Flash",
+      "version": "V4",
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+    },
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      "company": "DeepSeek",
@@ -461,6 +1038,33 @@
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+    },
+    {
+      "id": "openai/gpt-6-luna",
+      "company": "OpenAI",
+      "model": "GPT-6 Luna",
+      "version": "",
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+      "lines_deleted": 19
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "openai/gpt/6",
+      "company": "OpenAI",
+      "model": "GPT",
+      "version": "6",
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+    },
+    {
+      "id": "opencode/opencode",
+      "company": "opencode",
+      "model": "opencode",
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  ]
 }
@@ -21,3 +21,9 @@
 real_name = "Brandon Thomas"
 display_name = "Brandon Thomas"
 sync_github_name = false
+
+[people.rock-meister]
+sync_github_name = true
+
+[people.sanyamsingh001]
+display_name = "sanyamsingh001"
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ log = { workspace = true }
 web-time = { workspace = true }

 [dev-dependencies]
+lightcraft-geom = { workspace = true }
 proptest = { workspace = true }
@@ -40,11 +40,17 @@ pub fn weekday(iso: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
 }

 /// Shift an ISO time by `secs`, keeping anything after the seconds (fractions, zone) as it was.
-/// A date without a time gets one. `None` if it doesn't parse.
+/// A date without a time gets one. `None` if it doesn't parse, or if the result leaves years
+/// 0000–9999 (an ISO date here has four year digits, so it couldn't be read back); `secs` may be
+/// anything, it never overflows.
 pub fn shift_iso(iso: &str, secs: i64) -> Option<String> {
-    let t = iso_seconds(iso)?;
+    let t = iso_seconds(iso)?.checked_add(secs)?;
+    let (first, last) = (iso_seconds("0000-01-01T00:00:00")?, iso_seconds("9999-12-31T23:59:59")?);
+    if !(first..=last).contains(&t) {
+        return None;
+    }
    let tail = iso.trim().get(19..).unwrap_or("");
-    Some(format!("{}{tail}", civil(t + secs)))
+    Some(format!("{}{tail}", civil(t)))
 }

 /// Normalize user input to `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS` (accepts a space instead of `T`, missing
@@ -155,7 +161,7 @@ impl Catalog {
        let date_of = |id: &PhotoId| -> String {
            let Some(p) = self.photo(*id) else { return String::new() };
            let d = match key {
-                SortKey::CaptureDate => Some(p.date()),
+                SortKey::CaptureDate => p.captured.as_deref(),
                SortKey::ImportDate => Some(p.imported.as_str()),
                SortKey::EditDate => p.edited.as_deref(),
                _ => None,
@@ -204,6 +210,14 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(shift_iso("2026-12-31T23:30:00", 3600).as_deref(), Some("2027-01-01T00:30:00"));
        assert_eq!(shift_iso("2026-03-01T00:00:00.25+02:00", -1).as_deref(), Some("2026-02-28T23:59:59.25+02:00"));
        assert_eq!(shift_iso("nope", 5), None);
+        // hostile shifts never overflow, and a result outside years 0000–9999 (which no ISO date
+        // here can read back) is refused rather than stored
+        for secs in [i64::MAX, i64::MIN, i64::MAX / 2, -(i64::MAX / 2)] {
+            assert_eq!(shift_iso("2026-01-01T00:00:00", secs), None, "{secs}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(shift_iso("9999-12-31T23:59:59", 1), None);
+        assert_eq!(shift_iso("0000-01-01T00:00:00", -1), None);
+        assert_eq!(shift_iso("9999-12-31T23:59:58", 1).as_deref(), Some("9999-12-31T23:59:59"));
        assert_eq!(normalize_iso("2026-04-01 10:05").as_deref(), Some("2026-04-01T10:05:00"));
        assert_eq!(normalize_iso("2026-02-30"), None);
    }
@@ -222,7 +236,7 @@ mod tests {
        }
        let shape = |r: &[DateRun]| r.iter().map(|r| (r.key.clone(), r.start, r.count)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
        let day = c.date_runs(&ids, SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::Day);
-        // the undated photo falls back to its import date
+        // the undated photo is grouped under Unknown Date
        assert_eq!(
            shape(&day),
            vec![
@@ -230,16 +244,20 @@ mod tests {
                ("2026-09-29".into(), 2, 1),
                ("2026-08-01".into(), 3, 1),
                ("2025-12-31".into(), 4, 1),
-                ("2026-10-01".into(), 5, 1)
+                (String::new(), 5, 1)
            ]
        );
        assert_eq!(day[0].label, "Wednesday, 30 September 2026");
+        assert_eq!(day[4].label, "Unknown Date");
        assert_eq!(c.date_runs(&ids, SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::Auto), day);
        assert_eq!(
-            shape(&c.date_runs(&ids[..5], SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::Month)),
-            vec![("2026-09".into(), 0, 3), ("2026-08".into(), 3, 1), ("2025-12".into(), 4, 1)]
+            shape(&c.date_runs(&ids, SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::Month)),
+            vec![("2026-09".into(), 0, 3), ("2026-08".into(), 3, 1), ("2025-12".into(), 4, 1), (String::new(), 5, 1)]
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            shape(&c.date_runs(&ids, SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::Year)),
+            vec![("2026".into(), 0, 4), ("2025".into(), 4, 1), (String::new(), 5, 1)]
        );
-        assert_eq!(shape(&c.date_runs(&ids[..5], SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::Year)), vec![("2026".into(), 0, 4), ("2025".into(), 4, 1)]);
        assert!(c.date_runs(&ids, SortKey::FileName, GroupBy::Day).is_empty());
        assert!(c.date_runs(&ids, SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::None).is_empty());
        // edit date: unedited photos have no date
@@ -23,15 +23,21 @@
 //! (`/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/me` and `/Users/me`, `/media/me/usb` and `/run/media/me/usb`) is
 //! two rows. Each row is still consistent: choosing it shows exactly the photos it counts.
 //!
+//! A folder is otherwise only where photos are, but the library can also keep a
+//! [`FolderRecord`] about it (its colour label), stored under the folder's identity
+//! ([`crate::query::folder_key`]). A record follows its folder when the folder is renamed or moved
+//! here ([`Catalog::folder_records_follow`]); one about a folder that no longer holds a photo is
+//! kept (undo can bring the photos back) and shows again when the folder does.
+//!
 //! This is the library's own view of its photos; browsing any folder on disk without importing
 //! is Local's job (see [`crate::local`]).

 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};

-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

-use crate::query::{folder_key, folder_within, split_path};
-use crate::{Catalog, Source};
+use crate::query::{folder_key, folder_rest, folder_within, key_within, split_path};
+use crate::{Catalog, ColorLabel, Op, Source};

 /// Folder levels kept per photo. No real path comes near it; a deeper one is counted at its
 /// ancestor this many levels down, which bounds the tree's depth (and so every walk of it)
@@ -58,9 +64,35 @@ pub struct FolderNode {
    /// so for the startup disk and for folders that hold other disks (`/Volumes`, `/mnt`…): their
    /// path covers those disks' photos too, so choosing them is not offered.
    pub selectable: bool,
+    /// The folder's colour label (see [`FolderRecord`]).
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub label: Option<ColorLabel>,
    pub children: Vec<FolderNode>,
 }

+/// What the library keeps about one of its folders beyond the photos in it. A record with
+/// nothing in it is not kept.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct FolderRecord {
+    /// A colour label, as a photo has one.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub label: Option<ColorLabel>,
+}
+
+impl FolderRecord {
+    /// Whether the record says nothing (and so is not kept).
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.label.is_none()
+    }
+}
+
+/// The identity a folder's record is kept under: its [`folder_key`]; `None` for a path that
+/// names no folder (empty, relative, `.`).
+pub(crate) fn record_key(path: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let key = folder_key(path);
+    (split_path(path, true).absolute && !key.is_empty()).then_some(key)
+}
+
 /// A folder while the tree is being built (children by identity key).
 struct Level {
    name: String,
@@ -151,6 +183,53 @@ pub fn folder_label(path: &str) -> String {
 }

 impl Catalog {
+    /// What the library keeps about folder `path`, however it is spelled.
+    pub fn folder_record(&self, path: &str) -> Option<&FolderRecord> {
+        record_key(path).and_then(|k| self.folder_records.get(&k))
+    }
+
+    /// The colour label of folder `path`, however it is spelled.
+    pub fn folder_color_label(&self, path: &str) -> Option<ColorLabel> {
+        self.folder_record(path).and_then(|r| r.label)
+    }
+
+    /// The op that gives folder `path` colour label `label` (`None`: takes it off), keeping the
+    /// rest of its record. Applying it checks the path.
+    pub fn folder_label_op(&self, path: &str, label: Option<ColorLabel>) -> Op {
+        let mut record = self.folder_record(path).cloned().unwrap_or_default();
+        record.label = label;
+        Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: path.to_string(), record: Some(record) }
+    }
+
+    /// The ops that carry the records of folder `from` and the folders inside it over to `to`
+    /// (the same place below it), for a folder renamed or moved on disk: commit them with the
+    /// photos' relinks so undo puts both back. Records already at or below `to` are left from a
+    /// folder that is no longer there and are dropped (undo restores them). Empty when there is
+    /// nothing to carry or drop.
+    pub fn folder_records_follow(&self, from: &str, to: &str) -> Vec<Op> {
+        let (Some(root), Some(dest)) = (record_key(from), record_key(to)) else { return Vec::new() };
+        if root == dest {
+            return Vec::new();
+        }
+        let moved: Vec<(String, FolderRecord)> = self
+            .folder_records
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|(k, _)| key_within(k, &root))
+            .filter_map(|(k, r)| {
+                let rest = folder_rest(k, &root)?;
+                let base = dest.trim_end_matches('/');
+                let path = if rest.is_empty() { dest.clone() } else { format!("{base}/{}", rest.join("/")) };
+                Some((folder_key(&path), r.clone()))
+            })
+            .collect();
+        // what was known at the old place goes, and so does what is left at the new one (also
+        // when the moved folder carries nothing: the folder now there is not the one it was about)
+        let stale = self.folder_records.keys().filter(|k| key_within(k, &root) || key_within(k, &dest));
+        let mut ops: Vec<Op> = stale.map(|k| Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: k.clone(), record: None }).collect();
+        ops.extend(moved.into_iter().map(|(k, r)| Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: k, record: Some(r) }));
+        ops
+    }
+
    /// The library's volumes with their folders and photo counts: volumes by name
    /// (case-insensitive), each folder with its subfolders the same way.
    pub fn folder_tree(&self) -> Vec<FolderNode> {
@@ -196,7 +275,7 @@ impl Catalog {
                l.own += n;
            }
        }
-        let mut tree: Vec<FolderNode> = roots.iter().filter_map(|k| build(k, &levels)).collect();
+        let mut tree: Vec<FolderNode> = roots.iter().filter_map(|k| build(k, &levels, &self.folder_records)).collect();
        sort(&mut tree);
        // a folder that holds another disk's mount covers that disk's photos too
        let mounts: Vec<String> = tree.iter().filter(|v| v.path != "/").map(|v| v.path.clone()).collect();
@@ -206,12 +285,21 @@ impl Catalog {
 }

 /// The node for `key` with everything below it (at most [`MAX_DEPTH`] deep).
-fn build(key: &str, levels: &HashMap<String, Level>) -> Option<FolderNode> {
+fn build(key: &str, levels: &HashMap<String, Level>, records: &BTreeMap<String, FolderRecord>) -> Option<FolderNode> {
    let l = levels.get(key)?;
-    let mut children: Vec<FolderNode> = l.children.iter().filter_map(|k| build(k, levels)).collect();
+    let mut children: Vec<FolderNode> = l.children.iter().filter_map(|k| build(k, levels, records)).collect();
    sort(&mut children);
    let count = l.own + children.iter().map(|c| c.count).sum::<usize>();
-    Some(FolderNode { name: l.name.clone(), path: l.path.clone(), count, own: l.own, volume: l.volume, selectable: true, children })
+    Some(FolderNode {
+        name: l.name.clone(),
+        path: l.path.clone(),
+        count,
+        own: l.own,
+        volume: l.volume,
+        selectable: true,
+        label: records.get(key).and_then(|r| r.label),
+        children,
+    })
 }

 fn mark_selectable(nodes: &mut [FolderNode], mounts: &[String]) {
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 //! | (none) | early builds: a log without a snapshot | |
 //! | 1 | up to v0.2.0 | |
 //! | 2 | after v0.2.0 | `Op::SetBrowsed`, `Catalog.browsed`, `Photo.local_baseline` |
+//! | 3 | albums by hand | `Op::SetAlbumOrder`, `Album.order` |
+//! | 4 | Reload reads lens data | `Op::SetEmbeddedLens` |
+//! | 5 | the keyword list | `Op::SetKeyword`, `Catalog.keyword_list` |
+//! | 6 | folder labels | `Op::SetFolderRecord`, `Catalog.folder_records` |
 //!
 //! Rules:
 //! - **Bump [`VERSION`]** (and add a row above) in the change that adds an [`Op`] variant or a
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ pub const LOG: &str = "catalog.log";
 const FORMAT: &str = "lightcraft-catalog";
 /// The catalog format this build writes (and the newest it reads). See the module docs →
 /// *Format versions*; bump it whenever an [`Op`] variant or a serialized field is added.
-pub const VERSION: u32 = 2;
+pub const VERSION: u32 = 6;

 /// When [`Journal::wants_snapshot`] says it's time to compact the log.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;

 pub use dates::{DateRun, GroupBy};
-pub use folders::FolderNode;
+pub use folders::{FolderNode, FolderRecord};
 pub use journal::{Journal, LoadReport, PersistStats, SnapshotPolicy, SnapshotTiming};
 pub use keywords::KeywordNode;
 use lightcraft_develop::DevelopSettings;
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ pub enum CatalogError {
    NoStack(StackId),
    #[error("invalid: {0}")]
    Invalid(String),
+    /// A keyword of that name is there already: moving or renaming onto it would merge the two.
+    #[error("there is a keyword “{0}” already")]
+    KeywordExists(String),
    #[error("corrupt catalog data: {0}")]
    Corrupt(String),
    #[error("catalog storage: {0}")]
@@ -136,6 +139,11 @@ pub enum Op {
        id: AlbumId,
        parent: Option<AlbumId>,
    },
+    /// Where the album stands among its siblings (`None`: by name). Format version 3.
+    SetAlbumOrder {
+        id: AlbumId,
+        order: Option<u32>,
+    },
    SetAlbumPhotos {
        id: AlbumId,
        photos: Vec<PhotoId>,
@@ -201,6 +209,11 @@ pub enum Op {
        #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
        preview_only: Option<String>,
    },
+    /// The lens data a photo's file carries (what Reload finds when it was read after import).
+    SetEmbeddedLens {
+        id: PhotoId,
+        lens: Option<Box<lightcraft_develop::EmbeddedLens>>,
+    },
    /// The name shown for a colour label (`None` = its colour's name).
    SetLabelName {
        label: ColorLabel,
@@ -212,6 +225,18 @@ pub enum Op {
        folder: String,
        at: Option<String>,
    },
+    /// List a keyword in the library's keyword list with these attributes, or take it off the list
+    /// (`None`; photos that carry it keep it). Format version 4.
+    SetKeyword {
+        path: String,
+        info: Option<keywords::KeywordInfo>,
+    },
+    /// What the library keeps about one of its folders (see [`folders::FolderRecord`]), under
+    /// its identity ([`query::folder_key`]); `None` or an empty record = keep nothing.
+    SetFolderRecord {
+        folder: String,
+        record: Option<FolderRecord>,
+    },
    /// Several ops as one step (undo applies the inverses in reverse).
    Batch {
        ops: Vec<Op>,
@@ -234,6 +259,12 @@ pub struct Catalog {
    /// When each Local folder was last browsed (folder path → ISO 8601), see [`local`].
    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
    browsed: BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    /// Keywords listed on their own or given attributes, by lower-case path (see [`keywords`]).
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
+    keyword_list: BTreeMap<String, keywords::ListedKeyword>,
+    /// What the library keeps about its folders (folder identity → record), see [`folders`].
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
+    folder_records: BTreeMap<String, FolderRecord>,
    /// Increments on every applied op.
    #[serde(skip)]
    pub revision: u64,
@@ -282,6 +313,28 @@ impl Catalog {
    pub fn albums(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Album> {
        self.albums.values()
    }
+    /// The albums and folders directly inside `parent` (`None`: the top level), in the order the
+    /// sidebar lists them: folders first, then by their place if the user ordered them (those
+    /// without one after, by name), else by name.
+    pub fn album_children(&self, parent: Option<AlbumId>) -> Vec<&Album> {
+        let mut kids: Vec<&Album> = self.albums.values().filter(|a| a.parent == parent).collect();
+        kids.sort_by_cached_key(|a| album_order_key(a));
+        kids
+    }
+    /// [`Self::album_children`] of every folder (and of the top level, under `None`) in one pass:
+    /// what a tree view that draws all of them wants each frame.
+    pub fn album_children_by_parent(&self) -> std::collections::HashMap<Option<AlbumId>, Vec<&Album>> {
+        let mut map: std::collections::HashMap<Option<AlbumId>, Vec<&Album>> = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        for a in self.albums.values() {
+            map.entry(a.parent).or_default().push(a);
+        }
+        map.values_mut().for_each(|kids| kids.sort_by_cached_key(|a| album_order_key(a)));
+        map
+    }
+    /// Whether anything inside `parent` has a place of its own (the folder is ordered by hand).
+    pub fn album_children_are_ordered(&self, parent: Option<AlbumId>) -> bool {
+        self.albums.values().any(|a| a.parent == parent && a.order.is_some())
+    }
    /// The Quick Collection, once something was added to it.
    pub fn quick_collection(&self) -> Option<AlbumId> {
        self.albums.values().find(|a| a.quick).map(|a| a.id)
@@ -297,12 +350,57 @@ impl Catalog {
    /// no smart album).
    pub fn album_contains(&self, id: AlbumId, p: &Photo) -> bool {
        match self.albums.get(&id) {
-            Some(Album { smart: Some(rules), .. }) => !p.deleted && rules.matches(p, self),
+            // guarded: a smart album testing smart albums can't loop or recurse without end
+            Some(Album { smart: Some(rules), .. }) => !p.deleted && rules::smart_album_holds(id, p.id, || rules.matches(p, self)),
            Some(a) => a.photos.contains(&p.id),
            None => false,
        }
    }

+    /// Whether smart album `from` tests `to`, directly or through the smart albums it tests (the
+    /// rules of `from` would then change when those of `to` do). Loops in saved rules end the
+    /// search, they don't repeat it.
+    pub fn album_reaches(&self, from: AlbumId, to: AlbumId) -> bool {
+        let mut seen: std::collections::HashSet<AlbumId> = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+        let mut next = vec![from];
+        while let Some(a) = next.pop() {
+            if !seen.insert(a) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let tested = self.albums.get(&a).and_then(|al| al.smart.as_deref()).map(Filter::albums_tested).unwrap_or_default();
+            if tested.contains(&to) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            next.extend(tested);
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    /// What is wrong with a saved smart album's rules now (`RuleSet::check`, after
+    /// `RuleSet::upgrade`): typically a rule testing an album that has since been deleted. Empty
+    /// for a sound smart album, a plain album or no album.
+    pub fn smart_album_problems(&self, id: AlbumId) -> Vec<rules::Problem> {
+        let Some(filter) = self.albums.get(&id).and_then(|a| a.smart.as_deref()) else { return Vec::new() };
+        let mut out: Vec<rules::Problem> = self.album_filter_problem(filter, Some(id)).into_iter().collect();
+        if let Some(mut rules) = filter.rule_set.clone() {
+            rules.upgrade();
+            out.extend(rules.check_for(self, Some(id)));
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    /// A loop through `filter`'s own album field (not its rules): smart album `owner` filtered to
+    /// itself, or to an album that leads back to it.
+    pub fn album_filter_problem(&self, filter: &Filter, owner: Option<AlbumId>) -> Option<rules::Problem> {
+        let (a, owner) = (filter.album?, owner?);
+        (a == owner || self.album_reaches(a, owner)).then(|| rules::Problem {
+            path: Vec::new(),
+            field: Some("album".into()),
+            issue: rules::Issue::AlbumLoop,
+            message: format!("its album filter (album {}) would make this album include itself", a.0),
+        })
+    }
+
    /// The photos of an album: the stored list, or a smart album's current matches (id order).
    pub fn album_photos(&self, id: AlbumId) -> Vec<PhotoId> {
        match self.albums.get(&id) {
@@ -339,6 +437,18 @@ impl Catalog {
    pub fn label_name(&self, l: ColorLabel) -> String {
        self.label_names.get(&l).cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{l:?}"))
    }
+    /// A listed keyword's attributes (any case), `None` when it isn't listed.
+    pub fn keyword_info(&self, path: &str) -> Option<&keywords::KeywordInfo> {
+        self.keyword_list.get(&keywords::clean(path).to_lowercase()).map(|k| &k.info)
+    }
+    /// How the keyword list spells a listed keyword (any case), `None` when it isn't listed.
+    pub fn listed_path(&self, path: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.keyword_list.get(&keywords::clean(path).to_lowercase()).map(|k| k.path.as_str())
+    }
+    /// The keyword list: keywords listed on their own or given attributes, by path.
+    pub fn listed_keywords(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &keywords::ListedKeyword> {
+        self.keyword_list.values()
+    }
    /// The custom name of a colour label, if any.
    pub fn custom_label_name(&self, l: ColorLabel) -> Option<&str> {
        self.label_names.get(&l).map(String::as_str)
@@ -346,7 +456,9 @@ impl Catalog {
    /// The label a name stands for: a custom name first, then a colour's own name (any case).
    pub fn label_from_name(&self, name: &str) -> Option<ColorLabel> {
        let name = name.trim();
-        self.label_names.iter().find(|(_, n)| n.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case(name)).map(|(l, _)| *l).or_else(|| ColorLabel::parse(name))
+        // any case, accents included (Été / été), as rules compare names
+        let name_lower = name.to_lowercase();
+        self.label_names.iter().find(|(_, n)| n.trim().to_lowercase() == name_lower).map(|(l, _)| *l).or_else(|| ColorLabel::parse(name))
    }

    // ---- writes
@@ -479,7 +591,20 @@ impl Catalog {
                    }
                }
                let a = self.album_mut(id)?;
-                Op::MoveAlbum { id, parent: std::mem::replace(&mut a.parent, parent) }
+                if a.parent == parent {
+                    return Ok(Op::MoveAlbum { id, parent });
+                }
+                // its place belonged to the old neighbours: the undo gives it back with the folder
+                let old_order = a.order.take();
+                let old_parent = std::mem::replace(&mut a.parent, parent);
+                match old_order {
+                    Some(_) => Op::Batch { ops: vec![Op::MoveAlbum { id, parent: old_parent }, Op::SetAlbumOrder { id, order: old_order }] },
+                    None => Op::MoveAlbum { id, parent: old_parent },
+                }
+            }
+            Op::SetAlbumOrder { id, order } => {
+                let a = self.album_mut(id)?;
+                Op::SetAlbumOrder { id, order: std::mem::replace(&mut a.order, order) }
            }
            Op::SetAlbumPhotos { id, photos } => {
                let a = self.album_mut(id)?;
@@ -556,6 +681,10 @@ impl Catalog {
                    preview_only: std::mem::replace(&mut p.preview_only, preview_only),
                }
            }
+            Op::SetEmbeddedLens { id, lens } => {
+                let p = self.photo_mut(id)?;
+                Op::SetEmbeddedLens { id, lens: std::mem::replace(&mut p.embedded_lens, lens.map(|l| *l)).map(Box::new) }
+            }
            Op::SetFile { id, file_name, source } => {
                if file_name.trim().is_empty() {
                    return Err(CatalogError::Invalid("empty file name".into()));
@@ -572,6 +701,21 @@ impl Catalog {
                };
                Op::SetLabelName { label, name: old }
            }
+            Op::SetKeyword { path, info } => {
+                let path = keywords::clean(&path);
+                if path.is_empty() {
+                    return Err(CatalogError::Invalid("keyword names can't be empty".into()));
+                }
+                let key = path.to_lowercase();
+                let old = match info {
+                    Some(info) => self.keyword_list.insert(key, keywords::ListedKeyword { path: path.clone(), info }),
+                    None => self.keyword_list.remove(&key),
+                };
+                match old {
+                    Some(old) => Op::SetKeyword { path: old.path, info: Some(old.info) },
+                    None => Op::SetKeyword { path, info: None },
+                }
+            }
            Op::SetBrowsed { folder, at } => {
                let folder = crate::query::folder_key(&folder);
                let old = match at {
@@ -580,6 +724,14 @@ impl Catalog {
                };
                Op::SetBrowsed { folder, at: old }
            }
+            Op::SetFolderRecord { folder, record } => {
+                let key = folders::record_key(&folder).ok_or_else(|| CatalogError::Invalid(format!("not a folder: {folder}")))?;
+                let old = match record.filter(|r| !r.is_empty()) {
+                    Some(r) => self.folder_records.insert(key.clone(), r),
+                    None => self.folder_records.remove(&key),
+                };
+                Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: key, record: old }
+            }
            Op::Batch { ops } => {
                let mut inverses = Vec::with_capacity(ops.len());
                for op in ops {
@@ -668,11 +820,21 @@ impl Catalog {
    }
 }

+/// How siblings are listed: folders first, then the ones with a place of their own by it, then by
+/// name; the id settles any tie.
+fn album_order_key(a: &Album) -> (bool, bool, u32, String, AlbumId) {
+    (!a.folder, a.order.is_none(), a.order.unwrap_or(0), a.name.to_lowercase(), a.id)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod tests_album_order;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_background;
 #[cfg(test)]
+mod tests_folder_records;
+#[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_folders;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests_format_version;
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ impl Op {
            | Op::SetAnalysis { id, .. }
            | Op::SetFile { id, .. }
            | Op::Relink { id, .. }
-            | Op::SetContent { id, .. } => out(*id),
+            | Op::SetContent { id, .. }
+            | Op::SetEmbeddedLens { id, .. } => out(*id),
            Op::AddAlbum { album } => {
                album.photos.iter().for_each(|p| out(*p));
                album.cover.into_iter().for_each(&mut *out);
@@ -295,10 +296,13 @@ impl Op {
            Op::RemoveAlbum { .. }
            | Op::RenameAlbum { .. }
            | Op::MoveAlbum { .. }
+            | Op::SetAlbumOrder { .. }
            | Op::SetAlbumRules { .. }
            | Op::RemoveStack { .. }
            | Op::SetLabelName { .. }
-            | Op::SetBrowsed { .. } => {}
+            | Op::SetKeyword { .. }
+            | Op::SetBrowsed { .. }
+            | Op::SetFolderRecord { .. } => {}
        }
    }
 }
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 use std::sync::Arc;

-use lightcraft_develop::DevelopSettings;
+use lightcraft_develop::{DevelopSettings, WbMode};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -152,6 +152,17 @@ impl CopyrightStatus {
    }
 }

+/// A shutter speed as cameras write it (`1/250`, `0.5`, `2"`, `30s`) in seconds; `None` for
+/// anything that isn't a positive, finite time.
+pub fn parse_shutter_seconds(s: &str) -> Option<f64> {
+    let s = s.trim().trim_end_matches(['s', '"']).trim();
+    match s.split_once('/') {
+        Some((n, d)) => Some(n.trim().parse::<f64>().ok()? / d.trim().parse::<f64>().ok()?),
+        None => s.parse().ok(),
+    }
+    .filter(|v: &f64| v.is_finite() && *v > 0.0)
+}
+
 /// Descriptive + capture metadata.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
@@ -296,6 +307,14 @@ pub struct Analysis {
    pub best: bool,
 }

+/// Raw formats whose readers have vendor white-balance multipliers but no measured camera
+/// illuminant: their white balance is developed relative to the as-shot look (6500 K / 0 means
+/// as shot), as for rendered photographs. `format` is the file's extension or Lightroom's
+/// `fileFormat` name, in any case. See [`Photo::relative_wb`].
+pub fn relative_wb_format(format: &str) -> bool {
+    ["ARW", "NEF", "NRW", "RW2", "RWL", "RAW", "RAF", "CR3", "CR2", "PEF", "SRW", "ORF"].iter().any(|f| format.eq_ignore_ascii_case(f))
+}
+
 impl Photo {
    pub fn new(id: PhotoId, source: Source, file_name: &str, format: &str, width: u32, height: u32, imported: &str) -> Photo {
        Photo {
@@ -336,23 +355,27 @@ impl Photo {
    pub fn develops_raw(&self) -> bool {
        self.kind == MediaKind::Raw && self.preview_only.is_none()
    }
-    /// The current ARW, NEF and RW2 readers have vendor WB multipliers but no measured camera
+    /// The current ARW, NEF, RW2, RAF, CR3, CR2, PEF, SRW and ORF readers have vendor WB multipliers but no measured camera
    /// illuminant. Use adjustments relative to the camera's as-shot look, as for rendered
    /// photographs (the engine's `camera_preview::file_local_look` covers the same formats; RWL and
    /// RAW are Leica's and the oldest Panasonic bodies' names for RW2 files).
    pub fn relative_wb(&self) -> bool {
-        self.develops_raw() && ["ARW", "NEF", "NRW", "RW2", "RWL", "RAW"].iter().any(|f| self.format.eq_ignore_ascii_case(f))
+        self.develops_raw() && relative_wb_format(&self.format)
    }
    /// The develop settings import gave this photo: [`Photo::camera_defaults`], or the user's
-    /// default preset applied on top of them ([`Photo::import_look`]).
+    /// default preset applied on top of them ([`Photo::import_look`]). Like the camera defaults,
+    /// in the photo's own rendering process.
    pub fn import_defaults(&self) -> DevelopSettings {
        match &self.import_look {
-            Some(l) => (**l).clone(),
+            Some(l) => DevelopSettings { process: self.develop.process, ..(**l).clone() },
            None => self.camera_defaults(),
        }
    }
    /// The built-in defaults for this photo, before any user default preset: raws start from
-    /// their as-shot white balance; embedded lens corrections on when the file has them.
+    /// their as-shot white balance; embedded lens corrections on when the file has them. They
+    /// carry the photo's own rendering process ([`lightcraft_develop::ProcessVersion`]): which
+    /// process a photo renders with is not an edit, so comparisons with its defaults (edited?
+    /// still as imported?) don't change when a newer process exists. A new photo has the latest.
    pub fn camera_defaults(&self) -> DevelopSettings {
        let wb = if self.relative_wb() { Some((6500.0, 0.0)) } else { self.as_shot_wb };
        let mut d = match wb {
@@ -362,15 +385,61 @@ impl Photo {
        if self.embedded_lens.is_some() {
            d.optics.lens_profile = true;
        }
+        d.process = self.develop.process;
        d
    }
+    /// The file name's extension without the dot, as written (`CR2` for `IMG_0042.CR2`); empty
+    /// when the name has none (`README`, a dot file such as `.hidden`).
+    pub fn extension(&self) -> &str {
+        self.file_name.rsplit_once('.').filter(|(stem, _)| !stem.is_empty()).map_or("", |(_, ext)| ext)
+    }
+    /// Width and height in pixels as the photo is shown: turned by its orientation and cut by its
+    /// crop. Straightening and Constrain Crop shrink the crop without changing its shape, so the
+    /// aspect is exact and the edges can read a little larger than an export.
+    pub fn shown_size(&self) -> (f64, f64) {
+        let (w, h) = (self.width as f64, self.height as f64);
+        let (w, h) = if self.develop.orientation.swaps_axes() { (h, w) } else { (w, h) };
+        let r = self.develop.crop.geometry.rect;
+        // a crop read from a file or an agent is hostile: no NaN, nothing outside the frame
+        let part = |len: f64| if len.is_finite() { len.clamp(0.0, 1.0) } else { 1.0 };
+        (w * part(r.width()), h * part(r.height()))
+    }
+    /// Cropped or straightened.
+    pub fn is_cropped(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.develop.crop.geometry.is_identity()
+    }
+    /// How many keywords the photo has: a hierarchical keyword (`travel|italy|rome`) is one, and
+    /// the same keyword in different case or with stray spaces counts once; blank ones don't count.
+    pub fn keyword_count(&self) -> usize {
+        let mut seen: Vec<String> = self.meta.keywords.iter().map(|k| k.trim().to_lowercase()).filter(|k| !k.is_empty()).collect();
+        seen.sort_unstable();
+        seen.dedup();
+        seen.len()
+    }
+    /// The people in the photo: the names on its face regions, trimmed, each once (names that
+    /// differ only in case are one person, as first seen). Pets and unnamed faces are not people.
+    pub fn people(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
+        let mut out: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
+        for r in self.meta.regions.iter().filter(|r| r.kind == lightcraft_meta::RegionKind::Face) {
+            let Some(name) = r.name.as_deref().map(str::trim).filter(|n| !n.is_empty()) else { continue };
+            if !out.iter().any(|o| o.to_lowercase() == name.to_lowercase()) {
+                out.push(name);
+            }
+        }
+        out
+    }
    /// In the library: not deleted and not only browsed (Local).
    pub fn in_library(&self) -> bool {
        !self.deleted && !self.local
    }
    /// Edited by the user: settings differ from what import gave the photo.
    pub fn is_edited(&self) -> bool {
-        *self.develop != self.import_defaults() && !self.develop.is_unedited()
+        let mut defaults = self.import_defaults();
+        // As Shot reads the source's current WB; stored numbers can predate a decoder update.
+        if self.develop.wb.mode == WbMode::AsShot && defaults.wb.mode == WbMode::AsShot {
+            defaults.wb = self.develop.wb;
+        }
+        *self.develop != defaults && !self.develop.is_unedited()
    }
    /// Capture time if known, else import time (sort key).
    pub fn date(&self) -> &str {
@@ -399,12 +468,16 @@ pub struct Album {
    /// The Quick Collection: a regular album that B adds to (one per library).
    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "std::ops::Not::not")]
    pub quick: bool,
+    /// Its place among the albums of the same kind in its folder, once the user ordered them by
+    /// hand (see [`crate::Catalog::album_children`]); `None`: listed by name.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub order: Option<u32>,
 }

 impl Album {
    /// A regular (manual) album.
    pub fn new(id: AlbumId, name: impl Into<String>) -> Album {
-        Album { id, name: name.into(), parent: None, folder: false, photos: Vec::new(), cover: None, smart: None, quick: false }
+        Album { id, name: name.into(), parent: None, folder: false, photos: Vec::new(), cover: None, smart: None, quick: false, order: None }
    }
    pub fn is_smart(&self) -> bool {
        self.smart.is_some()
@@ -430,7 +503,33 @@ mod edited_tests {
    }

    #[test]
-    fn sony_and_nikon_raws_use_relative_white_balance() {
+    fn the_process_a_photo_renders_with_is_not_an_edit() {
+        use lightcraft_develop::ProcessVersion;
+        // a photo on another process than the latest (a V1 photo once a later process is the
+        // latest, or a photo saved by a newer LightCraft)
+        let other = ProcessVersion(ProcessVersion::LATEST.0 + 1);
+        let mut p = Photo::new(PhotoId(1), Source::Demo { scene: 0 }, "a.dng", "DNG", 10, 10, "2026-10-01T00:00:00");
+        p.kind = MediaKind::Raw;
+        p.as_shot_wb = Some((5200.0, 4.0));
+        assert_eq!(p.camera_defaults().process, ProcessVersion::LATEST, "a new photo gets the latest");
+        p.develop = Arc::new(DevelopSettings { process: other, ..p.import_defaults() });
+        assert_eq!((p.camera_defaults().process, p.import_defaults().process), (other, other));
+        assert!(!p.is_edited(), "still as imported");
+        // with a default preset's look as well
+        let mut look = DevelopSettings::for_raw(5200.0, 4.0);
+        look.light.exposure = 0.3;
+        p.import_look = Some(Arc::new(look.clone()));
+        p.develop = Arc::new(DevelopSettings { process: other, ..look });
+        assert_eq!(p.import_defaults().process, other);
+        assert!(!p.is_edited());
+        let mut d = (*p.develop).clone();
+        d.light.exposure = 1.0;
+        p.develop = Arc::new(d);
+        assert!(p.is_edited(), "an edit still is one");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn supported_raws_use_relative_white_balance() {
        for (name, format, relative) in [
            ("a.arw", "ARW", true),
            ("a.nef", "NEF", true),
@@ -438,6 +537,12 @@ mod edited_tests {
            ("a.rw2", "RW2", true),
            ("a.rwl", "RWL", true),
            ("a.raw", "RAW", true),
+            ("a.raf", "rAf", true),
+            ("a.cr3", "cr3", true),
+            ("a.srw", "SRW", true),
+            ("a.cr2", "CR2", true),
+            ("a.pef", "pef", true),
+            ("a.orf", "ORF", true),
            ("a.dng", "DNG", false),
        ] {
            let mut p = Photo::new(PhotoId(1), Source::Demo { scene: 0 }, name, format, 10, 10, "2026-10-01T00:00:00");
@@ -446,6 +551,12 @@ mod edited_tests {
            assert_eq!(p.relative_wb(), relative, "{format}");
            let wb = p.camera_defaults().wb;
            assert_eq!((wb.temp, wb.tint), if relative { (6500.0, 0.0) } else { (5200.0, 4.0) }, "{format}");
+            p.develop = Arc::new(DevelopSettings::for_raw(5200.0, 4.0));
+            assert!(!p.is_edited(), "{format}: old As Shot values are not an edit");
+            let mut custom = (*p.develop).clone();
+            custom.wb.mode = WbMode::Custom;
+            p.develop = Arc::new(custom);
+            assert!(p.is_edited(), "{format}: Custom WB is still an edit");
            // shown from the embedded preview: a rendered image, not a relative-WB raw
            p.preview_only = Some("unsupported".into());
            assert!(!p.relative_wb());
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ fn token_matches(p: &Photo, tok: &str) -> bool {
            "person" | "who" => has_person(p, val),
            "type" | "kind" => format!("{:?}", p.kind).eq_ignore_ascii_case(val),
            "edited" => (val == "true" || val == "yes") == p.is_edited(),
-            "date" => p.date().starts_with(val),
+            "date" => p.captured.as_deref().is_some_and(|c| c.starts_with(val)),
            "copy" | "virtual" => (val == "true" || val == "yes") == p.copy_of.is_some(),
            "name" | "file" => p.file_name.to_lowercase().contains(val),
            _ => false,
@@ -154,12 +154,21 @@ fn token_matches(p: &Photo, tok: &str) -> bool {
 /// Whether `p` has a named face region called `name` (case-insensitive).
 fn has_person(p: &Photo, name: &str) -> bool {
    let name = name.trim().to_lowercase();
-    p.meta.regions.iter().any(|r| r.kind == lightcraft_meta::RegionKind::Face && r.name.as_deref().is_some_and(|n| n.to_lowercase() == name))
+    p.people().iter().any(|n| n.to_lowercase() == name)
 }

 impl Filter {
    /// Human-readable summary of the active rules (smart album tooltips, `album.list`).
    pub fn describe(&self) -> String {
+        self.describe_in(None)
+    }
+
+    /// [`Filter::describe`] naming the albums its rules test (`RuleSet::describe_with`).
+    pub fn describe_with(&self, cat: &crate::Catalog) -> String {
+        self.describe_in(Some(cat))
+    }
+
+    fn describe_in(&self, cat: Option<&crate::Catalog>) -> String {
        let mut v: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
        if self.rating > 0 {
            let op = match self.rating_op {
@@ -207,11 +216,18 @@ impl Filter {
            v.push(format!("“{}”", self.text.trim()));
        }
        if let Some(rs) = self.rule_set.as_ref().filter(|r| !r.rules.is_empty()) {
-            v.push(rs.describe());
+            v.push(cat.map_or_else(|| rs.describe(), |c| rs.describe_with(c)));
        }
        if v.is_empty() { "all photos".into() } else { v.join(", ") }
    }

+    /// The albums this filter tests: its album field and its rules' Album rules.
+    pub fn albums_tested(&self) -> Vec<crate::AlbumId> {
+        let mut out: Vec<crate::AlbumId> = self.album.into_iter().collect();
+        out.extend(self.rule_set.as_ref().map(crate::RuleSet::albums_tested).unwrap_or_default());
+        out
+    }
+
    /// Whether matches depend on the clock (only "in the last…" rules do).
    pub fn depends_on_now(&self) -> bool {
        self.rule_set.as_ref().is_some_and(crate::RuleSet::depends_on_now)
@@ -284,12 +300,18 @@ impl Filter {
            return false;
        }
        if let Some(from) = &self.date_from
-            && p.date() < from.as_str()
+            && match p.captured.as_deref() {
+                Some(c) => c < from.as_str(),
+                None => true,
+            }
        {
            return false;
        }
        if let Some(to) = &self.date_to
-            && p.date().get(..to.len()).unwrap_or(p.date()) > to.as_str()
+            && match p.captured.as_deref() {
+                Some(c) => c.get(..to.len()).unwrap_or(c) > to.as_str(),
+                None => true,
+            }
        {
            return false;
        }
@@ -299,7 +321,7 @@ impl Filter {
            return false;
        }
        if let Some(d) = &self.date
-            && !p.date().starts_with(d.as_str())
+            && !p.captured.as_deref().is_some_and(|c| c.starts_with(d.as_str()))
        {
            return false;
        }
@@ -344,7 +366,7 @@ impl Catalog {
        let mut v: Vec<&Photo> = self.photos().map(|p| p.as_ref()).filter(|p| filter.matches_in(p, self, root.as_deref())).collect();
        v.sort_by(|a, b| {
            let o = match sort.key {
-                SortKey::CaptureDate => a.date().cmp(b.date()),
+                SortKey::CaptureDate => a.captured.cmp(&b.captured).then_with(|| a.imported.cmp(&b.imported)),
                SortKey::ImportDate => a.imported.cmp(&b.imported),
                SortKey::EditDate => a.edited.cmp(&b.edited),
                SortKey::FileName => a.file_name.to_lowercase().cmp(&b.file_name.to_lowercase()),
@@ -363,7 +385,7 @@ impl Catalog {
        use std::collections::BTreeMap;
        let mut years: BTreeMap<&str, (BTreeMap<&str, usize>, BTreeMap<&str, usize>)> = BTreeMap::new();
        for p in self.photos().filter(|p| p.in_library()) {
-            let d = p.date();
+            let Some(d) = p.captured.as_deref() else { continue };
            if d.len() >= 10 {
                let (months, days) = years.entry(&d[..4]).or_default();
                *months.entry(&d[..7]).or_default() += 1;
@@ -525,6 +547,17 @@ pub fn folder_within(path: &str, root: &str) -> bool {
    key_within(&folder_key(path), &folder_key(root))
 }

+/// The names below folder `root` that lead to `path`, as the caller spelled them (`None` when
+/// `path` is not at or inside `root`; empty when it is `root`). Compared by [`folder_key`], but
+/// the names keep their case, which the key lowers on Windows.
+pub fn folder_rest(path: &str, root: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    if !key_within(&folder_key(path), &folder_key(root)) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let depth = split_path(root, false).parts.len();
+    Some(split_path(path, false).parts.into_iter().skip(depth).collect())
+}
+
 /// Whether a library photo (not one only browsed in Local) lies in the folder whose
 /// [`folder_key`] is `root`. A plain POSIX path (no `\`, `.`, `..`, repeated or trailing
 /// separators) is its own identity, so it is read without building a key for it: the check runs
@@ -58,12 +58,22 @@ fn albums_and_folders() {
    let a = photo(&mut c, "a.jpg", "2026-04-01");
    let f = c.alloc_album_id();
    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum {
-        album: Album { id: f, name: "Trips".into(), parent: None, folder: true, photos: vec![], cover: None, smart: None, quick: false },
+        album: Album { id: f, name: "Trips".into(), parent: None, folder: true, photos: vec![], cover: None, smart: None, quick: false, order: None },
    })
    .unwrap();
    let al = c.alloc_album_id();
    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum {
-        album: Album { id: al, name: "Alps".into(), parent: Some(f), folder: false, photos: vec![a], cover: None, smart: None, quick: false },
+        album: Album {
+            id: al,
+            name: "Alps".into(),
+            parent: Some(f),
+            folder: false,
+            photos: vec![a],
+            cover: None,
+            smart: None,
+            quick: false,
+            order: None,
+        },
    })
    .unwrap();
    assert_eq!(c.albums_of(a), vec![al]);
@@ -446,3 +456,220 @@ fn random_sort_has_no_date_headers() {
    let ids = many(&mut c, 5);
    assert!(c.date_runs(&ids, SortKey::Random, GroupBy::Day).is_empty());
 }
+
+/// Reload stores the lens data a file carries; the inverse (through the journal's JSON) takes it back.
+#[test]
+fn set_embedded_lens_is_undoable_and_journaled() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::default();
+    let a = c.alloc_photo_id();
+    c.apply(Op::AddPhoto {
+        photo: Box::new(Photo::new(a, Source::File { path: "/x.rw2".into() }, "x.rw2", "RW2", 4000, 3000, "2026-10-06T00:00:00")),
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+    let lens = lightcraft_develop::EmbeddedLens { warp: Some(Default::default()), vignette: None };
+    let op = Op::SetEmbeddedLens { id: a, lens: Some(Box::new(lens)) };
+    let op: Op = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&op).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let inv = c.apply(op).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.photo(a).unwrap().embedded_lens, Some(lens));
+    let inv: Op = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&inv).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    c.apply(inv).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.photo(a).unwrap().embedded_lens, None);
+}
+
+/// A saved smart album whose rules no longer check (the album a rule tests was deleted) is found,
+/// with its problems; a good one has none; an old album operator is read as it was meant.
+#[test]
+fn smart_album_problems_flag_stale_rules() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: Album::new(AlbumId(1), "Trip") }).unwrap();
+    let smart = |id: u64, rules: serde_json::Value| {
+        let f: Filter = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"ruleSet": {"rules": rules}})).unwrap();
+        Album { smart: Some(Box::new(f)), ..Album::new(AlbumId(id), "Smart") }
+    };
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(2, serde_json::json!([{"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": 1}])) }).unwrap();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(3, serde_json::json!([{"field": "album", "op": "gte", "value": 1}])) }).unwrap();
+    assert!(c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(2)).is_empty());
+    assert!(c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(3)).is_empty(), "an old operator is upgraded, not a problem");
+    assert!(c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(1)).is_empty(), "a plain album has no rules");
+    c.apply(Op::RemoveAlbum { id: AlbumId(1) }).unwrap();
+    let p = c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(2));
+    assert_eq!(p.iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec!["rule 1: no album 1".to_string()]);
+}
+
+/// A smart album can test another smart album: "Keywords contain travel" and "Album isn't Excluded
+/// Photos" (red or rejected) leaves out the excluded photos, and follows that album's rules as they
+/// change.
+#[test]
+fn a_smart_album_can_exclude_another() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let smart = |id: u64, name: &str, rules: serde_json::Value| {
+        let f: Filter = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"ruleSet": rules})).unwrap();
+        Album { smart: Some(Box::new(f)), ..Album::new(AlbumId(id), name) }
+    };
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum {
+        album: smart(
+            1,
+            "Excluded Photos",
+            serde_json::json!({"match": "any", "rules": [
+            {"field": "label", "op": "is", "value": "red"}, {"field": "flag", "op": "is", "value": "reject"}]}),
+        ),
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+    let travel = |c: &mut Catalog, name: &str, label: Option<ColorLabel>, flag: Flag| {
+        let id = c.alloc_photo_id();
+        let mut p = Photo::new(id, Source::Demo { scene: 1 }, name, "JPEG", 6000, 4000, "2026-09-30T10:00:00");
+        p.meta.keywords = vec!["travel".into()];
+        p.label = label;
+        p.flag = flag;
+        c.apply(Op::AddPhoto { photo: Box::new(p) }).unwrap();
+        id
+    };
+    let keep = travel(&mut c, "keep.jpg", None, Flag::Pick);
+    let red = travel(&mut c, "red.jpg", Some(ColorLabel::Red), Flag::None);
+    let rejected = travel(&mut c, "rejected.jpg", None, Flag::Reject);
+    let rules: RuleSet = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"rules": [
+        {"field": "keywords", "op": "contains", "value": "travel"}, {"field": "album", "op": "isNot", "value": 1}]}))
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(rules.check(&c).is_empty(), "a smart album can be tested: {:?}", rules.check(&c));
+    let matched = |c: &Catalog| c.photos().filter(|p| rules.matches(p, c)).map(|p| p.id).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    assert_eq!(matched(&c), vec![keep]);
+    // "is" works the other way round
+    let inside: RuleSet = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"rules": [{"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": 1}]})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.photos().filter(|p| inside.matches(p, &c)).count(), 2);
+    let _ = (red, rejected);
+}
+
+/// An album can't include itself, directly or through other smart albums: the check refuses the
+/// loop for the album being edited, and a loop saved anyway (an older version, a hand-edited file)
+/// neither recurses forever nor crashes: inside it, the album being evaluated counts as holding no
+/// photos, and every album in it is reported.
+#[test]
+fn smart_album_loops_are_refused_and_survived() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let refers = |to: u64| -> Filter {
+        serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"ruleSet": {"rules": [{"field": "album", "op": "isNot", "value": to}]}})).unwrap()
+    };
+    let smart = |id: u64, f: Filter| Album { smart: Some(Box::new(f)), ..Album::new(AlbumId(id), "S") };
+    // A → B → C
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(3, Filter::default()) }).unwrap();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(2, refers(3)) }).unwrap();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(1, refers(2)) }).unwrap();
+    let rules = |to: u64| refers(to).rule_set.unwrap();
+    assert!(rules(1).check_for(&c, Some(AlbumId(3))).iter().any(|p| p.issue == crate::rules::Issue::AlbumLoop), "C → A closes A → B → C → A");
+    assert!(rules(3).check_for(&c, Some(AlbumId(3))).iter().any(|p| p.issue == crate::rules::Issue::AlbumLoop), "an album testing itself");
+    assert!(rules(1).check_for(&c, None).is_empty(), "a new album can't be in a loop yet");
+    assert!(rules(3).check_for(&c, Some(AlbumId(1))).is_empty(), "A testing C again is no loop");
+    assert!(!c.album_reaches(AlbumId(3), AlbumId(1)) && c.album_reaches(AlbumId(1), AlbumId(3)));
+    // a loop saved anyway: C → A
+    c.apply(Op::SetAlbumRules { id: AlbumId(3), rules: Box::new(refers(1)) }).unwrap();
+    let id = photo(&mut c, "a.jpg", "2026-09-01T10:00:00");
+    let p = c.photo(id).unwrap().clone();
+    for a in [1, 2, 3] {
+        let _ = c.album_contains(AlbumId(a), &p); // returns, no stack overflow
+        assert!(c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(a)).iter().any(|p| p.issue == crate::rules::Issue::AlbumLoop), "album {a} is reported");
+    }
+}
+
+/// Summaries name the albums Album rules test ("album isn't “Excluded Photos”"), not their ids;
+/// one that is gone shows as its number.
+#[test]
+fn summaries_name_albums() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: Album::new(AlbumId(4), "Excluded Photos") }).unwrap();
+    let rules: RuleSet = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"rules": [
+        {"field": "keywords", "op": "contains", "value": "travel"},
+        {"group": {"match": "any", "rules": [{"field": "album", "op": "isNot", "value": 4}, {"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": 9}]}}]}))
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(rules.describe_with(&c), "keywords contains travel and (album isn't “Excluded Photos” or album is #9)");
+    let f = Filter { rule_set: Some(rules), ..Default::default() };
+    assert!(f.describe_with(&c).contains("album isn't “Excluded Photos”"));
+}
+
+/// A chain of smart albums each testing the one before twice ("all of: album is X(k-1), album is
+/// X(k-1)") costs a pass per album, not 2^depth: each album's answer for a photo is worked out once
+/// per question. 25 albums deep stays instant.
+#[test]
+fn chains_of_smart_albums_stay_linear() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let smart = |id: u64, f: Filter| Album { smart: Some(Box::new(f)), ..Album::new(AlbumId(id), "X") };
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(1, Filter::default()) }).unwrap();
+    for k in 2..=26u64 {
+        let f: Filter = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"ruleSet": {"rules": [
+            {"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": k - 1}, {"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": k - 1}]}}))
+        .unwrap();
+        c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(k, f) }).unwrap();
+    }
+    for i in 0..20 {
+        photo(&mut c, &format!("p{i}.jpg"), "2026-09-01T10:00:00");
+    }
+    let start = std::time::Instant::now();
+    assert_eq!(c.album_count(AlbumId(26)), 20);
+    assert!(start.elapsed() < std::time::Duration::from_secs(2), "took {:?}", start.elapsed());
+}
+
+/// A smart album's own album filter (not only its rules) counts in loops: A filtered to "in A" is
+/// reported, and so is A filtered to B while B's rules test A.
+#[test]
+fn an_album_filter_counts_in_loops() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let smart = |id: u64, f: Filter| Album { smart: Some(Box::new(f)), ..Album::new(AlbumId(id), "S") };
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(1, Filter { album: Some(AlbumId(1)), ..Default::default() }) }).unwrap();
+    let loops = |c: &Catalog, id: u64| c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(id)).iter().any(|p| p.issue == crate::rules::Issue::AlbumLoop);
+    assert!(loops(&c, 1), "filtered to itself");
+    let tests_3: Filter = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"ruleSet": {"rules": [{"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": 3}]}})).unwrap();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: smart(2, Filter { album: Some(AlbumId(3)), ..Default::default() }) }).unwrap();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum {
+        album: smart(3, serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({"ruleSet": {"rules": [{"field": "album", "op": "is", "value": 2}]}})).unwrap()),
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(c.album_reaches(AlbumId(3), AlbumId(2)) && c.album_reaches(AlbumId(2), AlbumId(3)));
+    assert!(loops(&c, 2) && loops(&c, 3));
+    let _ = tests_3;
+    let shown: Vec<String> = c.smart_album_problems(AlbumId(1)).iter().map(ToString::to_string).collect();
+    assert!(shown.iter().all(|s| !s.starts_with("rule :")), "{shown:?}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn undated_photos_group_under_unknown_date_and_sort_together() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let add_photo = |c: &mut Catalog, name: &str, captured: Option<&str>, imported: &str| {
+        let id = c.alloc_photo_id();
+        let mut p = Photo::new(id, Source::Demo { scene: 0 }, name, "JPEG", 100, 100, imported);
+        p.captured = captured.map(str::to_string);
+        c.apply(Op::AddPhoto { photo: Box::new(p) }).unwrap();
+        id
+    };
+    let p_dated1 = add_photo(&mut c, "dated1.jpg", Some("2026-05-10T12:00:00"), "2026-10-01T00:00:00");
+    let p_dated2 = add_photo(&mut c, "dated2.jpg", Some("2026-05-20T12:00:00"), "2026-10-01T00:00:00");
+    let p_undated1 = add_photo(&mut c, "undated1.jpg", None, "2026-10-05T00:00:00");
+    let p_undated2 = add_photo(&mut c, "undated2.jpg", None, "2026-10-02T00:00:00");
+
+    // Descending sort (default, newest first): dated photos first (newest to oldest), undated photos at the end
+    let desc = c.query(&Filter::default(), &Sort { key: SortKey::CaptureDate, ascending: false, ..Default::default() });
+    assert_eq!(desc, vec![p_dated2, p_dated1, p_undated1, p_undated2]);
+
+    // Ascending sort (oldest first): undated photos at the beginning, dated photos from oldest to newest
+    let asc = c.query(&Filter::default(), &Sort { key: SortKey::CaptureDate, ascending: true, ..Default::default() });
+    assert_eq!(asc, vec![p_undated2, p_undated1, p_dated1, p_dated2]);
+
+    // date_runs groups undated photos under Unknown Date
+    let runs = c.date_runs(&desc, SortKey::CaptureDate, GroupBy::Day);
+    assert_eq!(runs.len(), 3);
+    assert_eq!(runs[0].key, "2026-05-20");
+    assert_eq!(runs[1].key, "2026-05-10");
+    assert_eq!(runs[2].key, "");
+    assert_eq!(runs[2].label, "Unknown Date");
+    assert_eq!(runs[2].count, 2);
+
+    // date_groups sidebar tree only counts photos with capture dates
+    let groups = c.date_groups();
+    assert_eq!(groups.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(groups[0].year, "2026");
+    assert_eq!(groups[0].count, 2);
+
+    // Filter by capture date prefix does not match undated photos
+    let filter_day = Filter { date: Some("2026-10-05".into()), ..Default::default() };
+    assert_eq!(c.query(&filter_day, &Sort::default()), vec![]);
+    let filter_year = Filter { date: Some("2026".into()), ..Default::default() };
+    assert_eq!(c.query(&filter_year, &Sort { key: SortKey::CaptureDate, ascending: false, ..Default::default() }), vec![p_dated2, p_dated1]);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+//! Album order: the children of a folder (or of the top level) are listed folders first, then
+//! alphabetically, until some of them are given a place of their own (`Album.order`); moving an
+//! album to another folder drops its place, and undoing the move brings it back.
+
+use crate::*;
+
+fn add(c: &mut Catalog, name: &str, parent: Option<AlbumId>, folder: bool) -> AlbumId {
+    let id = c.alloc_album_id();
+    c.apply(Op::AddAlbum { album: Album { parent, folder, ..Album::new(id, name) } }).unwrap();
+    id
+}
+
+fn names(c: &Catalog, parent: Option<AlbumId>) -> Vec<String> {
+    c.album_children(parent).iter().map(|a| a.name.clone()).collect()
+}
+
+fn place(c: &mut Catalog, id: AlbumId, order: Option<u32>) {
+    c.apply(Op::SetAlbumOrder { id, order }).unwrap();
+}
+
+/// Given albums that were never ordered, when they are listed, then folders come first and each
+/// group is alphabetical regardless of case.
+#[test]
+fn children_are_folders_first_then_alphabetical() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    add(&mut c, "beta", None, false);
+    add(&mut c, "Alpha", None, false);
+    add(&mut c, "zoo", None, true);
+    add(&mut c, "Archive", None, true);
+    assert_eq!(names(&c, None), ["Archive", "zoo", "Alpha", "beta"]);
+    assert!(!c.album_children_are_ordered(None));
+}
+
+/// Given some children with a place of their own, then they follow it; the others come after, by
+/// name; folders stay ahead of albums.
+#[test]
+fn ordered_children_follow_their_order() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let a = add(&mut c, "A", None, false);
+    let b = add(&mut c, "B", None, false);
+    let cc = add(&mut c, "C", None, false);
+    add(&mut c, "D", None, false);
+    let f = add(&mut c, "F", None, true);
+    place(&mut c, cc, Some(0));
+    place(&mut c, a, Some(1));
+    assert_eq!(names(&c, None), ["F", "C", "A", "B", "D"]);
+    assert!(c.album_children_are_ordered(None));
+    // equal places fall back to the name, so a damaged catalog still lists deterministically
+    place(&mut c, b, Some(1));
+    assert_eq!(names(&c, None), ["F", "C", "A", "B", "D"]);
+    // another container is unaffected
+    let inner = add(&mut c, "Z", Some(f), false);
+    add(&mut c, "Y", Some(f), false);
+    assert_eq!(names(&c, Some(f)), ["Y", "Z"]);
+    assert!(!c.album_children_are_ordered(Some(f)));
+    place(&mut c, inner, Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(names(&c, Some(f)), ["Z", "Y"]);
+}
+
+/// The one-pass map lists every folder's children exactly as `album_children` does.
+#[test]
+fn the_children_map_matches_the_children_of_each_folder() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let f = add(&mut c, "F", None, true);
+    let g = add(&mut c, "G", Some(f), true);
+    for (name, parent) in [("b", None), ("a", None), ("y", Some(f)), ("x", Some(f)), ("q", Some(g))] {
+        add(&mut c, name, parent, false);
+    }
+    let x = c.albums().find(|a| a.name == "x").unwrap().id;
+    place(&mut c, x, Some(7));
+    let map = c.album_children_by_parent();
+    for parent in [None, Some(f), Some(g)] {
+        let from_map: Vec<AlbumId> = map.get(&parent).map(|v| v.iter().map(|a| a.id).collect()).unwrap_or_default();
+        let direct: Vec<AlbumId> = c.album_children(parent).iter().map(|a| a.id).collect();
+        assert_eq!(from_map, direct, "{parent:?}");
+    }
+    assert!(!map.contains_key(&Some(AlbumId(999))));
+}
+
+/// A place is one undo step, and `None` puts the album back among the alphabetical ones.
+#[test]
+fn a_place_can_be_set_cleared_and_undone() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let a = add(&mut c, "A", None, false);
+    add(&mut c, "B", None, false);
+    let inv = c.apply(Op::SetAlbumOrder { id: a, order: Some(5) }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.album(a).unwrap().order, Some(5));
+    c.apply(inv).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.album(a).unwrap().order, None);
+    assert!(c.apply(Op::SetAlbumOrder { id: AlbumId(999), order: Some(1) }).is_err(), "no such album");
+}
+
+/// Moving to another folder drops the album's place there (it belonged to the old neighbours),
+/// and undoing the move gives it back.
+#[test]
+fn moving_drops_the_place_and_undo_restores_it() {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let from = add(&mut c, "From", None, true);
+    let to = add(&mut c, "To", None, true);
+    let a = add(&mut c, "A", Some(from), false);
+    place(&mut c, a, Some(3));
+    let inv = c.apply(Op::MoveAlbum { id: a, parent: Some(to) }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((c.album(a).unwrap().parent, c.album(a).unwrap().order), (Some(to), None));
+    c.apply(inv).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((c.album(a).unwrap().parent, c.album(a).unwrap().order), (Some(from), Some(3)));
+    // "moving" to where it already is changes nothing
+    c.apply(Op::MoveAlbum { id: a, parent: Some(from) }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.album(a).unwrap().order, Some(3));
+}
+
+/// Catalogs written before albums had an order load as they were; an unset order is not written.
+#[test]
+fn albums_without_an_order_load_and_save_unchanged() {
+    let old = r#"{"id":4,"name":"Old","parent":null,"folder":false,"photos":[],"cover":null}"#;
+    let a: Album = serde_json::from_str(old).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(a.order, None);
+    assert!(!serde_json::to_string(&a).unwrap().contains("order"));
+    let mut a = a;
+    a.order = Some(2);
+    let back: Album = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&a).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(back.order, Some(2));
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+//! What the library keeps about its folders: a colour label, like a photo's (see
+//! [`crate::folders::FolderRecord`]).
+//!
+//! Scenarios, in the words of someone organising their library by folder:
+//!
+//! * Given a folder of the library, when I give it a colour label, its row in the folder tree
+//!   shows that label; the folders around it show none.
+//! * However the folder is spelled, it is one folder with one label.
+//! * When I take the label off, the library keeps nothing about the folder.
+//! * Every change is one undo step: undo puts back the label the folder had before.
+//! * A path that names no folder is refused and nothing changes.
+//! * When the folder is renamed or moved, its label and those of the folders inside it go along;
+//!   a folder beside it whose name merely starts the same way keeps its own. Undo brings them
+//!   back, also a label that was left at the destination.
+//! * Labels survive closing and reopening the library.
+
+use crate::*;
+
+fn add(c: &mut Catalog, path: &str) {
+    let id = c.alloc_photo_id();
+    let name = path.rsplit('/').next().unwrap_or(path);
+    let p = Photo::new(id, Source::File { path: path.into() }, name, "JPEG", 60, 40, "2026-01-01T10:00:00");
+    c.apply(Op::AddPhoto { photo: Box::new(p) }).unwrap();
+}
+
+fn library() -> Catalog {
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    for p in ["/pics/trip/a.jpg", "/pics/trip/day1/b.jpg", "/pics/trip2/c.jpg", "/pics/home/d.jpg"] {
+        add(&mut c, p);
+    }
+    c
+}
+
+fn label(c: &mut Catalog, path: &str, l: Option<ColorLabel>) -> Op {
+    let op = c.folder_label_op(path, l);
+    c.apply(op).unwrap()
+}
+
+/// The label of each row of the tree, by path, depth first (rows without one left out).
+fn tree_labels(c: &Catalog) -> Vec<(String, ColorLabel)> {
+    fn walk(n: &FolderNode, out: &mut Vec<(String, ColorLabel)>) {
+        if let Some(l) = n.label {
+            out.push((n.path.clone(), l));
+        }
+        n.children.iter().for_each(|c| walk(c, out));
+    }
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    c.folder_tree().iter().for_each(|n| walk(n, &mut out));
+    out
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_new_library_knows_nothing_about_its_folders() {
+    let c = library();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip"), None);
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/trip"), None);
+    assert!(tree_labels(&c).is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_labelled_folder_shows_its_label_in_the_tree_and_only_there() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Red));
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/trip"), Some(ColorLabel::Red));
+    assert_eq!(tree_labels(&c), vec![("/pics/trip".to_string(), ColorLabel::Red)]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn however_a_folder_is_spelled_it_has_one_label() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    label(&mut c, "/pics//trip/", Some(ColorLabel::Green));
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/./trip"), Some(ColorLabel::Green));
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/home/../trip", Some(ColorLabel::Blue));
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/trip"), Some(ColorLabel::Blue));
+    assert_eq!(tree_labels(&c).len(), 1, "one folder, one record");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn taking_the_label_off_leaves_no_record() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Purple));
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", None);
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip"), None);
+    assert!(!c.to_snapshot().contains("folder_records"), "nothing empty is saved");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_empty_record_is_no_record() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    c.apply(Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: "/pics/trip".into(), record: Some(FolderRecord::default()) }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip"), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn undo_puts_back_the_label_the_folder_had() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    let undo_first = label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Yellow));
+    let undo_second = label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Red));
+    c.apply(undo_second).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/trip"), Some(ColorLabel::Yellow));
+    c.apply(undo_first).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip"), None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_path_that_names_no_folder_is_refused() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    let before = c.to_snapshot();
+    for bad in ["", "relative/trip", ".", "a/.."] {
+        let op = Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: bad.into(), record: Some(FolderRecord { label: Some(ColorLabel::Red) }) };
+        assert!(c.apply(op).is_err(), "{bad:?} names no folder");
+    }
+    assert_eq!(c.to_snapshot(), before);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_moved_folder_takes_its_labels_and_its_subfolders_labels_along() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Red));
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip/day1", Some(ColorLabel::Green));
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip2", Some(ColorLabel::Blue));
+    let ops = c.folder_records_follow("/pics/trip", "/archive/2026/trip");
+    c.apply(Op::Batch { ops }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/trip"), None);
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/archive/2026/trip"), Some(ColorLabel::Red));
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/archive/2026/trip/day1"), Some(ColorLabel::Green));
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/trip2"), Some(ColorLabel::Blue), "a neighbour that only starts the same stays");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn undoing_a_move_brings_back_every_label_also_one_left_at_the_destination() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Red));
+    // a folder that once was at the destination left its labels behind
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/holiday", Some(ColorLabel::Purple));
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/holiday/day9", Some(ColorLabel::Yellow));
+    let before = c.to_snapshot();
+    let ops = c.folder_records_follow("/pics/trip", "/pics/holiday");
+    let undo = c.apply(Op::Batch { ops }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/holiday"), Some(ColorLabel::Red), "the moved folder's label wins");
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/holiday/day9"), None, "what was known about the old folder goes");
+    c.apply(undo).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.to_snapshot(), before);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_folder_without_labels_moves_without_ops() {
+    let c = library();
+    assert!(c.folder_records_follow("/pics/trip", "/elsewhere/trip").is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_unlabelled_folder_moved_onto_a_stale_label_does_not_inherit_it() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    // a folder that was at the destination once (its photos are gone) left its label behind
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/holiday", Some(ColorLabel::Purple));
+    let ops = c.folder_records_follow("/pics/trip", "/pics/holiday");
+    let undo = c.apply(Op::Batch { ops }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_record("/pics/holiday"), None, "the folder now there is another one");
+    c.apply(undo).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.folder_color_label("/pics/holiday"), Some(ColorLabel::Purple));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn labels_survive_the_journal_without_a_snapshot() {
+    let m = MemStore::new();
+    let (mut j, mut c, _) = Journal::open(Box::new(m.clone())).unwrap();
+    {
+        let p = "/pics/trip/a.jpg";
+        let id = c.alloc_photo_id();
+        let op = Op::AddPhoto { photo: Box::new(Photo::new(id, Source::File { path: p.into() }, "a.jpg", "JPEG", 6, 4, "2026-01-01")) };
+        c.apply(op.clone()).unwrap();
+        j.append(std::slice::from_ref(&op)).unwrap();
+    }
+    let op = c.folder_label_op("/pics/trip", Some(ColorLabel::Yellow));
+    c.apply(op.clone()).unwrap();
+    j.append(std::slice::from_ref(&op)).unwrap();
+    drop(j);
+    let (_, reopened, r) = Journal::open(Box::new(m)).unwrap();
+    assert!(r.replayed >= 2, "{r:?}");
+    assert_eq!(reopened.folder_color_label("/pics/trip"), Some(ColorLabel::Yellow));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn labels_survive_closing_and_reopening_the_library() {
+    let mut c = library();
+    label(&mut c, "/pics/home", Some(ColorLabel::Green));
+    let reopened = Catalog::from_snapshot(&c.to_snapshot()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(reopened.folder_color_label("/pics/home"), Some(ColorLabel::Green));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_library_saved_before_folder_records_opens_without_any() {
+    let c = library();
+    let old = c.to_snapshot();
+    assert!(!old.contains("folder_records"));
+    let reopened = Catalog::from_snapshot(&old).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(reopened.folder_record("/pics/trip"), None);
+}
@@ -47,6 +47,33 @@ fn v1_library_loads_and_is_upgraded() {
    assert_eq!((r.replayed, r.upgraded_from), (1, None));
 }

+/// A library saved before albums could be ordered by hand opens as it was and is rewritten in the current format.
+#[test]
+fn v2_library_loads_and_is_upgraded() {
+    let (base, log, full) = legacy_parts();
+    let m = MemStore::new();
+    m.set(SNAPSHOT, format!("{{\"format\":\"lightcraft-catalog\",\"version\":2,\"seq\":2,\"catalog\":{}}}\n", base.to_snapshot()).into_bytes());
+    m.set(LOG, log.into_bytes());
+    let (_, c, r) = Journal::open(Box::new(m.clone())).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.to_snapshot(), full.to_snapshot());
+    assert_eq!((r.replayed, r.upgraded_from), (1, Some(2)));
+    assert_eq!(snapshot_version(&m), u64::from(VERSION));
+}
+
+/// A library saved before keywords could be listed on their own opens as it was and is rewritten
+/// in the current format.
+#[test]
+fn v3_library_loads_and_is_upgraded() {
+    let (base, log, full) = legacy_parts();
+    let m = MemStore::new();
+    m.set(SNAPSHOT, format!("{{\"format\":\"lightcraft-catalog\",\"version\":3,\"seq\":2,\"catalog\":{}}}\n", base.to_snapshot()).into_bytes());
+    m.set(LOG, log.into_bytes());
+    let (_, c, r) = Journal::open(Box::new(m.clone())).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(c.to_snapshot(), full.to_snapshot());
+    assert_eq!((r.replayed, r.upgraded_from), (1, Some(3)));
+    assert_eq!(snapshot_version(&m), u64::from(VERSION));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn versionless_log_only_library_is_upgraded() {
    let mut c = Catalog::new();
@@ -179,8 +206,12 @@ fn op_variants_are_versioned() {
            | Op::SetLabelName { .. }
            | Op::Batch { .. } => 1,
            Op::SetBrowsed { .. } => 2,
+            Op::SetAlbumOrder { .. } => 3,
+            Op::SetEmbeddedLens { .. } => 4,
+            Op::SetKeyword { .. } => 5,
+            Op::SetFolderRecord { .. } => 6,
        }
    }
-    let newest = since(&Op::SetBrowsed { folder: String::new(), at: None });
+    let newest = since(&Op::SetFolderRecord { folder: "/".into(), record: None });
    assert_eq!(newest, VERSION, "the newest op's version must be the current format version");
 }
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ fn op_for(c: &mut Catalog, kind: u8, a: u8, b: u8) -> Op {
                    cover: None,
                    smart: None,
                    quick: false,
+                    order: None,
                },
            }
        }
@@ -77,6 +78,16 @@ fn op_for(c: &mut Catalog, kind: u8, a: u8, b: u8) -> Op {
        13 => Op::Batch { ops: c.remove_from_stacks_ops(&[pid]) },
        14 => c.set_top_ops(pid).unwrap_or(Op::Batch { ops: vec![] }),
        9 if b.is_multiple_of(5) => Op::SetLabelName { label: ColorLabel::ALL[a as usize % 5], name: (a % 3 != 1).then(|| format!("Label {b}")) },
+        9 if b % 7 == 5 => Op::SetKeyword {
+            path: format!("travel|place {}", b % 4),
+            info: (!b.is_multiple_of(3)).then(|| crate::keywords::KeywordInfo {
+                person: a.is_multiple_of(2),
+                synonyms: vec![format!("trip {a}")],
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+        },
+        9 if b % 11 == 4 => c.folder_label_op(&format!("/p/f{}", a % 4), ColorLabel::ALL.get(usize::from(b % 6)).copied()),
+        9 if b % 7 == 3 => Op::SetAlbumOrder { id: aid, order: (!b.is_multiple_of(3)).then_some(u32::from(b % 5)) },
        9 if b.is_multiple_of(2) => {
            Op::SetFile { id: pid, file_name: format!("Renamed_{b}.jpg"), source: Source::File { path: format!("/p/Renamed_{b}.jpg") } }
        }
@@ -324,3 +335,44 @@ fn failed_streamed_write_keeps_the_old_file() {
    assert_eq!(std::fs::read(dir.join(SNAPSHOT)).unwrap(), b"new");
    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
 }
+
+/// A damaged rendering process in a saved photo (snapshot or log) reads as V1 and costs nothing
+/// else: the photo and its edits load (`docs/process-versions.md`).
+#[test]
+fn a_damaged_process_value_loads_as_v1_with_the_edits() {
+    use lightcraft_develop::ProcessVersion;
+    let mut c = Catalog::new();
+    let id = c.alloc_photo_id();
+    let mut p = Photo::new(id, Source::Demo { scene: 1 }, "a.jpg", "JPEG", 10, 10, "2026-10-09T00:00:00");
+    p.develop = Arc::new(DevelopSettings {
+        process: ProcessVersion(7),
+        light: lightcraft_develop::Light { exposure: 0.5, ..Default::default() },
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+    c.apply(Op::AddPhoto { photo: Box::new(p) }).unwrap();
+    let snapshot = c.to_snapshot();
+    assert!(snapshot.contains(r#""process":7"#));
+    let snapshot = format!(
+        "{{\"format\":\"lightcraft-catalog\",\"version\":{},\"seq\":0,\"catalog\":{}}}\n",
+        crate::journal::VERSION,
+        snapshot.replace(r#""process":7"#, r#""process":-1"#)
+    );
+    let m = MemStore::new();
+    m.set(SNAPSHOT, snapshot.into_bytes());
+    let (_, loaded, _) = open(&m);
+    let d = &loaded.photo(id).unwrap().develop;
+    assert_eq!((d.process, d.light.exposure), (ProcessVersion::V1, 0.5));
+    // and in a (CRC-valid) log record
+    let edit = DevelopSettings {
+        process: ProcessVersion(7),
+        light: lightcraft_develop::Light { exposure: 0.8, ..Default::default() },
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let op = Op::SetDevelop { id, settings: Arc::new(edit), label: "Edit".into(), edited: None };
+    let body = serde_json::to_string(&op).unwrap().replace(r#""process":7"#, r#""process":"seven""#);
+    assert!(body.contains("seven"));
+    m.set(LOG, format!("{{\"seq\":1,\"crc\":{},\"op\":{body}}}\n", crc32fast::hash(body.as_bytes())).into_bytes());
+    let (_, loaded, _) = open(&m);
+    let d = &loaded.photo(id).unwrap().develop;
+    assert_eq!((d.process, d.light.exposure), (ProcessVersion::V1, 0.8));
+}
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ workspace = true
 lightcraft-geom = { workspace = true }
 lightcraft-color = { workspace = true }
 lightcraft-raster = { workspace = true }
+lightcraft-heif = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 bytemuck = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
@@ -29,13 +30,21 @@ jxl-oxide = { workspace = true, optional = true }

 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 ravif = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+rav1e = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+avif-serialize = { workspace = true, optional = true }

 [features]
 default = ["parallel", "jxl", "avif"]
 parallel = ["dep:rayon", "lightcraft-raster/parallel", "jpeg-decoder/rayon"]
 jxl = ["dep:jxl-oxide"]
+# HEIC/HEIF decode via the optional lightcraft-heif crate (heic-rs, pure Rust). Off by default so
+# distributors choose it at build time (HEVC patents are a distributor's call, same policy as
+# PhotoCraft); `cargo xtask ci` clippies and tests it (`--features heif`), releases don't ship it yet.
+heif = ["dep:lightcraft-heif"]
 ## AVIF encoding via ravif/rav1e (pure Rust, BSD). Native targets only; a no-op on wasm32.
-avif = ["dep:ravif"]
+avif = ["dep:ravif", "dep:rav1e", "dep:avif-serialize"]

 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = { workspace = true }
+# Lossless synthetic HEIC files for the `heif` feature's tests.
+lightcraft-heif = { workspace = true, features = ["testdata"] }
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ let d: Decoded = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions::default())?;
 let working: Rgb32f = to_working(&d);                    // linear Rec.2020 D65 (Bradford)
 let fast = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions::fit(2048, 2048))?; // JPEG: DCT-domain 1/2..1/8 scaling
 let t: Thumbnail = decode_thumbnail(&bytes, 256)?;       // embedded EXIF/MPF preview or scaled decode
+let h: Header = read_header(&bytes)?;                    // stored width/height + orientation, no pixels decoded

 let icc = icc::write_named(NamedSpace::DisplayP3);       // or icc::write_matrix_trc(&space, &Trc::…)
 let meta = EncodeMeta { icc: Some(&icc), exif: Some(&exif), xmp: Some(&xmp) };
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ encode_png(&EncodeImage::new(w, h, 4, Samples::U16(&px)), &meta)?;
 encode_tiff(&EncodeImage::new(w, h, 3, Samples::F32(&px)), TiffCompression::Deflate, &meta)?;
 encode_webp_lossless(&img, &meta)?;
 encode_avif(&img, 70, 6, &meta)?;                        // native + feature `avif`
+
+// HDR gain map JPEG (ISO 21496-1): SDR + HDR renditions → base + gain map, and back
+let (map, gm) = gainmap::compute(&sdr_linear, &hdr_linear, w, h, luma, &GainMapOptions::default())?;
+gainmap::encode_jpeg(&EncodeImage::new(w, h, 3, Samples::U8(&base8)), &map, &gm, 90, ChromaSubsampling::S444, &meta)?;
+let found = gainmap::read_jpeg(&bytes);                  // ours, cameras', Lightroom's
+gainmap::apply(&mut base_linear, w, h, &found.gain, &found.meta, 1.0)?;
 ```

 Thumbnail fallback decoding limits the source to 64 million pixels by default.
@@ -45,8 +52,9 @@ CRW, MRW, X3F) are detected so the engine can route them to `lightcraft-raw`; `d
 | GIF / BMP | yes (first GIF frame) | — | via `image` |
 | PSD / PSB | merged composite: 8/16/32-bit gray, RGB, CMYK, indexed, duotone (as gray); raw/RLE | — | ICC (1039), EXIF (1058), XMP (1060); ZIP-compressed composite, Lab and 1-bit unsupported |
 | JPEG XL | yes (jxl-oxide, feature `jxl`, default on) | — | enum colour → rendered straight to linear Rec.2020; ICC → our ICC path; orientation applied by the decoder (reported as 1) |
-| AVIF | **no** | yes (ravif/rav1e, native only, feature `avif`) | 8-bit sRGB, EXIF; no ICC in the muxer |
-| HEIC/HEIF | **no** (sniff only) | — | see gaps |
+| AVIF | **no** | yes (ravif/rav1e, native only, feature `avif`) | 8/10-bit sRGB, EXIF; no ICC in the muxer. HDR: `encode_avif_pq` writes 10-bit BT.2020 PQ (SDR white at 203 cd/m², CICP `nclx` + `clli`) |
+| HEIC/HEIF | yes with feature `heif` (lightcraft-heif: heic-rs + libheif-matching colour; 4:2:0/mono, 8–10-bit, grids, irot/imir/clap, ICC/nclx/VUI, EXIF/XMP, thumbnail item) | — | 4:2:2/4:4:4 (Canon/Sony HIF) unsupported |
+| Gain map JPEG (HDR) | gain map found and decoded (`gainmap::read_jpeg`): ISO 21496-1 metadata, else Adobe `hdrgm` XMP | yes (`gainmap::encode_jpeg`) | CIPA DC-007 MPF index (gain map typed `0x050000`), ISO 21496-1 APP2 on both images, `hdrgm` + Container XMP for Android/Chrome, Apple `HDRGainMap`/`HDRToneMap` XMP; gain maps are never used as thumbnails |

 ## Colour

@@ -99,9 +107,11 @@ Run `cargo test --release -p lightcraft-codecs --test bench -- --ignored --nocap

 ## Gaps / limitations

- **AVIF and HEIC decode**: no permissively licensed, pure-Rust AV1/HEVC decoder exists today
-  (dav1d/libheif are C; rav1d-safe and imazen's heic are AGPL). Files are sniffed and rejected with
-  `Error::Unsupported`; a raw-style embedded-preview path could be added for HEIC thumbnails.
+- **AVIF decode**: no permissively licensed, pure-Rust AV1 decoder exists today (dav1d is C;
+  rav1d-safe is AGPL). Files are sniffed and rejected with `Error::Unsupported`.
+- **HEIC** needs the `heif` feature (off by default: HEVC patents are the distributor's call);
+  without it, `Error::Unsupported` says the build has no HEIC support. 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 HEIF
+  (Canon/Sony HIF) is refused: heic-rs 0.1.1 loses sync on those bitstreams.
 - JPEG: arithmetic coding unsupported (as in both decoders); extended XMP (> 64 KiB) neither read
  nor written; EXIF > 64 KiB not written. The encoder uses standard Huffman tables (interleaved
  baseline) for maximum compatibility.
@@ -0,0 +1,442 @@
+//! Monitor (display) ICC profiles: showing photos correctly on wide-gamut and calibrated displays.
+//!
+//! The loupe renders straight into the display's own primaries: the develop pipeline targets the
+//! display's linear RGB ([`DisplayProfile::to_rec2020`]) and encodes it with the sRGB curve, as it
+//! does for every 8-bit output. That "proxy" encoding then goes to the display's real device
+//! values with [`DisplayProfile::correct`]: its tone curves for a matrix/TRC profile (a per-channel
+//! table), or its LUTs for a LUT-based profile (a CMS transform). Images made for sRGB (thumbnails,
+//! cached previews, embedded camera JPEGs) go through [`DisplayProfile::from_srgb`] instead.
+//!
+//! All conversions are relative colorimetric: the display's white is the image's white.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::icc;
+use crate::space::Trc;
+use lightcraft_color::{D50, D65, Mat3, REC2020, bradford};
+use lightcraft_raster::Rgba8;
+use moxcms::{ColorProfile, DataColorSpace, Layout, RenderingIntent, Transform8BitExecutor, TransformOptions, Xyzd};
+
+/// Largest profile file accepted (monitor profiles are a few KB; LUT profiles up to a few MB).
+pub const MAX_PROFILE_BYTES: usize = 32 << 20;
+
+/// How a display profile describes the display.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum DisplayKind {
+    /// Primaries + tone curves (exact).
+    MatrixTrc,
+    /// LUT-based (A2B/B2A tables): applied through the CMS; the primaries the pipeline targets are
+    /// the profile's matrix tags when it has them, else measured through its tables.
+    Lut,
+}
+
+impl DisplayKind {
+    pub fn label(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            DisplayKind::MatrixTrc => "matrix",
+            DisplayKind::Lut => "lut",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The proxy → device step of a display.
+enum Correction {
+    /// The proxy encoding is the display's (sRGB-curve matrix profile): nothing to do.
+    None,
+    /// Per-channel tables (matrix/TRC profile: same primaries, other curves).
+    Curves(Box<[[u8; 256]; 3]>),
+    /// A full CMS transform (LUT-based profile).
+    Cms(Arc<Transform8BitExecutor>),
+}
+
+/// A parsed display profile with its transforms (built once, applied to every preview).
+pub struct DisplayProfile {
+    /// The profile's own description (or "Display profile").
+    pub description: String,
+    /// Identifies the profile (hash of its bytes): part of render keys.
+    pub id: u64,
+    pub kind: DisplayKind,
+    /// Linear display RGB → linear Rec.2020 (D65; display white → (1, 1, 1)).
+    pub to_rec2020: Mat3,
+    correction: Correction,
+    from_srgb: Arc<Transform8BitExecutor>,
+    to_srgb: Arc<Transform8BitExecutor>,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for DisplayProfile {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("DisplayProfile")
+            .field("description", &self.description)
+            .field("id", &self.id)
+            .field("kind", &self.kind)
+            .field("to_rec2020", &self.to_rec2020)
+            .finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
+fn opts() -> TransformOptions {
+    TransformOptions { rendering_intent: RenderingIntent::RelativeColorimetric, ..TransformOptions::default() }
+}
+
+fn xyzd(v: [f64; 3]) -> Xyzd {
+    Xyzd { x: v[0], y: v[1], z: v[2] }
+}
+
+/// Linear Rec.2020 → XYZ relative to D50 (the ICC PCS), Bradford-adapted.
+fn rec2020_to_xyz_d50() -> Mat3 {
+    bradford(D65, D50).mul(&REC2020.to_xyz())
+}
+
+/// Scale `m`'s columns so that (1, 1, 1) maps to (1, 1, 1): the display's white is the image's.
+fn white_balanced(m: Mat3) -> Option<Mat3> {
+    let s = m.inverse()?.apply([1.0; 3]);
+    s.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite() && *v > 0.0).then(|| m.mul(&Mat3::diag(s[0], s[1], s[2])))
+}
+
+fn hash(bytes: &[u8]) -> u64 {
+    use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+    let mut h = std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher::new();
+    bytes.hash(&mut h);
+    h.finish() | 1
+}
+
+/// Runs a moxcms call that may panic on a hostile profile.
+fn guarded<T>(f: impl FnOnce() -> Option<T>) -> Option<T> {
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(f)).ok().flatten()
+}
+
+impl DisplayProfile {
+    /// Parse a display profile (an RGB ICC profile, matrix/TRC or LUT-based) and build its
+    /// transforms. Errors say what is wrong with the file; nothing here panics.
+    pub fn from_icc(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<DisplayProfile, String> {
+        if bytes.len() > MAX_PROFILE_BYTES {
+            return Err(format!("the profile is too large ({} MB)", bytes.len() >> 20));
+        }
+        let p = guarded(|| ColorProfile::new_from_slice(bytes).ok()).ok_or("not a valid ICC profile")?;
+        if p.color_space != DataColorSpace::Rgb {
+            return Err("not an RGB profile (a display profile describes an RGB device)".into());
+        }
+        if !matches!(p.pcs, DataColorSpace::Xyz | DataColorSpace::Lab) {
+            return Err("unsupported profile connection space".into());
+        }
+        let info = icc::parse(bytes).ok_or("not a valid ICC profile")?;
+        let description = info
+            .description
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(|d| d.trim_start_matches('\u{feff}').trim())
+            .filter(|d| !d.is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or("Display profile")
+            .to_string();
+        let has_lut = p.lut_a_to_b_colorimetric.is_some()
+            || p.lut_a_to_b_perceptual.is_some()
+            || p.lut_b_to_a_colorimetric.is_some()
+            || p.lut_b_to_a_perceptual.is_some();
+        let srgb = ColorProfile::new_srgb();
+
+        // the primaries the pipeline renders into
+        let (kind, to_xyz_d50, curves) = match &info.kind {
+            icc::IccKind::MatrixTrc { to_xyz_d50, trc } if !has_lut => (DisplayKind::MatrixTrc, *to_xyz_d50, Some(trc.clone())),
+            icc::IccKind::MatrixTrc { to_xyz_d50, .. } => (DisplayKind::Lut, *to_xyz_d50, None),
+            _ => (DisplayKind::Lut, measured_to_xyz_d50(&p)?, None),
+        };
+        let to_rec2020 =
+            rec2020_to_xyz_d50().inverse().map(|m| m.mul(&to_xyz_d50)).and_then(white_balanced).ok_or("the profile's primaries are degenerate")?;
+        if to_rec2020.0.iter().flatten().any(|v| !v.is_finite()) {
+            return Err("the profile's primaries are degenerate".into());
+        }
+
+        // the proxy: the display's primaries (as the pipeline targets them), sRGB curve
+        let proxy_xyz = rec2020_to_xyz_d50().mul(&to_rec2020).0;
+        let mut proxy = ColorProfile::new_srgb();
+        proxy.cicp = None;
+        proxy.red_colorant = xyzd([proxy_xyz[0][0], proxy_xyz[1][0], proxy_xyz[2][0]]);
+        proxy.green_colorant = xyzd([proxy_xyz[0][1], proxy_xyz[1][1], proxy_xyz[2][1]]);
+        proxy.blue_colorant = xyzd([proxy_xyz[0][2], proxy_xyz[1][2], proxy_xyz[2][2]]);
+
+        let transform = |src: &ColorProfile, dst: &ColorProfile| guarded(|| src.create_transform_8bit(Layout::Rgba, dst, Layout::Rgba, opts()).ok());
+        let correction = match curves {
+            Some(trc) if trc.iter().all(|t| t.approx_eq(&Trc::Srgb, 2e-4)) => Correction::None,
+            Some(trc) => Correction::Curves(Box::new(curve_tables(&trc))),
+            None => Correction::Cms(transform(&proxy, &p).ok_or("the profile's tables can't be applied")?),
+        };
+        let from_srgb = transform(&srgb, &p).ok_or("can't convert sRGB to this profile")?;
+        let to_srgb = transform(&proxy, &srgb).ok_or("can't convert this profile to sRGB")?;
+        Ok(DisplayProfile { description, id: hash(bytes), kind, to_rec2020, correction, from_srgb, to_srgb })
+    }
+
+    /// Does [`correct`](Self::correct) change anything (the display's curves aren't sRGB's)?
+    pub fn needs_correction(&self) -> bool {
+        !matches!(self.correction, Correction::None)
+    }
+
+    /// A render in the display's primaries with the sRGB curve (the pipeline's display target) →
+    /// the display's device values, in place.
+    pub fn correct(&self, img: &mut Rgba8) -> Result<(), String> {
+        match &self.correction {
+            Correction::None => Ok(()),
+            Correction::Curves(t) => {
+                let map = |p: &mut [u8; 4]| *p = [t[0][p[0] as usize], t[1][p[1] as usize], t[2][p[2] as usize], p[3]];
+                #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+                {
+                    use rayon::prelude::*;
+                    img.data.par_chunks_mut(1 << 14).for_each(|c| c.iter_mut().for_each(map));
+                }
+                #[cfg(not(feature = "parallel"))]
+                img.data.iter_mut().for_each(map);
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            Correction::Cms(x) => apply(x, img),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// An sRGB image → the display's device values, in place.
+    pub fn from_srgb(&self, img: &mut Rgba8) -> Result<(), String> {
+        apply(&self.from_srgb, img)
+    }
+
+    /// A render in the display's primaries with the sRGB curve → sRGB (colours outside sRGB are
+    /// clipped): for histograms and cached previews, which stay sRGB.
+    pub fn to_srgb(&self, img: &Rgba8) -> Result<Rgba8, String> {
+        let mut out = img.clone();
+        apply(&self.to_srgb, &mut out)?;
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Device RGB → PCS (XYZ D50) of the pure primaries, measured through the profile's tables
+/// (LUT-only profiles have no colorant tags).
+fn measured_to_xyz_d50(p: &ColorProfile) -> Result<Mat3, String> {
+    let lin = icc::linear_rec2020_profile();
+    let x = guarded(|| p.create_transform_f32(Layout::Rgb, &lin, Layout::Rgb, opts()).ok()).ok_or("the profile's tables can't be applied")?;
+    let src = [1.0f32, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0];
+    let mut dst = [0f32; 9];
+    guarded(|| x.transform(&src, &mut dst).ok()).ok_or("the profile's tables can't be applied")?;
+    let c = |i: usize| [dst[i] as f64, dst[i + 3] as f64, dst[i + 6] as f64];
+    // columns: each primary in linear Rec.2020
+    let m = Mat3([c(0), c(1), c(2)]);
+    if m.0.iter().flatten().any(|v| !v.is_finite()) || m.determinant().abs() < 1e-6 {
+        return Err("the profile's primaries are degenerate".into());
+    }
+    Ok(rec2020_to_xyz_d50().mul(&m))
+}
+
+/// sRGB-encoded 8-bit value → the display curve's code value, per channel.
+fn curve_tables(trc: &[Trc; 3]) -> [[u8; 256]; 3] {
+    let mut t = [[0u8; 256]; 3];
+    for (k, tab) in t.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        for (i, v) in tab.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            let lin = lightcraft_color::transfer::srgb_to_linear(i as f32 / 255.0);
+            *v = (from_linear(&trc[k], lin) * 255.0 + 0.5).clamp(0.0, 255.0) as u8;
+        }
+    }
+    t
+}
+
+/// Inverse of [`Trc::to_linear`] on 0..1 (bisection: works for tables and every parametric form).
+fn from_linear(t: &Trc, y: f32) -> f32 {
+    let y = y.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+    let (mut lo, mut hi) = (0.0f32, 1.0f32);
+    for _ in 0..24 {
+        let mid = 0.5 * (lo + hi);
+        if t.to_linear(mid) < y {
+            lo = mid;
+        } else {
+            hi = mid;
+        }
+    }
+    0.5 * (lo + hi)
+}
+
+fn apply(x: &Arc<Transform8BitExecutor>, img: &mut Rgba8) -> Result<(), String> {
+    const CHUNK: usize = 1 << 14; // pixels
+    let src = img.data.clone();
+    let run = |s: &[[u8; 4]], d: &mut [[u8; 4]]| guarded(|| x.transform(s.as_flattened(), d.as_flattened_mut()).ok()).is_some();
+    #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+    let ok = {
+        use rayon::prelude::*;
+        src.par_chunks(CHUNK).zip(img.data.par_chunks_mut(CHUNK)).all(|(s, d)| run(s, d))
+    };
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "parallel"))]
+    let ok = src.chunks(CHUNK).zip(img.data.chunks_mut(CHUNK)).all(|(s, d)| run(s, d));
+    if ok { Ok(()) } else { Err("display profile transform failed".into()) }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::space::NamedSpace;
+    use lightcraft_color::{DISPLAY_P3, SRGB};
+
+    fn img(px: &[[u8; 4]]) -> Rgba8 {
+        Rgba8 { width: px.len(), height: 1, data: px.to_vec() }
+    }
+
+    fn close(a: [u8; 4], b: [u8; 4], tol: i32) -> bool {
+        (0..4).all(|i| (a[i] as i32 - b[i] as i32).abs() <= tol)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn srgb_display_changes_nothing() {
+        let d = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&icc::write_named(NamedSpace::Srgb)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(d.kind, DisplayKind::MatrixTrc);
+        assert!(!d.needs_correction());
+        for (i, row) in d.to_rec2020.0.iter().enumerate() {
+            let want = SRGB.to_space(&REC2020).0[i];
+            for k in 0..3 {
+                assert!((row[k] - want[k]).abs() < 2e-3, "{:?}", d.to_rec2020);
+            }
+        }
+        let px = [[0, 0, 0, 255], [255, 255, 255, 255], [200, 30, 90, 128], [17, 140, 251, 7]];
+        let mut a = img(&px);
+        d.correct(&mut a).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(a.data, px);
+        let mut b = img(&px);
+        d.from_srgb(&mut b).unwrap();
+        for (x, y) in b.data.iter().zip(&px) {
+            assert!(close(*x, *y, 1), "{x:?} {y:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// On a Display P3 monitor, sRGB red is shown with less red drive than full; P3 green (out of
+    /// sRGB) is reachable in the display's own primaries.
+    #[test]
+    fn p3_display() {
+        let d = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&icc::write_named(NamedSpace::DisplayP3)).unwrap();
+        assert!(!d.needs_correction(), "P3 uses the sRGB curve");
+        let want = DISPLAY_P3.to_space(&REC2020).0;
+        for i in 0..3 {
+            for k in 0..3 {
+                assert!((d.to_rec2020.0[i][k] - want[i][k]).abs() < 2e-3, "{:?}", d.to_rec2020);
+            }
+        }
+        let mut red = img(&[[255, 0, 0, 255], [128, 128, 128, 255]]);
+        d.from_srgb(&mut red).unwrap();
+        assert!(red.data[0][0] < 245 && red.data[0][1] > 40, "{:?}", red.data[0]);
+        assert!(close(red.data[1], [128, 128, 128, 255], 1), "grey stays grey: {:?}", red.data[1]);
+        // the display's own pure green is outside sRGB: it clips there
+        let srgb = d.to_srgb(&img(&[[0, 255, 0, 255]])).unwrap();
+        assert!(srgb.data[0][0] < 10 && srgb.data[0][1] == 255, "{:?}", srgb.data[0]);
+    }
+
+    /// A gamma 2.2 display (Adobe RGB-like): the proxy's sRGB curve goes to the display's curve.
+    #[test]
+    fn gamma_display_uses_its_curve() {
+        let bytes = icc::write_matrix_trc(&lightcraft_color::ADOBE_RGB, &Trc::Gamma(2.2));
+        let d = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert!(d.needs_correction());
+        let mut a = img(&[[0, 0, 0, 255], [255, 255, 255, 255], [10, 128, 240, 9]]);
+        d.correct(&mut a).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(a.data[0], [0, 0, 0, 255]);
+        assert_eq!(a.data[1], [255, 255, 255, 255]);
+        for (k, v) in [10u8, 128, 240].into_iter().enumerate() {
+            let lin = lightcraft_color::transfer::srgb_to_linear(v as f32 / 255.0);
+            let want = (lin.powf(1.0 / 2.2) * 255.0).round() as i32;
+            assert!((a.data[2][k] as i32 - want).abs() <= 1, "{k}: {} vs {want}", a.data[2][k]);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(a.data[2][3], 9, "alpha kept");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rejects_bad_profiles() {
+        assert!(DisplayProfile::from_icc(&[]).is_err());
+        assert!(DisplayProfile::from_icc(&[0u8; 300]).is_err());
+        let mut gray = ColorProfile::new_gray_with_gamma(2.2);
+        gray.cicp = None;
+        assert!(DisplayProfile::from_icc(&gray.encode().unwrap()).is_err());
+        // truncated / corrupted real profiles never panic
+        let good = icc::write_named(NamedSpace::DisplayP3);
+        for n in [10, 128, 140, 200, good.len() - 1] {
+            let _ = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&good[..n]);
+        }
+        for i in (0..good.len()).step_by(7) {
+            let mut b = good.clone();
+            b[i] ^= 0xa5;
+            let _ = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&b);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A LUT-based display profile with no colorant or TRC tags (its A2B/B2A tables describe a
+    /// Display P3 panel with a gamma 2.2 response): the primaries are measured through the tables
+    /// and every preview goes through the CMS.
+    fn lut_only_p3_gamma22() -> Vec<u8> {
+        use moxcms::{LutMultidimensionalType, LutWarehouse, Matrix3d, ProfileClass, ToneReprCurve, Vector3d};
+        let m = crate::space::rgb_to_xyz_d50(&DISPLAY_P3).0;
+        let inv = crate::space::rgb_to_xyz_d50(&DISPLAY_P3).inverse().unwrap().0;
+        let curves = |v: Vec<f32>| vec![ToneReprCurve::Parametric(v.clone()), ToneReprCurve::Parametric(v.clone()), ToneReprCurve::Parametric(v)];
+        let ident = || curves(vec![1.0]);
+        // mAB: A → CLUT → M → matrix → B (no CLUT: M curves linearize, the matrix goes to XYZ)
+        let a2b = LutWarehouse::Multidimensional(LutMultidimensionalType {
+            num_input_channels: 3,
+            num_output_channels: 3,
+            grid_points: [0; 16],
+            clut: None,
+            a_curves: vec![],
+            m_curves: curves(vec![2.2]),
+            matrix: Matrix3d { v: m.map(|r| r.map(|v| v * 32768.0 / 65535.0)) },
+            b_curves: ident(),
+            bias: Vector3d::default(),
+        });
+        let b2a = LutWarehouse::Multidimensional(LutMultidimensionalType {
+            num_input_channels: 3,
+            num_output_channels: 3,
+            grid_points: [0; 16],
+            clut: None,
+            a_curves: vec![],
+            m_curves: curves(vec![1.0 / 2.2]),
+            matrix: Matrix3d { v: inv.map(|r| r.map(|v| v * 65535.0 / 32768.0)) },
+            b_curves: ident(),
+            bias: Vector3d::default(),
+        });
+        let mut p = ColorProfile::new_srgb();
+        p.cicp = None;
+        p.profile_class = ProfileClass::DisplayDevice;
+        p.red_colorant = Xyzd::default();
+        p.green_colorant = Xyzd::default();
+        p.blue_colorant = Xyzd::default();
+        p.red_trc = None;
+        p.green_trc = None;
+        p.blue_trc = None;
+        p.lut_a_to_b_colorimetric = Some(a2b.clone());
+        p.lut_a_to_b_perceptual = Some(a2b);
+        p.lut_b_to_a_colorimetric = Some(b2a.clone());
+        p.lut_b_to_a_perceptual = Some(b2a);
+        p.encode().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn lut_profile_goes_through_the_cms() {
+        let bytes = lut_only_p3_gamma22();
+        let parsed = ColorProfile::new_from_slice(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert!(!parsed.is_matrix_shaper() && parsed.lut_b_to_a_colorimetric.is_some(), "a LUT-only profile");
+        let d = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&bytes).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(d.kind, DisplayKind::Lut);
+        assert!(d.needs_correction());
+        // the measured primaries are P3's
+        let want = DISPLAY_P3.to_space(&REC2020).0;
+        for i in 0..3 {
+            for k in 0..3 {
+                assert!((d.to_rec2020.0[i][k] - want[i][k]).abs() < 0.02, "{:?} vs {want:?}", d.to_rec2020);
+            }
+        }
+        // the correction is the gamma 2.2 curve; grey stays grey
+        let mut a = img(&[[0, 0, 0, 255], [255, 255, 255, 255], [128, 128, 128, 200]]);
+        d.correct(&mut a).unwrap();
+        assert!(close(a.data[0], [0, 0, 0, 255], 1) && close(a.data[1], [255, 255, 255, 255], 1), "{:?}", a.data);
+        let lin = lightcraft_color::transfer::srgb_to_linear(128.0 / 255.0);
+        let g = (lin.powf(1.0 / 2.2) * 255.0).round() as u8;
+        assert!(close(a.data[2], [g, g, g, 200], 2), "{:?} vs {g}", a.data[2]);
+        // sRGB red → less than full red drive on a P3 panel
+        let mut red = img(&[[255, 0, 0, 255]]);
+        d.from_srgb(&mut red).unwrap();
+        assert!(red.data[0][0] < 245 && red.data[0][1] > 30, "{:?}", red.data[0]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ids_identify_profiles() {
+        let a = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&icc::write_named(NamedSpace::DisplayP3)).unwrap();
+        let b = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&icc::write_named(NamedSpace::AdobeRgb)).unwrap();
+        let a2 = DisplayProfile::from_icc(&icc::write_named(NamedSpace::DisplayP3)).unwrap();
+        assert_ne!(a.id, b.id);
+        assert_eq!(a.id, a2.id);
+    }
+}
@@ -79,6 +79,46 @@ pub enum ChromaSubsampling {

 const XMP_NS: &[u8] = b"http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/\0";

+/// The APP segments [`encode_jpeg`] writes for `meta` (marker byte, payload): JFIF density, EXIF,
+/// XMP and the ICC profile in chunks, in that order.
+pub(crate) fn jpeg_app_segments(meta: &EncodeMeta) -> Result<Vec<(u8, Vec<u8>)>> {
+    let mut segs: Vec<(u8, Vec<u8>)> = Vec::new();
+    let ppi = meta.ppi.filter(|p| *p > 0).map_or([0u8, 0, 1, 0, 1], |p| {
+        let [hi, lo] = p.to_be_bytes();
+        [1, hi, lo, hi, lo]
+    });
+    segs.push((0xE0, [&b"JFIF\0\x01\x02"[..], &ppi, &[0, 0]].concat()));
+    if let Some(exif) = meta.exif {
+        if exif.len() > 65_527 {
+            return Err(Error::Encode("EXIF larger than one APP1 segment (64 KiB)".into()));
+        }
+        segs.push((0xE1, [&b"Exif\0\0"[..], exif].concat()));
+    }
+    if let Some(xmp) = meta.xmp {
+        segs.push((0xE1, xmp_segment(xmp)?));
+    }
+    if let Some(icc) = meta.icc {
+        // ICC.1 Annex B.4: "ICC_PROFILE\0", 1-based chunk number, chunk count
+        let chunks: Vec<&[u8]> = icc.chunks(65_519).collect();
+        if chunks.len() > 255 {
+            return Err(Error::Encode("ICC profile too large for JPEG".into()));
+        }
+        for (i, c) in chunks.iter().enumerate() {
+            segs.push((0xE2, [&b"ICC_PROFILE\0"[..], &[i as u8 + 1, chunks.len() as u8], c].concat()));
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(segs)
+}
+
+/// An APP1 XMP payload (namespace + packet), refusing packets larger than one segment.
+pub(crate) fn xmp_segment(xmp: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let seg = [XMP_NS, xmp.as_bytes()].concat();
+    if seg.len() > 65_533 {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("XMP larger than one APP1 segment (extended XMP not supported)".into()));
+    }
+    Ok(seg)
+}
+
 /// Encode baseline JPEG (8-bit; alpha is dropped). `quality` 1..=100.
 pub fn encode_jpeg(img: &EncodeImage, quality: u8, subsampling: ChromaSubsampling, meta: &EncodeMeta) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
    img.validate()?;
@@ -97,35 +137,7 @@ pub fn encode_jpeg(img: &EncodeImage, quality: u8, subsampling: ChromaSubsamplin
    };
    if subsampling != ChromaSubsampling::S422 {
        // Parallel encoder (restart-interval bands on all cores).
-        let mut segs: Vec<(u8, Vec<u8>)> = Vec::new();
-        let ppi = meta.ppi.filter(|p| *p > 0).map_or([0u8, 0, 1, 0, 1], |p| {
-            let [hi, lo] = p.to_be_bytes();
-            [1, hi, lo, hi, lo]
-        });
-        segs.push((0xE0, [&b"JFIF\0\x01\x02"[..], &ppi, &[0, 0]].concat()));
-        if let Some(exif) = meta.exif {
-            if exif.len() > 65_527 {
-                return Err(Error::Encode("EXIF larger than one APP1 segment (64 KiB)".into()));
-            }
-            segs.push((0xE1, [&b"Exif\0\0"[..], exif].concat()));
-        }
-        if let Some(xmp) = meta.xmp {
-            let seg = [XMP_NS, xmp.as_bytes()].concat();
-            if seg.len() > 65_533 {
-                return Err(Error::Encode("XMP larger than one APP1 segment (extended XMP not supported)".into()));
-            }
-            segs.push((0xE1, seg));
-        }
-        if let Some(icc) = meta.icc {
-            // ICC.1 Annex B.4: "ICC_PROFILE\0", 1-based chunk number, chunk count
-            let chunks: Vec<&[u8]> = icc.chunks(65_519).collect();
-            if chunks.len() > 255 {
-                return Err(Error::Encode("ICC profile too large for JPEG".into()));
-            }
-            for (i, c) in chunks.iter().enumerate() {
-                segs.push((0xE2, [&b"ICC_PROFILE\0"[..], &[i as u8 + 1, chunks.len() as u8], c].concat()));
-            }
-        }
+        let segs = jpeg_app_segments(meta)?;
        let ch = if img.channels == 2 { 1 } else { img.channels as usize };
        // `data` is already gray for 2-channel input (see above)
        return Ok(crate::jpeg_par::encode(&data, img.width as usize, img.height as usize, ch, quality, subsampling, &segs));
@@ -351,6 +363,141 @@ pub fn encode_avif(img: &EncodeImage, quality: u8, speed: u8, meta: &EncodeMeta)
    }
 }

+/// Absolute luminance of SDR white in an HDR file (ITU-R BT.2408 reference white), cd/m².
+pub const HDR_REFERENCE_WHITE_NITS: f32 = 203.0;
+
+/// SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ) inverse EOTF: luminance in cd/m² → signal 0..1.
+pub fn pq_encode(nits: f32) -> f32 {
+    const M1: f32 = 2610.0 / 16384.0;
+    const M2: f32 = 2523.0 / 4096.0 * 128.0;
+    const C1: f32 = 3424.0 / 4096.0;
+    const C2: f32 = 2413.0 / 4096.0 * 32.0;
+    const C3: f32 = 2392.0 / 4096.0 * 32.0;
+    let y = (nits / 10_000.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0).powf(M1);
+    ((C1 + C2 * y) / (1.0 + C3 * y)).powf(M2)
+}
+
+/// SMPTE ST 2084 (PQ) EOTF: signal 0..1 → luminance in cd/m².
+pub fn pq_decode(e: f32) -> f32 {
+    const M1: f32 = 2610.0 / 16384.0;
+    const M2: f32 = 2523.0 / 4096.0 * 128.0;
+    const C1: f32 = 3424.0 / 4096.0;
+    const C2: f32 = 2413.0 / 4096.0 * 32.0;
+    const C3: f32 = 2392.0 / 4096.0 * 32.0;
+    let p = e.clamp(0.0, 1.0).powf(1.0 / M2);
+    ((p - C1).max(0.0) / (C2 - C3 * p)).powf(1.0 / M1) * 10_000.0
+}
+
+/// Encode an HDR AVIF: `rgb` is linear light in **Rec. 2020** primaries with SDR white at 1.0
+/// (`width × height × 3`). Written as 10-bit 4:4:4 BT.2020 non-constant-luminance YCbCr with the
+/// PQ transfer curve, SDR white at [`HDR_REFERENCE_WHITE_NITS`], and a content light level box.
+/// `quality` 1..=100, `speed` 1..=10. Native targets with the `avif` feature only.
+pub fn encode_avif_pq(width: u32, height: u32, rgb: &[f32], quality: u8, speed: u8, meta: &EncodeMeta) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let (w, h) = (width as usize, height as usize);
+    let n = w.checked_mul(h).ok_or_else(|| Error::Encode("image too large".into()))?;
+    if n == 0 || n.checked_mul(3).is_none_or(|need| rgb.len() < need) {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("HDR AVIF: sample buffer too short".into()));
+    }
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "avif", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+    {
+        use rav1e::prelude::*;
+        const K: [f32; 3] = [0.2627, 0.6780, 0.0593]; // BT.2020 NCL
+        let mut max_nits = 0f32;
+        let mut sum_nits = 0f64;
+        let planes: Vec<[u16; 3]> = rgb
+            .as_chunks::<3>()
+            .0
+            .iter()
+            .take(n)
+            .map(|c| {
+                let nits = c.map(|v| (if v.is_finite() { v.max(0.0) } else { 0.0 }) * HDR_REFERENCE_WHITE_NITS);
+                let y_nits = K[0] * nits[0] + K[1] * nits[1] + K[2] * nits[2];
+                max_nits = max_nits.max(nits[0].max(nits[1]).max(nits[2]));
+                sum_nits += y_nits as f64;
+                let [r, g, b] = nits.map(pq_encode);
+                let y = K[0] * r + K[1] * g + K[2] * b;
+                let cb = (b - y) / (2.0 * (1.0 - K[2])) + 0.5;
+                let cr = (r - y) / (2.0 * (1.0 - K[0])) + 0.5;
+                [y, cb, cr].map(|v| (v * 1023.0).round().clamp(0.0, 1023.0) as u16)
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let q = quality.clamp(1, 100) as f32 / 100.0;
+        // ravif's quality → quantizer curve, so qualities match the SDR AVIF path
+        let x = if q >= 0.82 {
+            (1.0 - q) * 2.6
+        } else if q > 0.25 {
+            1.0 - 0.125 - q * 0.5
+        } else {
+            1.0 - q
+        };
+        let quantizer = (x * 255.0).round() as usize;
+        let mut ec = EncoderConfig::with_speed_preset(speed.clamp(1, 10));
+        ec.width = w;
+        ec.height = h;
+        ec.time_base = Rational::new(1, 1);
+        ec.bit_depth = 10;
+        ec.chroma_sampling = ChromaSampling::Cs444;
+        ec.pixel_range = PixelRange::Full;
+        ec.color_description = Some(ColorDescription {
+            color_primaries: ColorPrimaries::BT2020,
+            transfer_characteristics: TransferCharacteristics::SMPTE2084,
+            matrix_coefficients: MatrixCoefficients::BT2020NCL,
+        });
+        let cll = (max_nits.ceil().clamp(1.0, 10_000.0) as u16, ((sum_nits / n as f64).ceil().clamp(1.0, 10_000.0)) as u16);
+        ec.content_light = Some(ContentLight { max_content_light_level: cll.0, max_frame_average_light_level: cll.1 });
+        ec.still_picture = true;
+        ec.quantizer = quantizer;
+        ec.min_quantizer = quantizer.min(255) as u8;
+        ec.speed_settings.multiref = false;
+        ec.speed_settings.rdo_lookahead_frames = 1;
+        ec.speed_settings.scene_detection_mode = SceneDetectionSpeed::None;
+        let e = |e: &dyn std::fmt::Display| Error::Encode(format!("AV1: {e}"));
+        let mut ctx: Context<u16> = Config::new().with_encoder_config(ec).new_context().map_err(|x| e(&x))?;
+        let mut frame = ctx.new_frame();
+        {
+            let mut it = planes.iter();
+            let mut fp = frame.planes.iter_mut();
+            let (Some(py), Some(pu), Some(pv)) = (fp.next(), fp.next(), fp.next()) else {
+                return Err(Error::Encode("AV1: frame has no planes".into()));
+            };
+            let (mut sy, mut su, mut sv) = (py.mut_slice(Default::default()), pu.mut_slice(Default::default()), pv.mut_slice(Default::default()));
+            for ((ry, ru), rv) in sy.rows_iter_mut().zip(su.rows_iter_mut()).zip(sv.rows_iter_mut()).take(h) {
+                for ((y, u), v) in ry.iter_mut().zip(ru.iter_mut()).zip(rv.iter_mut()).take(w) {
+                    let Some(p) = it.next() else { break };
+                    (*y, *u, *v) = (p[0], p[1], p[2]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        ctx.send_frame(frame).map_err(|x| e(&x))?;
+        ctx.flush();
+        let mut av1 = Vec::new();
+        loop {
+            match ctx.receive_packet() {
+                Ok(mut p) if p.frame_type == FrameType::KEY => av1.append(&mut p.data),
+                Ok(_) => {}
+                Err(EncoderStatus::Encoded | EncoderStatus::LimitReached) => break,
+                Err(x) => return Err(e(&x)),
+            }
+        }
+        use avif_serialize::constants as c;
+        let mut a = avif_serialize::Aviffy::new();
+        a.set_matrix_coefficients(c::MatrixCoefficients::Bt2020Ncl)
+            .set_transfer_characteristics(c::TransferCharacteristics::Smpte2084)
+            .set_color_primaries(c::ColorPrimaries::Bt2020)
+            .set_full_color_range(true)
+            .set_content_light_level(cll.0, cll.1);
+        if let Some(exif) = meta.exif {
+            a.set_exif(exif.to_vec());
+        }
+        Ok(a.to_vec(&av1, None, width, height, 10))
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(all(feature = "avif", not(target_arch = "wasm32"))))]
+    {
+        let _ = (quality, speed, meta);
+        Err(Error::Encode("AVIF encoding is not available in this build".into()))
+    }
+}
+
 /// 16-bit RGB(A) → 10-bit BT.601 full-range YCbCr planes (the matrix `ravif` uses for 8-bit input).
 #[cfg(all(feature = "avif", not(target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 fn avif_10bit(enc: &ravif::Encoder, img: &EncodeImage, s: &[u16]) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
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+//! Gain map HDR images (ISO 21496-1): an SDR base image plus a gain map that a decoder uses to
+//! rebuild the HDR rendition, so the file looks right everywhere and lights up on HDR displays.
+//!
+//! - [`compute`] measures a gain map from an SDR and an HDR rendition of the same picture (linear
+//!   light, same primaries). Measure it against the base *as written* (decoded from its 8-bit
+//!   codes), so quantisation in the base is handed back by the gain map.
+//! - [`apply`] rebuilds the HDR rendition from a base and its gain map.
+//! - [`encode_jpeg`] writes a gain map JPEG: the base with an MPF index (CIPA DC-007), the ISO
+//!   21496-1 marker and Adobe/Google container XMP, followed by the gain map JPEG carrying the ISO
+//!   21496-1 metadata, the Adobe `hdrgm` XMP (Android, Chrome) and Apple's description of the same
+//!   map (what survives an iMessage send).
+//! - [`read_jpeg`] finds and decodes the gain map of a gain map JPEG (ours, cameras, Lightroom),
+//!   from its ISO 21496-1 metadata or, failing that, its `hdrgm` XMP.
+//!
+//! All gains are log2. A decoder recovers `log2(hdr + offset_hdr) − log2(sdr + offset_sdr)` as
+//! `min + (max − min) · (code / 255)^(1 / gamma)`, scaled by a weight in 0..1 that depends on how
+//! much headroom the display has between `base_headroom` and `alternate_headroom`.
+
+use crate::encode::{EncodeImage, EncodeMeta, Samples, jpeg_app_segments, xmp_segment};
+use crate::{ChromaSubsampling, Error, Format, Result, jpeg, jpeg_par};
+
+/// The ISO 21496-1 namespace that opens its APP2 payloads (NUL terminated).
+pub const ISO_URN: &[u8] = b"urn:iso:std:iso:ts:21496:-1\0";
+
+/// Fixed denominator for the metadata's rationals: one value per setting, byte-identical output.
+const DENOMINATOR: u32 = 1_000_000;
+
+/// Gain map parameters (ISO 21496-1 / Adobe `hdrgm`). Per-channel arrays repeat the first value
+/// when the map is single-channel.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct GainMapMeta {
+    /// Three gain channels (R, G, B) instead of one luminance gain.
+    pub multichannel: bool,
+    /// The gain applies in the base image's colour space.
+    pub use_base_colour_space: bool,
+    /// log2 headroom at which the base is shown as is (0: an SDR base).
+    pub base_headroom: f32,
+    /// log2 headroom at which the gain map applies in full.
+    pub alternate_headroom: f32,
+    pub min: [f32; 3],
+    pub max: [f32; 3],
+    pub gamma: [f32; 3],
+    pub base_offset: [f32; 3],
+    pub alternate_offset: [f32; 3],
+}
+
+impl Default for GainMapMeta {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        GainMapMeta {
+            multichannel: false,
+            use_base_colour_space: true,
+            base_headroom: 0.0,
+            alternate_headroom: 1.0,
+            min: [0.0; 3],
+            max: [1.0; 3],
+            gamma: [1.0; 3],
+            base_offset: [1.0 / 64.0; 3],
+            alternate_offset: [1.0 / 64.0; 3],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl GainMapMeta {
+    fn channels(&self) -> usize {
+        if self.multichannel { 3 } else { 1 }
+    }
+
+    /// Usable by [`apply`]: finite, positive gammas, max ≥ min, headrooms in order.
+    pub fn is_valid(&self) -> bool {
+        let fin = |a: &[f32; 3]| a.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite());
+        fin(&self.min)
+            && fin(&self.max)
+            && fin(&self.gamma)
+            && fin(&self.base_offset)
+            && fin(&self.alternate_offset)
+            && self.gamma.iter().all(|g| *g > 0.0)
+            && self.min.iter().zip(&self.max).all(|(a, b)| b >= a)
+            && self.base_headroom.is_finite()
+            && self.alternate_headroom.is_finite()
+            && self.alternate_headroom > self.base_headroom
+    }
+
+    /// The ISO 21496-1 APP2 payload of the gain map image, URN included.
+    pub fn to_iso(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut p = ISO_URN.to_vec();
+        p.extend_from_slice(&0u16.to_be_bytes()); // minimum_version: readers gate on this
+        p.extend_from_slice(&0u16.to_be_bytes()); // writer_version
+        let mut flags = 0u8;
+        if self.multichannel {
+            flags |= FLAG_MULTICHANNEL;
+        }
+        if self.use_base_colour_space {
+            flags |= FLAG_BASE_COLOUR_SPACE;
+        }
+        p.push(flags);
+        let unsigned = |p: &mut Vec<u8>, v: f32| {
+            let n = (v as f64 * DENOMINATOR as f64).round().clamp(0.0, u32::MAX as f64) as u32;
+            p.extend_from_slice(&n.to_be_bytes());
+            p.extend_from_slice(&DENOMINATOR.to_be_bytes());
+        };
+        let signed = |p: &mut Vec<u8>, v: f32| {
+            let n = (v as f64 * DENOMINATOR as f64).round().clamp(i32::MIN as f64, i32::MAX as f64) as i32;
+            p.extend_from_slice(&n.to_be_bytes());
+            p.extend_from_slice(&DENOMINATOR.to_be_bytes());
+        };
+        unsigned(&mut p, self.base_headroom.max(0.0));
+        unsigned(&mut p, self.alternate_headroom.max(0.0));
+        for c in 0..self.channels() {
+            signed(&mut p, self.min[c]);
+            signed(&mut p, self.max[c]);
+            unsigned(&mut p, self.gamma[c]);
+            signed(&mut p, self.base_offset[c]);
+            signed(&mut p, self.alternate_offset[c]);
+        }
+        p
+    }
+
+    /// Parse an ISO 21496-1 payload (the bytes after [`ISO_URN`]). `None` for the versions-only
+    /// marker a primary image carries, unknown versions, a base that is the HDR rendition, or
+    /// values no decoder could use.
+    pub fn from_iso(p: &[u8]) -> Option<GainMapMeta> {
+        let mut r = Reader { b: p, at: 0 };
+        let min_version = r.u16()?;
+        let _writer_version = r.u16()?;
+        if min_version != 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let flags = r.u8()?;
+        if flags & FLAG_BACKWARD != 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let multichannel = flags & FLAG_MULTICHANNEL != 0;
+        let common = flags & FLAG_COMMON_DENOMINATOR != 0;
+        let common_d = if common { r.u32()? } else { 0 };
+        let unsigned = |r: &mut Reader| -> Option<f32> {
+            let n = r.u32()?;
+            let d = if common { common_d } else { r.u32()? };
+            (d != 0).then(|| (n as f64 / d as f64) as f32)
+        };
+        let signed = |r: &mut Reader| -> Option<f32> {
+            let n = r.u32()? as i32;
+            let d = if common { common_d } else { r.u32()? };
+            (d != 0).then(|| (n as f64 / d as f64) as f32)
+        };
+        let mut m = GainMapMeta {
+            multichannel,
+            use_base_colour_space: flags & FLAG_BASE_COLOUR_SPACE != 0,
+            base_headroom: unsigned(&mut r)?,
+            alternate_headroom: unsigned(&mut r)?,
+            ..GainMapMeta::default()
+        };
+        for c in 0..m.channels() {
+            m.min[c] = signed(&mut r)?;
+            m.max[c] = signed(&mut r)?;
+            m.gamma[c] = unsigned(&mut r)?;
+            m.base_offset[c] = signed(&mut r)?;
+            m.alternate_offset[c] = signed(&mut r)?;
+        }
+        if !multichannel {
+            m.fill_from_first();
+        }
+        m.is_valid().then_some(m)
+    }
+
+    fn fill_from_first(&mut self) {
+        for a in [&mut self.min, &mut self.max, &mut self.gamma, &mut self.base_offset, &mut self.alternate_offset] {
+            a[1] = a[0];
+            a[2] = a[0];
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The gain parameters from Adobe `hdrgm` XMP (the gain map image's packet), for files
+    /// without ISO 21496-1 metadata (the first Ultra HDR files). Attributes or `rdf:Seq` lists.
+    pub fn from_hdrgm_xmp(xmp: &str) -> Option<GainMapMeta> {
+        if !xmp.contains("hdrgm:") {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let base_rendition_hdr = xmp_values(xmp, "BaseRenditionIsHDR").is_some_and(|v| v.first().is_some_and(|s| s.eq_ignore_ascii_case("true")));
+        if base_rendition_hdr {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let get = |name: &str, default: f32| -> Option<([f32; 3], bool)> {
+            let Some(v) = xmp_values(xmp, name) else { return Some(([default; 3], false)) };
+            let f: Vec<f32> = v.iter().map(|s| s.trim().parse::<f32>().ok()).collect::<Option<_>>()?;
+            match f.as_slice() {
+                [a] => Some(([*a; 3], false)),
+                [a, b, c] => Some(([*a, *b, *c], true)),
+                _ => None,
+            }
+        };
+        let (max, m1) = get("GainMapMax", f32::NAN)?;
+        if max.iter().any(|v| v.is_nan()) {
+            return None; // the one required parameter
+        }
+        let (min, m2) = get("GainMapMin", 0.0)?;
+        let (gamma, m3) = get("Gamma", 1.0)?;
+        let (base_offset, m4) = get("OffsetSDR", 1.0 / 64.0)?;
+        let (alternate_offset, m5) = get("OffsetHDR", 1.0 / 64.0)?;
+        let (cap_min, _) = get("HDRCapacityMin", 0.0)?;
+        let max_gain = max.iter().copied().fold(f32::MIN, f32::max);
+        let (cap_max, _) = get("HDRCapacityMax", max_gain)?;
+        let m = GainMapMeta {
+            multichannel: m1 || m2 || m3 || m4 || m5,
+            use_base_colour_space: true,
+            base_headroom: cap_min[0].max(0.0),
+            alternate_headroom: cap_max[0],
+            min,
+            max,
+            gamma,
+            base_offset,
+            alternate_offset,
+        };
+        m.is_valid().then_some(m)
+    }
+
+    /// The gain map image's XMP: the Adobe `hdrgm` parameters (read by Android and Chrome, which
+    /// ignore the ISO payload) and Apple's description of the same map (what iMessage keeps).
+    pub fn to_gain_map_xmp(&self) -> String {
+        let names = ["GainMapMin", "GainMapMax", "Gamma", "OffsetSDR", "OffsetHDR"];
+        let values = [&self.min, &self.max, &self.gamma, &self.base_offset, &self.alternate_offset];
+        let uniform = |v: &[f32; 3]| !self.multichannel || (v[0] == v[1] && v[1] == v[2]);
+        let mut s = String::from(XMP_OPEN);
+        s.push_str(r#"<rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:hdrgm="http://ns.adobe.com/hdr-gain-map/1.0/" hdrgm:Version="1.0""#);
+        s.push_str(&format!(r#" hdrgm:HDRCapacityMin="{}""#, num(self.base_headroom)));
+        s.push_str(&format!(r#" hdrgm:HDRCapacityMax="{}""#, num(self.alternate_headroom)));
+        s.push_str(r#" hdrgm:BaseRenditionIsHDR="False""#);
+        for (n, v) in names.iter().zip(values) {
+            if uniform(v) {
+                s.push_str(&format!(r#" hdrgm:{n}="{}""#, num(v[0])));
+            }
+        }
+        s.push('>');
+        // per-channel values are an rdf:Seq of three, not a comma list: readers parse each item
+        for (n, v) in names.iter().zip(values) {
+            if !uniform(v) {
+                s.push_str(&format!("<hdrgm:{n}><rdf:Seq>"));
+                for x in v {
+                    s.push_str(&format!("<rdf:li>{}</rdf:li>", num(*x)));
+                }
+                s.push_str(&format!("</rdf:Seq></hdrgm:{n}>"));
+            }
+        }
+        s.push_str("</rdf:Description>");
+        s.push_str(&self.apple_description());
+        s.push_str(XMP_CLOSE);
+        s
+    }
+
+    /// Apple's own description of the map (`apdi`, `HDRGainMap`, `HDRToneMap` namespaces).
+    fn apple_description(&self) -> String {
+        // 'L008' (8-bit luminance) or '444f'; the stored map must really have that many channels
+        let format = if self.multichannel { 0x3434_3466u32 } else { 0x4C30_3038 };
+        let mut s = String::from(
+            r#"<rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:apdi="http://ns.apple.com/pixeldatainfo/1.0/" xmlns:HDRGainMap="http://ns.apple.com/HDRGainMap/1.0/" xmlns:HDRToneMap="http://ns.apple.com/HDRToneMap/1.0/">"#,
+        );
+        s.push_str("<apdi:AuxiliaryImageType>urn:com:apple:photo:2020:aux:hdrgainmap</apdi:AuxiliaryImageType>");
+        s.push_str(&format!("<apdi:NativeFormat>{format}</apdi:NativeFormat><apdi:StoredFormat>{format}</apdi:StoredFormat>"));
+        s.push_str("<HDRGainMap:HDRGainMapVersion>131072</HDRGainMap:HDRGainMapVersion>");
+        // linear, not log2: the headroom multiplier itself
+        s.push_str(&format!("<HDRGainMap:HDRGainMapHeadroom>{}</HDRGainMap:HDRGainMapHeadroom>", num(self.alternate_headroom.exp2())));
+        s.push_str(&format!("<HDRToneMap:AlternateHeadroom>{}</HDRToneMap:AlternateHeadroom>", num(self.alternate_headroom)));
+        s.push_str("<HDRToneMap:ChannelMetadata><rdf:Seq>");
+        for c in 0..self.channels() {
+            s.push_str(&format!(
+                r#"<rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"><HDRToneMap:GainMapMin>{}</HDRToneMap:GainMapMin><HDRToneMap:GainMapMax>{}</HDRToneMap:GainMapMax><HDRToneMap:Gamma>{}</HDRToneMap:Gamma><HDRToneMap:BaseOffset>{}</HDRToneMap:BaseOffset><HDRToneMap:AlternateOffset>{}</HDRToneMap:AlternateOffset></rdf:li>"#,
+                num(self.min[c]),
+                num(self.max[c]),
+                num(self.gamma[c]),
+                num(self.base_offset[c]),
+                num(self.alternate_offset[c])
+            ));
+        }
+        s.push_str("</rdf:Seq></HDRToneMap:ChannelMetadata>");
+        s.push_str(&format!("<HDRToneMap:BaseHeadroom>{}</HDRToneMap:BaseHeadroom>", num(self.base_headroom)));
+        s.push_str("<HDRToneMap:BaseColorIsWorkingColor>True</HDRToneMap:BaseColorIsWorkingColor><HDRToneMap:Version>1</HDRToneMap:Version>");
+        s.push_str("</rdf:Description>");
+        s
+    }
+}
+
+const FLAG_MULTICHANNEL: u8 = 0x80;
+const FLAG_BASE_COLOUR_SPACE: u8 = 0x40;
+const FLAG_COMMON_DENOMINATOR: u8 = 0x08;
+const FLAG_BACKWARD: u8 = 0x04;
+
+const XMP_OPEN: &str = "<?xpacket begin=\"\u{feff}\" id=\"W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d\"?><x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\"><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\">";
+const XMP_CLOSE: &str = "</rdf:RDF></x:xmpmeta><?xpacket end=\"w\"?>";
+
+/// A short decimal (up to 6 significant digits, no exponent for ordinary values).
+fn num(v: f32) -> String {
+    if !v.is_finite() {
+        return "0".into();
+    }
+    let s = format!("{:.6}", v);
+    let s = s.trim_end_matches('0').trim_end_matches('.');
+    if s == "-0" || s.is_empty() { "0".into() } else { s.to_string() }
+}
+
+/// The values of `hdrgm:<name>`: an attribute (`name="v"`) or an element holding an `rdf:Seq`.
+fn xmp_values(xmp: &str, name: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+    let attr = format!("hdrgm:{name}=");
+    if let Some(i) = xmp.find(&attr) {
+        let rest = xmp.get(i + attr.len()..)?;
+        let q = rest.chars().next()?;
+        if q == '"' || q == '\'' {
+            let body = rest.get(1..)?;
+            let end = body.find(q)?;
+            return Some(vec![body.get(..end)?.to_string()]);
+        }
+    }
+    let open = format!("<hdrgm:{name}>");
+    let close = format!("</hdrgm:{name}>");
+    let i = xmp.find(&open)?;
+    let body = xmp.get(i + open.len()..)?;
+    let body = body.get(..body.find(&close)?)?;
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let mut rest = body;
+    while let Some(a) = rest.find("<rdf:li>") {
+        let after = rest.get(a + 8..)?;
+        let b = after.find("</rdf:li>")?;
+        out.push(after.get(..b)?.to_string());
+        rest = after.get(b..)?;
+        if out.len() > 3 {
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
+    if out.is_empty() {
+        // a plain element value
+        out.push(body.trim().to_string());
+    }
+    Some(out)
+}
+
+struct Reader<'a> {
+    b: &'a [u8],
+    at: usize,
+}
+
+impl Reader<'_> {
+    fn take<const N: usize>(&mut self) -> Option<[u8; N]> {
+        let s = self.b.get(self.at..self.at.checked_add(N)?)?;
+        self.at += N;
+        s.try_into().ok()
+    }
+    fn u8(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
+        self.take::<1>().map(|a| a[0])
+    }
+    fn u16(&mut self) -> Option<u16> {
+        self.take().map(u16::from_be_bytes)
+    }
+    fn u32(&mut self) -> Option<u32> {
+        self.take().map(u32::from_be_bytes)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A gain map image: `channels` (1 or 3) interleaved 8-bit codes.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct GainImage {
+    pub width: usize,
+    pub height: usize,
+    pub channels: usize,
+    pub data: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl GainImage {
+    /// Bilinear code of channel `c` at gain map coordinates (`x`, `y`) (pixel centres at +0.5).
+    fn sample(&self, x: f32, y: f32, c: usize) -> f32 {
+        let (w, h) = (self.width, self.height);
+        let fx = (x - 0.5).clamp(0.0, (w - 1) as f32);
+        let fy = (y - 0.5).clamp(0.0, (h - 1) as f32);
+        let (x0, y0) = (fx as usize, fy as usize);
+        let (x1, y1) = ((x0 + 1).min(w - 1), (y0 + 1).min(h - 1));
+        let (tx, ty) = (fx - x0 as f32, fy - y0 as f32);
+        let at = |x: usize, y: usize| self.data.get((y * w + x) * self.channels + c).copied().unwrap_or(0) as f32;
+        let a = at(x0, y0) + (at(x1, y0) - at(x0, y0)) * tx;
+        let b = at(x0, y1) + (at(x1, y1) - at(x0, y1)) * tx;
+        a + (b - a) * ty
+    }
+}
+
+/// How [`compute`] builds the map.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct GainMapOptions {
+    /// Downscale factor of the map (1, 2 or 4).
+    pub scale: usize,
+    /// Three gains (R, G, B) instead of one luminance gain. Apple's readers want a single
+    /// channel, so this is off by default.
+    pub multichannel: bool,
+    pub gamma: f32,
+    /// Offsets added to SDR and HDR before the ratio (keep blacks finite and noise quiet).
+    pub offset: f32,
+}
+
+impl Default for GainMapOptions {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        GainMapOptions { scale: 2, multichannel: false, gamma: 1.0, offset: 1.0 / 64.0 }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Measure the gain map that turns `sdr` into `hdr` (both `width × height` linear RGB in the same
+/// primaries; `luma` = that space's luminance weights).
+pub fn compute(
+    sdr: &[[f32; 3]],
+    hdr: &[[f32; 3]],
+    width: usize,
+    height: usize,
+    luma: [f32; 3],
+    o: &GainMapOptions,
+) -> Result<(GainImage, GainMapMeta)> {
+    let n = width.checked_mul(height).ok_or_else(|| Error::Encode("gain map: image too large".into()))?;
+    if n == 0 || sdr.len() < n || hdr.len() < n {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map: SDR and HDR renditions must match the image size".into()));
+    }
+    if !matches!(o.scale, 1 | 2 | 4) || !(o.gamma > 0.0 && o.gamma.is_finite()) || !(o.offset > 0.0 && o.offset.is_finite()) {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map: scale must be 1, 2 or 4, gamma and offset positive".into()));
+    }
+    let s = o.scale;
+    let (gw, gh) = (width.div_ceil(s), height.div_ceil(s));
+    let ch = if o.multichannel { 3 } else { 1 };
+    let y = |p: &[f32; 3]| luma[0] * p[0] + luma[1] * p[1] + luma[2] * p[2];
+    let ratio = |a: f32, b: f32| ((b.max(0.0) + o.offset) / (a.max(0.0) + o.offset)).log2();
+    // block means of the log gains
+    let mut gains = vec![0f32; gw * gh * ch];
+    let mut lo = [f32::MAX; 3];
+    let mut hi = [f32::MIN; 3];
+    for gy in 0..gh {
+        for gx in 0..gw {
+            let mut acc = [0f32; 3];
+            let mut count = 0f32;
+            for yy in gy * s..((gy + 1) * s).min(height) {
+                for xx in gx * s..((gx + 1) * s).min(width) {
+                    let i = yy * width + xx;
+                    let (Some(a), Some(b)) = (sdr.get(i), hdr.get(i)) else { continue };
+                    if o.multichannel {
+                        for c in 0..3 {
+                            acc[c] += ratio(a[c], b[c]);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        acc[0] += ratio(y(a), y(b));
+                    }
+                    count += 1.0;
+                }
+            }
+            for c in 0..ch {
+                let g = if count > 0.0 { acc[c] / count } else { 0.0 };
+                let g = if g.is_finite() { g } else { 0.0 };
+                gains[(gy * gw + gx) * ch + c] = g;
+                lo[c] = lo[c].min(g);
+                hi[c] = hi[c].max(g);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let mut m = GainMapMeta {
+        multichannel: o.multichannel,
+        gamma: [o.gamma; 3],
+        base_offset: [o.offset; 3],
+        alternate_offset: [o.offset; 3],
+        ..GainMapMeta::default()
+    };
+    for c in 0..ch {
+        // the range always includes 0 (no change) so an SDR-only area encodes exactly
+        m.min[c] = lo[c].min(0.0);
+        m.max[c] = hi[c].max(m.min[c] + 1e-4);
+    }
+    if !o.multichannel {
+        m.fill_from_first();
+    }
+    m.base_headroom = 0.0;
+    m.alternate_headroom = m.max.iter().copied().fold(0.0f32, f32::max).max(1e-3);
+    let data = gains
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(i, g)| {
+            let c = i % ch;
+            let norm = ((g - m.min[c]) / (m.max[c] - m.min[c])).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+            (norm.powf(o.gamma) * 255.0).round() as u8
+        })
+        .collect();
+    Ok((GainImage { width: gw, height: gh, channels: ch, data }, m))
+}
+
+/// Rebuild the HDR rendition in place: `base` (`width × height` linear RGB) is replaced by the
+/// rendition at `weight` (0 = the base, 1 = the full alternate rendition; a display with headroom
+/// `H` uses `(H − base_headroom) / (alternate_headroom − base_headroom)`, clamped).
+pub fn apply(base: &mut [[f32; 3]], width: usize, height: usize, gain: &GainImage, m: &GainMapMeta, weight: f32) -> Result<()> {
+    let n = width.checked_mul(height).ok_or_else(|| Error::Encode("gain map: image too large".into()))?;
+    if base.len() < n
+        || gain.width == 0
+        || gain.height == 0
+        || !matches!(gain.channels, 1 | 3)
+        || gain.data.len() < gain.width * gain.height * gain.channels
+    {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map: base and gain map sizes don't match".into()));
+    }
+    if !m.is_valid() {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map: unusable metadata".into()));
+    }
+    let weight = if weight.is_finite() { weight.clamp(0.0, 1.0) } else { 1.0 };
+    let (sx, sy) = (gain.width as f32 / width as f32, gain.height as f32 / height as f32);
+    let inv_gamma = m.gamma.map(|g| 1.0 / g);
+    for (i, p) in base.iter_mut().enumerate().take(n) {
+        let (x, y) = ((i % width) as f32 + 0.5, (i / width) as f32 + 0.5);
+        let (gx, gy) = (x * sx, y * sy);
+        let mut g = [0f32; 3];
+        for (c, gc) in g.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            let src = if gain.channels == 3 { c } else { 0 };
+            let norm = (gain.sample(gx, gy, src) / 255.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0).powf(inv_gamma[c]);
+            *gc = m.min[c] + (m.max[c] - m.min[c]) * norm;
+        }
+        for c in 0..3 {
+            let v = (p[c] + m.base_offset[c]) * (g[c] * weight).exp2() - m.alternate_offset[c];
+            p[c] = v.max(0.0);
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// The primary image's container XMP: `hdrgm:Version` (marks the file as a gain map image for
+/// Adobe/Google readers) and the Container directory naming the gain map and its length.
+fn primary_description(gain_len: usize) -> String {
+    format!(
+        concat!(
+            r#"<rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:Container="http://ns.google.com/photos/1.0/container/" xmlns:Item="http://ns.google.com/photos/1.0/container/item/" xmlns:hdrgm="http://ns.adobe.com/hdr-gain-map/1.0/" hdrgm:Version="1.0">"#,
+            r#"<Container:Directory><rdf:Seq>"#,
+            r#"<rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"><Container:Item Item:Semantic="Primary" Item:Mime="image/jpeg"/></rdf:li>"#,
+            r#"<rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource"><Container:Item Item:Semantic="GainMap" Item:Mime="image/jpeg" Item:Length="{}"/></rdf:li>"#,
+            r#"</rdf:Seq></Container:Directory></rdf:Description>"#
+        ),
+        gain_len
+    )
+}
+
+/// `xmp` with `description` added as another `rdf:Description` (a fresh packet when there is
+/// none, or when it has no `rdf:RDF` to add to).
+fn merge_xmp(xmp: Option<&str>, description: &str) -> String {
+    if let Some(x) = xmp
+        && let Some(i) = x.rfind("</rdf:RDF>")
+        && let (Some(a), Some(b)) = (x.get(..i), x.get(i..))
+    {
+        return format!("{a}{description}{b}");
+    }
+    format!("{XMP_OPEN}{description}{XMP_CLOSE}")
+}
+
+/// Offsets within the MPF payload (from "MPF\0"): the endian field, then the index IFD (3 tags).
+const MPF_ENTRIES_FROM_ENDIAN: usize = 8 + 2 + 3 * 12 + 4;
+
+/// The primary image's MPF payload, entry sizes and offset to be patched once the file exists.
+fn mpf_placeholder() -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut p = b"MPF\0MM".to_vec();
+    p.extend_from_slice(&42u16.to_be_bytes());
+    p.extend_from_slice(&8u32.to_be_bytes()); // first IFD
+    p.extend_from_slice(&3u16.to_be_bytes());
+    let tag = |p: &mut Vec<u8>, tag: u16, ty: u16, count: u32, value: [u8; 4]| {
+        p.extend_from_slice(&tag.to_be_bytes());
+        p.extend_from_slice(&ty.to_be_bytes());
+        p.extend_from_slice(&count.to_be_bytes());
+        p.extend_from_slice(&value);
+    };
+    tag(&mut p, 0xB000, 7, 4, *b"0100"); // MPFVersion
+    tag(&mut p, 0xB001, 4, 1, 2u32.to_be_bytes()); // NumberOfImages
+    tag(&mut p, 0xB002, 7, 32, (MPF_ENTRIES_FROM_ENDIAN as u32).to_be_bytes()); // MPEntry
+    p.extend_from_slice(&0u32.to_be_bytes()); // no next IFD
+    // entry 0: baseline primary (0x030000) flagged as the representative image (bit 29)
+    for attr in [0x2003_0000u32, jpeg::MPF_GAIN_MAP] {
+        p.extend_from_slice(&attr.to_be_bytes());
+        p.extend_from_slice(&[0; 12]); // size, offset, two dependent-image entries
+    }
+    p
+}
+
+/// Encode a gain map JPEG: `base` (8-bit SDR, 3 or 4 channels, colour-managed by `meta.icc`) and
+/// its gain map, both at `quality`. `meta.xmp` is kept, with the gain map container added.
+pub fn encode_jpeg(base: &EncodeImage, gain: &GainImage, m: &GainMapMeta, quality: u8, sub: ChromaSubsampling, meta: &EncodeMeta) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let Samples::U8(data) = base.samples else {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map JPEG needs an 8-bit base image".into()));
+    };
+    let (w, h) = (base.width as usize, base.height as usize);
+    if !matches!(base.channels, 3 | 4) || data.len() < w * h * base.channels as usize {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map JPEG needs an RGB base image".into()));
+    }
+    if w == 0 || h == 0 || w > u16::MAX as usize || h > u16::MAX as usize {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("JPEG dimensions are limited to 65535".into()));
+    }
+    if !matches!(gain.channels, 1 | 3) || gain.width == 0 || gain.height == 0 || gain.data.len() < gain.width * gain.height * gain.channels {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map image is malformed".into()));
+    }
+    if !m.is_valid() || m.multichannel != (gain.channels == 3) {
+        return Err(Error::Encode("gain map metadata doesn't match the map".into()));
+    }
+    // jpeg_par writes 4:4:4 or 4:2:0
+    let sub = if sub == ChromaSubsampling::S422 { ChromaSubsampling::S420 } else { sub };
+
+    let gain_segs = vec![(0xE1, xmp_segment(&m.to_gain_map_xmp())?), (0xE2, m.to_iso())];
+    let gain_jpeg = jpeg_par::encode(&gain.data, gain.width, gain.height, gain.channels, quality, ChromaSubsampling::S444, &gain_segs);
+
+    let xmp = merge_xmp(meta.xmp, &primary_description(gain_jpeg.len()));
+    let mut segs = jpeg_app_segments(&EncodeMeta { xmp: Some(&xmp), ..*meta })?;
+    let mut iso_marker = ISO_URN.to_vec();
+    iso_marker.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 0, 0]); // versions only: "this image has a gain map"
+    segs.push((0xE2, iso_marker));
+    segs.push((0xE2, mpf_placeholder()));
+    let mut primary = jpeg_par::encode(data, w, h, base.channels as usize, quality, sub, &segs);
+
+    // patch the MPF index: sizes, and the gain map's offset from the MPF endian field
+    let markers = jpeg::parse_markers(&primary).ok_or_else(|| Error::Encode("gain map JPEG: primary image unreadable".into()))?;
+    let endian = markers.mpf.as_ref().map(|m| m.0).ok_or_else(|| Error::Encode("gain map JPEG: MPF segment missing".into()))?;
+    let entries = endian + MPF_ENTRIES_FROM_ENDIAN;
+    let (plen, glen) = (primary.len(), gain_jpeg.len());
+    let fields = [(entries + 4, plen), (entries + 8, 0), (entries + 20, glen), (entries + 24, plen - endian)];
+    for (at, v) in fields {
+        let v = u32::try_from(v).map_err(|_| Error::Encode("gain map JPEG larger than 4 GiB".into()))?;
+        let slot = primary.get_mut(at..at + 4).ok_or_else(|| Error::Encode("gain map JPEG: truncated MPF segment".into()))?;
+        slot.copy_from_slice(&v.to_be_bytes());
+    }
+    primary.extend_from_slice(&gain_jpeg);
+    Ok(primary)
+}
+
+/// The gain map of a gain map JPEG.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct JpegGainMap {
+    pub gain: GainImage,
+    pub meta: GainMapMeta,
+}
+
+/// Find and decode the gain map of a JPEG (`None` when it has none or it's unusable). The
+/// primary image is decoded as usual ([`crate::decode`]); combine the two with [`apply`].
+pub fn read_jpeg(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<JpegGainMap> {
+    let m = jpeg::parse_markers(bytes)?;
+    let marked = m.iso_gainmap.is_some() || m.xmp.as_deref().is_some_and(|x| x.contains("hdrgm:Version"));
+    if !marked {
+        return None;
+    }
+    for e in jpeg::mpf_images(&m) {
+        let Some(data) = bytes.get(e.offset..e.offset.saturating_add(e.len)) else { continue };
+        let Some(gm) = jpeg::parse_markers(data) else { continue };
+        let meta = gm.iso_gainmap.as_deref().and_then(GainMapMeta::from_iso).or_else(|| gm.xmp.as_deref().and_then(GainMapMeta::from_hdrgm_xmp));
+        let Some(meta) = meta else { continue };
+        let Ok((w, h, ch, codes)) = jpeg::decode_codes8(data) else { continue };
+        if ch == 3 && !meta.multichannel {
+            // a single-channel map stored as RGB: use its first channel
+            let g: Vec<u8> = codes.as_chunks::<3>().0.iter().map(|c| c[0]).collect();
+            return Some(JpegGainMap { gain: GainImage { width: w, height: h, channels: 1, data: g }, meta });
+        }
+        let mut meta = meta;
+        if ch == 1 && meta.multichannel {
+            meta.multichannel = false;
+            meta.fill_from_first();
+        }
+        return Some(JpegGainMap { gain: GainImage { width: w, height: h, channels: ch, data: codes }, meta });
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+/// Whether `bytes` is a gain map JPEG with a usable gain map (cheap: no pixel decode).
+pub fn is_gain_map_jpeg(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    crate::sniff(bytes) == Some(Format::Jpeg)
+        && jpeg::parse_markers(bytes).is_some_and(|m| {
+            (m.iso_gainmap.is_some() || m.xmp.as_deref().is_some_and(|x| x.contains("hdrgm:Version")))
+                && jpeg::mpf_images(&m)
+                    .iter()
+                    .any(|e| bytes.get(e.offset..e.offset.saturating_add(e.len)).and_then(jpeg::parse_markers).is_some_and(|g| g.is_gain_map()))
+        })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn meta3() -> GainMapMeta {
+        GainMapMeta {
+            multichannel: true,
+            use_base_colour_space: true,
+            base_headroom: 0.0,
+            alternate_headroom: 2.5,
+            min: [-0.25, -0.5, 0.0],
+            max: [2.5, 2.25, 2.0],
+            gamma: [1.0, 1.25, 0.75],
+            base_offset: [0.015625; 3],
+            alternate_offset: [0.015625, 0.03125, 0.015625],
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn iso_metadata_round_trips() {
+        for m in [GainMapMeta { alternate_headroom: 3.0, max: [3.0; 3], ..GainMapMeta::default() }, meta3()] {
+            let p = m.to_iso();
+            assert!(p.starts_with(ISO_URN));
+            let back = GainMapMeta::from_iso(&p[ISO_URN.len()..]).unwrap();
+            for (a, b) in [(back.min, m.min), (back.max, m.max), (back.gamma, m.gamma), (back.alternate_offset, m.alternate_offset)] {
+                for c in 0..3 {
+                    assert!((a[c] - b[c]).abs() < 1e-6, "{a:?} {b:?}");
+                }
+            }
+            assert_eq!(back.multichannel, m.multichannel);
+            assert!((back.alternate_headroom - m.alternate_headroom).abs() < 1e-6);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn iso_common_denominator_and_rejections() {
+        // common-denominator form, single channel: d = 4, headrooms 0 and 2, min 0, max 2, gamma 1, offsets 0
+        let mut p = vec![0, 0, 0, 0, FLAG_COMMON_DENOMINATOR];
+        for v in [4u32, 0, 8, 0, 8, 4, 0, 0] {
+            p.extend_from_slice(&v.to_be_bytes());
+        }
+        let m = GainMapMeta::from_iso(&p).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((m.alternate_headroom, m.max[2], m.gamma[1]), (2.0, 2.0, 1.0));
+        // versions only (a primary image's marker), unknown version, truncated, backward
+        assert!(GainMapMeta::from_iso(&[0, 0, 0, 0]).is_none());
+        assert!(GainMapMeta::from_iso(&[0, 1, 0, 0, 0]).is_none());
+        assert!(GainMapMeta::from_iso(&p[..p.len() - 1]).is_none());
+        let mut back = p.clone();
+        back[4] |= FLAG_BACKWARD;
+        assert!(GainMapMeta::from_iso(&back).is_none());
+        // a zero denominator is rejected, not divided by
+        let mut z = p.clone();
+        z[5..9].copy_from_slice(&0u32.to_be_bytes());
+        assert!(GainMapMeta::from_iso(&z).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hdrgm_xmp_round_trips_including_per_channel_sequences() {
+        for m in [GainMapMeta { alternate_headroom: 2.0, max: [2.0; 3], ..GainMapMeta::default() }, meta3()] {
+            let x = m.to_gain_map_xmp();
+            assert!(x.contains("apdi:AuxiliaryImageType"));
+            if m.multichannel {
+                assert!(x.contains("<hdrgm:GainMapMax><rdf:Seq><rdf:li>2.5</rdf:li>"), "{x}");
+            }
+            let back = GainMapMeta::from_hdrgm_xmp(&x).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(back.multichannel, m.multichannel);
+            for c in 0..3 {
+                assert!((back.max[c] - m.max[c]).abs() < 1e-5 && (back.gamma[c] - m.gamma[c]).abs() < 1e-5);
+            }
+            assert!((back.alternate_headroom - m.alternate_headroom).abs() < 1e-5);
+        }
+        assert!(GainMapMeta::from_hdrgm_xmp("<x hdrgm:Version=\"1.0\"/>").is_none(), "no GainMapMax");
+        assert!(GainMapMeta::from_hdrgm_xmp("hdrgm:GainMapMax=\"nope\"").is_none());
+    }
+
+    fn renditions(w: usize, h: usize) -> (Vec<[f32; 3]>, Vec<[f32; 3]>) {
+        // a ramp: SDR rolls off at 1, HDR keeps going to 6
+        let hdr: Vec<[f32; 3]> = (0..w * h)
+            .map(|i| {
+                let t = (i % w) as f32 / (w - 1) as f32;
+                let v = 0.01 + 6.0 * t * t;
+                [v, v * 0.8, v * 0.6]
+            })
+            .collect();
+        // a luminance tone map (one scale per pixel, as LightCraft's renders do), so a single
+        // luminance gain can rebuild it exactly
+        let sdr = hdr
+            .iter()
+            .map(|p| {
+                let y = 0.2126 * p[0] + 0.7152 * p[1] + 0.0722 * p[2];
+                let k = 1.0 / (1.0 + y * 0.5);
+                p.map(|v| v * k)
+            })
+            .collect();
+        (sdr, hdr)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn compute_then_apply_recovers_the_hdr_rendition() {
+        let (w, h) = (64, 8);
+        let (sdr, hdr) = renditions(w, h);
+        for multichannel in [false, true] {
+            let o = GainMapOptions { scale: 1, multichannel, ..GainMapOptions::default() };
+            let (g, m) = compute(&sdr, &hdr, w, h, [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722], &o).unwrap();
+            assert!(m.is_valid() && m.alternate_headroom > 1.0);
+            let mut out = sdr.clone();
+            apply(&mut out, w, h, &g, &m, 1.0).unwrap();
+            for (a, b) in out.iter().zip(&hdr) {
+                for c in 0..3 {
+                    // 8-bit codes over the gain range: within ~2 % in linear light
+                    assert!((a[c] - b[c]).abs() <= 0.03 * b[c] + 0.01, "{multichannel}: {a:?} vs {b:?}");
+                }
+            }
+            // weight 0 is the base
+            let mut base = sdr.clone();
+            apply(&mut base, w, h, &g, &m, 0.0).unwrap();
+            for (a, b) in base.iter().zip(&sdr) {
+                assert!((a[0] - b[0]).abs() < 1e-5);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn jpeg_round_trip_and_container_structure() {
+        let (w, h) = (96, 64);
+        let (sdr, hdr) = renditions(w, h);
+        let (g, m) = compute(&sdr, &hdr, w, h, [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722], &GainMapOptions::default()).unwrap();
+        let base: Vec<u8> =
+            sdr.iter().flat_map(|p| p.map(|v| (lightcraft_color::transfer::linear_to_srgb(v.clamp(0.0, 1.0)) * 255.0).round() as u8)).collect();
+        let user_xmp = r#"<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/"><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"/></rdf:RDF></x:xmpmeta>"#;
+        let meta = EncodeMeta { xmp: Some(user_xmp), ..EncodeMeta::default() };
+        let file = encode_jpeg(&EncodeImage::new(w as u32, h as u32, 3, Samples::U8(&base)), &g, &m, 90, ChromaSubsampling::S444, &meta).unwrap();
+        assert!(is_gain_map_jpeg(&file));
+        // the primary decodes as an ordinary JPEG of the right size, and keeps the user's XMP
+        let d = crate::decode(&file, crate::DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((d.width, d.height), (w as u32, h as u32));
+        let x = d.xmp.unwrap();
+        assert!(x.contains("xmlns:dc=") && x.contains("hdrgm:Version") && x.contains("Item:Semantic=\"GainMap\""));
+        // the MPF index points at the gain map, typed as one
+        let pm = jpeg::parse_markers(&file).unwrap();
+        let e = jpeg::mpf_images(&pm);
+        assert_eq!(e.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(e[0].kind, jpeg::MPF_GAIN_MAP);
+        assert_eq!(e[0].offset + e[0].len, file.len());
+        // and the gain map reads back
+        let r = read_jpeg(&file).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((r.gain.width, r.gain.height, r.gain.channels), (48, 32, 1));
+        assert!((r.meta.max[0] - m.max[0]).abs() < 1e-5);
+        // the gain map is never a thumbnail
+        if let Some(t) = jpeg::embedded_thumbnail(&file, 32, 16) {
+            assert_ne!(t.source, crate::ThumbnailSource::MpfPreview);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn garbage_never_panics() {
+        assert!(read_jpeg(b"").is_none());
+        assert!(read_jpeg(&[0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xE2, 0x00, 0x04, 0, 0]).is_none());
+        assert!(!is_gain_map_jpeg(&[0xFF, 0xD8]));
+        let mut b = vec![0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xE2, 0, 40];
+        b.extend_from_slice(ISO_URN);
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 0, 0, 0xFF, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
+        assert!(read_jpeg(&b).is_none());
+        let g = GainImage { width: 2, height: 2, channels: 1, data: vec![0; 3] };
+        assert!(apply(&mut [[0.0; 3]; 4], 2, 2, &g, &GainMapMeta::default(), 1.0).is_err());
+        assert!(compute(&[], &[], 0, 0, [0.3, 0.6, 0.1], &GainMapOptions::default()).is_err());
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+//! HEIF / HEIC (the iPhone and Mac photo format), read-only.
+//!
+//! Decoding lives in the optional `lightcraft-heif` crate (heic-rs, a pure-Rust HEVC
+//! still-picture decoder, plus a libheif-matching colour conversion), enabled by this crate's
+//! `heif` feature — off by default because HEVC is patent-encumbered and whether a build carries
+//! an HEVC decoder is the distributor's call (the same policy as the sibling PhotoCraft). Without
+//! the feature, HEIF files are still detected and opening one is an [`Error::Unsupported`] error
+//! saying so, never a panic.
+//!
+//! HEIF records orientation in the container (`irot`/`imir`, plus a `clap` crop), not in EXIF,
+//! so the decoder applies them and `orientation` is reported as 1: the EXIF Orientation tag only
+//! mirrors what the container says, and applying it as well would turn the photo twice.
+//! The samples come back as 16-bit RGB in the container's own primaries, with its ICC profile
+//! (iPhones: Display P3) or, without one, its `nclx` / VUI colour description; like every decoder
+//! here, the colour interpretation happens in [`crate::convert::finish`].
+
+#[cfg(feature = "heif")]
+use crate::convert::{Buf, Meta, Model, Raw, finish};
+use crate::{DecodeOptions, Decoded, Error, Format, Result};
+
+const F: Format = Format::Heif;
+
+/// The reason given when this build has no HEIF decoder.
+#[cfg(not(feature = "heif"))]
+pub(crate) const NOT_IN_BUILD: &str = "HEIC/HEIF support isn't included in this build of LightCraft";
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "heif"))]
+pub(crate) fn decode(_bytes: &[u8], _opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
+    Err(Error::Unsupported(F, NOT_IN_BUILD))
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "heif"))]
+pub(crate) fn header(_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, u32, u16)> {
+    Err(Error::Unsupported(F, NOT_IN_BUILD))
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "heif")]
+fn err(e: lightcraft_heif::Error) -> Error {
+    match e {
+        lightcraft_heif::Error::Unsupported(why) => Error::Unsupported(F, why),
+        lightcraft_heif::Error::Limit(m) | lightcraft_heif::Error::Malformed(m) => Error::Malformed(F, m),
+    }
+}
+
+/// The displayed size (container transforms applied, so orientation 1), from the container
+/// alone: no picture is decoded.
+#[cfg(feature = "heif")]
+pub(crate) fn header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, u32, u16)> {
+    let info = lightcraft_heif::probe(bytes).map_err(err)?;
+    Ok((info.width, info.height, 1))
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "heif")]
+pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
+    // The container alone: the declared size is checked before any pixel is decoded.
+    let info = lightcraft_heif::probe(bytes).map_err(err)?;
+    if (info.width as u64).saturating_mul(info.height as u64) > opts.max_pixels {
+        return Err(Error::TooLarge(info.width as u64, info.height as u64));
+    }
+    let options = lightcraft_heif::Options { max_pixels: opts.max_pixels, apply_transforms: true };
+    // A small decode (a thumbnail or a cataloguing probe) uses the file's own thumbnail image when
+    // it is at least as large as asked: iPhones store one of 320 × 240, and decoding it is a
+    // hundredth of the work of the 12 MP photo.
+    let thumb = match opts.max_size {
+        Some((mw, mh)) if mw > 0 && mh > 0 && mw.max(mh) < info.width.max(info.height) => {
+            lightcraft_heif::decode_thumbnail(bytes, mw.max(mh), &options).ok().flatten().filter(|t| {
+                // Only a thumbnail of the same picture: same orientation and aspect within 1 %.
+                let aspect = |w: u32, h: u32| w as f64 / h.max(1) as f64;
+                (aspect(t.width, t.height) / aspect(info.width, info.height) - 1.0).abs() < 0.01
+            })
+        }
+        _ => None,
+    };
+    let mut decoded = match thumb {
+        Some(t) => t,
+        None => lightcraft_heif::decode(bytes, &options).map_err(err)?,
+    };
+    let raw = Raw {
+        width: decoded.width as usize,
+        height: decoded.height as usize,
+        model: Model::Rgb,
+        alpha: decoded.has_alpha,
+        premultiplied: false,
+        buf: Buf::U16(std::mem::take(&mut decoded.data)),
+        bit_depth: decoded.bit_depth,
+    };
+    let c = decoded.colour;
+    let meta = Meta {
+        icc: decoded.icc,
+        exif: decoded.exif,
+        xmp: decoded.xmp,
+        orientation: Some(1),
+        // Used when there is no (usable) ICC profile.
+        hint: crate::space::SourceSpace::from_cicp(c.primaries, c.transfer),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    finish(F, raw, meta, (info.width, info.height), opts)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::{Format, sniff};
+
+    /// The container header both builds recognise, whatever the feature says.
+    const HEIC_HEADER: &[u8] = b"\0\0\0\x18ftypheic\0\0\0\0mif1heic";
+
+    #[test]
+    fn heif_is_always_recognised() {
+        assert_eq!(sniff(HEIC_HEADER), Some(Format::Heif));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn can_decode_follows_the_feature() {
+        assert_eq!(Format::Heif.can_decode(), cfg!(feature = "heif"));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "heif"))]
+    #[test]
+    fn without_the_feature_heif_is_a_clear_unsupported_error() {
+        let r = crate::decode(HEIC_HEADER, crate::DecodeOptions::default());
+        assert!(matches!(&r, Err(crate::Error::Unsupported(Format::Heif, why)) if why.contains("isn't included in this build")), "{r:?}");
+        let h = crate::read_header(HEIC_HEADER);
+        assert!(matches!(&h, Err(crate::Error::Unsupported(Format::Heif, why)) if why.contains("isn't included in this build")), "{h:?}");
+    }
+
+    /// Found by PhotoCraft's `decode_heif` fuzz target: a malformed box makes heic-rs 0.1.1 slice
+    /// out of range (`boxes.rs:130`). It must be an error, not a crash.
+    #[cfg(feature = "heif")]
+    const HEIC_RS_BOX_PANIC: [u8; 72] = [
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x24, 0x66, 0x74, 0x79, 0x70, 0x68, 0x65, 0x69, 0x63, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x6d, 0x69, 0x66, 0x31, 0x4d, 0x69, 0x50,
+        0x72, 0x6d, 0x69, 0x61, 0x66, 0x4d, 0x69, 0x48, 0x42, 0x72, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x74, 0x61, 0x00, 0x00,
+        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x75, 0x75, 0x69, 0x64, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x00, 0x03, 0x01, 0x03, 0x70,
+        0x00, 0xa8, 0x00,
+    ];
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "heif")]
+    #[test]
+    fn a_heic_rs_panic_is_a_malformed_error() {
+        let r = crate::decode(&HEIC_RS_BOX_PANIC, crate::DecodeOptions::default());
+        assert!(matches!(&r, Err(crate::Error::Malformed(Format::Heif, _))), "{r:?}");
+        assert!(crate::read_header(&HEIC_RS_BOX_PANIC).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "heif")]
+    #[test]
+    fn an_image_sequence_is_unsupported() {
+        // An ftyp with no meta box: a video track, not a still.
+        let r = crate::decode(b"\0\0\0\x18ftypmsf1\0\0\0\0msf1hevc", crate::DecodeOptions::default());
+        assert!(matches!(&r, Err(crate::Error::Unsupported(Format::Heif, why)) if why.contains("sequence")), "{r:?}");
+    }
+}
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ pub fn write_named(n: NamedSpace) -> Vec<u8> {
    write_matrix_trc(&n.rgb_space(), &n.trc())
 }

-fn linear_rec2020_profile() -> ColorProfile {
+pub(crate) fn linear_rec2020_profile() -> ColorProfile {
    let mut p = ColorProfile::new_bt2020();
    p.cicp = None;
    let lin = ToneReprCurve::Parametric(vec![1.0]);
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ pub(crate) struct Markers {
    pub adobe_transform: Option<u8>,
    /// Offset of the MPF TIFF header within the file and its bytes.
    pub mpf: Option<(usize, Vec<u8>)>,
+    /// The ISO 21496-1 APP2 payload after its URN: 4 bytes (versions only) on a primary image
+    /// that has a gain map, the full metadata on the gain map image itself.
+    pub iso_gainmap: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+impl Markers {
+    /// This image is a gain map (ISO 21496-1 metadata or Adobe `hdrgm` gain parameters), not a
+    /// picture: never a preview, never the image to show.
+    pub fn is_gain_map(&self) -> bool {
+        self.iso_gainmap.as_ref().is_some_and(|p| p.len() > 4) || self.xmp.as_deref().is_some_and(|x| x.contains("hdrgm:GainMapMax"))
+    }
 }

 pub(crate) fn parse_markers(b: &[u8]) -> Option<Markers> {
@@ -88,6 +99,10 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_markers(b: &[u8]) -> Option<Markers> {
                    icc_chunks.push((seg[12], &seg[14..]));
                } else if seg.starts_with(b"MPF\0") && m.mpf.is_none() {
                    m.mpf = Some((start + 4, seg[4..].to_vec()));
+                } else if let Some(p) = seg.strip_prefix(crate::gainmap::ISO_URN)
+                    && m.iso_gainmap.is_none()
+                {
+                    m.iso_gainmap = Some(p.to_vec());
                }
            }
            0xEE if seg.starts_with(b"Adobe") && seg.len() >= 12 => {
@@ -108,13 +123,64 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    decode_with_fallback(bytes, opts, None)
 }

+/// Stored dimensions and EXIF orientation from the markers, without decoding the scan data. The
+/// file is refused, as a decode would refuse it, when it has no frame header, an unsupported frame
+/// type or component count, or when its markers don't run to an end-of-image marker after the
+/// image data (a truncated file). Damage *inside* the entropy-coded data can't be seen this way.
+pub(crate) fn header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, u32, u16)> {
+    let m = parse_markers(bytes).ok_or_else(|| Error::Malformed(F, "missing SOI".into()))?;
+    if m.components == 0 {
+        return Err(Error::Malformed(F, "no frame header".into()));
+    }
+    check_size(F, m.width as u64, m.height as u64, &DecodeOptions::default())?;
+    if !matches!(m.sof, 0xC0..=0xC3) {
+        return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "arithmetic-coded or hierarchical JPEG"));
+    }
+    if !matches!(m.components, 1 | 3 | 4) {
+        return Err(Error::Malformed(F, format!("{} colour components", m.components)));
+    }
+    if m.first_scan_components == 0 || !reaches_eoi(bytes) {
+        return Err(Error::Malformed(F, "truncated: the image data doesn't end with an end-of-image marker".into()));
+    }
+    let orientation = m.exif.as_deref().map(exif::summarize).unwrap_or_default().orientation.unwrap_or(1);
+    Ok((m.width, m.height, orientation))
+}
+
+/// Whether the markers after SOI, followed through every segment and scan, reach an EOI marker
+/// (the first one: the primary image's, ahead of any MPF images appended to the file). Segments
+/// are skipped by their length; in scan data `FF 00` (stuffing), `FF FF` (fill) and RSTn are not
+/// markers that end it.
+fn reaches_eoi(b: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    let mut p = 2usize;
+    loop {
+        // entropy-coded data (or garbage between segments, as `parse_markers` tolerates it)
+        let Some(skip) = b.get(p..).and_then(find_ff) else { return false };
+        p = p.saturating_add(skip);
+        let Some(&marker) = b.get(p.saturating_add(1)) else { return false };
+        p = match marker {
+            0xD9 => return true,
+            0xFF => p.saturating_add(1),
+            0x00 | 0x01 | 0xD0..=0xD8 => p.saturating_add(2),
+            _ => {
+                let Some(len) = b.get(p.saturating_add(2)..p.saturating_add(4)).map(|l| u16::from_be_bytes([l[0], l[1]]) as usize) else {
+                    return false;
+                };
+                if len < 2 {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                p.saturating_add(2).saturating_add(len)
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn decode_with_fallback(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions, fallback: Option<crate::NamedSpace>) -> Result<Decoded> {
    let m = parse_markers(bytes).ok_or_else(|| Error::Malformed(F, "missing SOI".into()))?;
    if m.components == 0 {
        return Err(Error::Malformed(F, "no frame header".into()));
    }
    check_size(F, m.width as u64, m.height as u64, opts)?;
-    let scale_to = opts.max_size.filter(|&(mw, mh)| mw > 0 && mh > 0 && (m.width >= 2 * mw || m.height >= 2 * mh));
+    let scale_to = opts.max_size.filter(|&(mw, mh)| mw > 0 && mh > 0 && (m.width >= mw.saturating_mul(2) || m.height >= mh.saturating_mul(2)));
    // zune-jpeg handles the common cases fastest; jpeg-decoder covers DCT scaling, CMYK/YCCK,
    // 12-bit and non-interleaved sequential scans (which zune-jpeg 0.5 mis-decodes with subsampling).
    let non_interleaved = matches!(m.sof, 0xC0 | 0xC1) && m.first_scan_components < m.components;
@@ -175,6 +241,21 @@ fn decode_jpeg_decoder(bytes: &[u8], m: &Markers, scale_to: Option<(u32, u32)>)
    Ok(Raw { width: w, height: h, model, alpha: false, premultiplied: false, buf, bit_depth: depth })
 }

+/// The first `0xFF` byte, eight bytes at a time (scan data has one every few hundred bytes: this
+/// is most of [`header`]'s time).
+fn find_ff(b: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
+    const ONES: u64 = 0x0101_0101_0101_0101;
+    let (words, tail) = b.as_chunks::<8>();
+    for (i, w) in words.iter().enumerate() {
+        // a zero byte in !w is an 0xFF byte in w
+        let x = !u64::from_ne_bytes(*w);
+        if x.wrapping_sub(ONES) & !x & (ONES << 7) != 0 {
+            return w.iter().position(|&v| v == 0xFF).map(|j| i * 8 + j);
+        }
+    }
+    tail.iter().position(|&v| v == 0xFF).map(|j| words.len() * 8 + j)
+}
+
 /// The box to request from `jpeg-decoder::scale` so the decoded image still covers `mw × mh` once
 /// fitted with the source aspect ratio.
 fn scaled_request(w: u32, h: u32, mw: u32, mh: u32) -> (u16, u16) {
@@ -194,8 +275,11 @@ pub(crate) fn embedded_thumbnail(bytes: &[u8], max_edge: u32, min_edge: u32) ->
    if let (Some(ex), Some((o, l))) = (m.exif.as_deref(), summary.thumbnail) {
        candidates.push((&ex[o..o + l], ThumbnailSource::ExifThumbnail));
    }
-    for (o, l) in mpf_images(&m) {
-        if let Some(s) = bytes.get(o..o.saturating_add(l)) {
+    for e in mpf_images(&m) {
+        if e.kind == MPF_GAIN_MAP {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if let Some(s) = bytes.get(e.offset..e.offset.saturating_add(e.len)) {
            candidates.push((s, ThumbnailSource::MpfPreview));
        }
    }
@@ -203,6 +287,10 @@ pub(crate) fn embedded_thumbnail(bytes: &[u8], max_edge: u32, min_edge: u32) ->
    let mut best: Option<(u32, &[u8], ThumbnailSource)> = None;
    for (data, src) in candidates {
        let Some(pm) = parse_markers(data) else { continue };
+        // a gain map (also when its MPF entry doesn't say so) is greyscale gain data, not a preview
+        if pm.is_gain_map() {
+            continue;
+        }
        let long = pm.width.max(pm.height);
        // Previews must have the main image's aspect ratio (within 2%), else they are letterboxed/cropped.
        let aspect_ok = m.width > 0
@@ -224,8 +312,21 @@ pub(crate) fn embedded_thumbnail(bytes: &[u8], max_edge: u32, min_edge: u32) ->
    Some(Thumbnail { image: d.to_srgb8(), orientation, source, source_width: m.width, source_height: m.height })
 }

-/// (file offset, length) of MPF-listed images other than the primary.
-fn mpf_images(m: &Markers) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
+/// MP type code of a gain map image (CIPA DC-007 entry attribute, low 24 bits).
+pub(crate) const MPF_GAIN_MAP: u32 = 0x05_0000;
+
+/// An MPF-listed image other than the primary.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) struct MpfEntry {
+    /// File offset and length of the image.
+    pub offset: usize,
+    pub len: usize,
+    /// MP type code (attribute low 24 bits).
+    pub kind: u32,
+}
+
+/// The MPF-listed images other than the primary.
+pub(crate) fn mpf_images(m: &Markers) -> Vec<MpfEntry> {
    let Some((base, data)) = &m.mpf else { return vec![] };
    let Some(t) = exif::Tiff::new(data) else { return vec![] };
    let Some(ifd) = t.first_ifd() else { return vec![] };
@@ -241,14 +342,34 @@ fn mpf_images(m: &Markers) -> Vec<(usize, usize)> {
            let a = [rec[o], rec[o + 1], rec[o + 2], rec[o + 3]];
            if data.starts_with(b"II") { u32::from_le_bytes(a) } else { u32::from_be_bytes(a) }
        };
-        let (size, off) = (rd(4) as usize, rd(8) as usize);
+        let (attr, size, off) = (rd(0), rd(4) as usize, rd(8) as usize);
        if size > 0 && off > 0 {
-            out.push((base + off, size));
+            out.push(MpfEntry { offset: base.saturating_add(off), len: size, kind: attr & 0x00FF_FFFF });
        }
    }
    out
 }

+/// Decode to the file's 8-bit samples as stored (no colour management): 1 channel for greyscale
+/// files, else 3 (RGB). For data images such as gain maps, whose values are codes, not colours.
+pub(crate) fn decode_codes8(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(usize, usize, usize, Vec<u8>)> {
+    let m = parse_markers(bytes).ok_or_else(|| Error::Malformed(F, "missing SOI".into()))?;
+    if m.components == 0 {
+        return Err(Error::Malformed(F, "no frame header".into()));
+    }
+    check_size(F, m.width as u64, m.height as u64, &DecodeOptions::default())?;
+    if !matches!(m.components, 1 | 3) || m.precision != 8 {
+        return Err(Error::Malformed(F, "expected an 8-bit greyscale or RGB image".into()));
+    }
+    let non_interleaved = matches!(m.sof, 0xC0 | 0xC1) && m.first_scan_components < m.components;
+    let raw = if non_interleaved { decode_jpeg_decoder(bytes, &m, None)? } else { decode_zune(bytes, &m)? };
+    let ch = raw.model.channels();
+    match raw.buf {
+        Buf::U8(v) if v.len() >= raw.width * raw.height * ch => Ok((raw.width, raw.height, ch, v)),
+        _ => Err(Error::Malformed(F, "unexpected sample format".into())),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -297,6 +418,31 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(scaled_request(100, 100, 256, 256), (100, 100));
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn find_ff_matches_a_plain_search() {
+        let mut b: Vec<u8> = (0..300u32).map(|i| (i * 7 % 255) as u8).collect();
+        for at in [None, Some(0), Some(7), Some(8), Some(15), Some(203), Some(296), Some(299)] {
+            if let Some(i) = at {
+                b[i] = 0xFF;
+            }
+            for start in [0, 1, 5, 9, 290, 299, 300] {
+                let s = &b[start..];
+                assert_eq!(find_ff(s), s.iter().position(|&v| v == 0xFF), "{at:?} from {start}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unbounded_fit_box_decodes_at_full_size() {
+        // a full-size load asks for the largest box (`usize::MAX` saturated to `u32::MAX`): no DCT scaling,
+        // and no overflow working out whether to scale
+        use crate::{ChromaSubsampling, EncodeImage, EncodeMeta, Samples, encode_jpeg};
+        let pixels = vec![128u8; 32 * 24 * 3];
+        let jpeg = encode_jpeg(&EncodeImage::new(32, 24, 3, Samples::U8(&pixels)), 90, ChromaSubsampling::S444, &EncodeMeta::default()).unwrap();
+        let d = crate::decode(&jpeg, DecodeOptions::fit(u32::MAX, u32::MAX)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((d.width, d.height), (32, 24));
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn markers_on_garbage() {
        assert!(parse_markers(b"").is_none());
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 //!   profiles (matrix/TRC exactly, LUT/CMYK via the `moxcms` CMS), 16-bit and float precision are
 //!   preserved. EXIF/XMP/ICC blobs are passed through untouched; orientation is reported, never applied.
 //! - [`to_working`] converts a decode result to linear Rec.2020 D65 (the pipeline working space).
+//! - [`read_header`] reads a file's stored dimensions and orientation from its headers, without
+//!   decoding pixels (import probes).
 //! - [`decode_thumbnail`] is the fast path for grid thumbnails (EXIF thumbnail or DCT-scaled decode).
 //! - [`encode`] writes JPEG, PNG, TIFF, lossless WebP and (native, feature `avif`) AVIF, embedding
 //!   ICC/EXIF/XMP. [`icc::write_matrix_trc`] builds profiles for export.
@@ -15,8 +17,11 @@
 #![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]

 mod convert;
+pub mod display;
 pub mod encode;
 pub mod exif;
+pub mod gainmap;
+mod heif;
 pub mod icc;
 mod jpeg;
 pub mod jpeg_par;
@@ -31,7 +36,8 @@ mod tiff_codec;
 mod webp;

 pub use encode::{
-    ChromaSubsampling, EncodeImage, EncodeMeta, Samples, TiffCompression, encode_avif, encode_jpeg, encode_png, encode_tiff, encode_webp_lossless,
+    ChromaSubsampling, EncodeImage, EncodeMeta, HDR_REFERENCE_WHITE_NITS, Samples, TiffCompression, encode_avif, encode_avif_pq, encode_jpeg,
+    encode_png, encode_tiff, encode_webp_lossless,
 };
 pub use sniff::{Format, sniff};
 pub use space::{NamedSpace, SourceSpace, SpaceOrigin, Trc};
@@ -156,6 +162,53 @@ pub fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    std::panic::catch_unwind(|| decode_unguarded(bytes, format, &opts)).unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(Error::Malformed(format, "decoder panicked".into())))
 }

+/// What a file's headers say about its image: enough to catalogue it without decoding pixels.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Header {
+    pub format: Format,
+    /// Full-resolution stored dimensions, orientation **not** applied ([`Decoded::source_width`]).
+    pub width: u32,
+    pub height: u32,
+    /// EXIF/TIFF orientation 1..=8, 1 when absent ([`Decoded::orientation`]).
+    pub orientation: u16,
+}
+
+/// Read the stored dimensions and orientation of any format [`decode`] supports, agreeing with
+/// what a decode reports, without decoding pixels: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP, PSD and HEIF are read
+/// from their headers (markers, chunks, IFD, resources, boxes). GIF, BMP and JPEG XL fall back to
+/// a small decode.
+///
+/// The header readers also refuse what a decode would refuse before reaching the pixels (an
+/// unsupported layout, compression or frame type) and files whose image data is cut short
+/// (truncated: the data runs past the end of the file, or a JPEG's markers don't reach its
+/// end-of-image marker). Damage *inside* compressed data that is all present is only found by a
+/// decode. Malformed input yields an error, never a panic (as for [`decode`], a panic inside a
+/// third-party parser is caught on unwinding targets).
+pub fn read_header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Header> {
+    let format = sniff(bytes).ok_or(Error::UnknownFormat)?;
+    std::panic::catch_unwind(|| read_header_unguarded(bytes, format))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| Err(Error::Malformed(format, "header reader panicked".into())))
+}
+
+/// [`read_header`] without the panic guard (for fuzzing our own code paths).
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub fn read_header_unguarded(bytes: &[u8], format: Format) -> Result<Header> {
+    let (width, height, orientation) = match format {
+        Format::Jpeg => jpeg::header(bytes)?,
+        Format::Png => png_codec::header(bytes)?,
+        Format::Tiff => tiff_codec::header(bytes)?,
+        Format::WebP => webp::header(bytes)?,
+        Format::Psd => psd::header(bytes)?,
+        Format::Heif => heif::header(bytes)?,
+        // rare here (or, for JPEG XL, without a header reader yet): a small decode, as before
+        _ => {
+            let d = decode_unguarded(bytes, format, &DecodeOptions::fit(64, 64))?;
+            (d.source_width, d.source_height, d.orientation)
+        }
+    };
+    Ok(Header { format, width, height, orientation })
+}
+
 /// Decode a JPEG preview with its enclosing container's colour space as a fallback.
 /// A JPEG carrying ICC or EXIF metadata keeps its own interpretation. The fallback is applied
 /// before transfer decoding and linear-light resizing, never to already-resampled pixels.
@@ -168,6 +221,8 @@ pub fn decode_jpeg_with_fallback(bytes: &[u8], opts: DecodeOptions, fallback: Na
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub fn decode_unguarded(bytes: &[u8], format: Format, opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    let opts = *opts;
+    // The reason a format can't be decoded lives in one place, `Format::not_decodable`.
+    let unsupported = || Err(Error::Unsupported(format, format.not_decodable().unwrap_or("not decodable in this build")));
    match format {
        Format::Jpeg => jpeg::decode(bytes, &opts),
        Format::Png => png_codec::decode(bytes, &opts),
@@ -178,10 +233,9 @@ pub fn decode_unguarded(bytes: &[u8], format: Format, opts: &DecodeOptions) -> R
        #[cfg(feature = "jxl")]
        Format::Jxl => jxl::decode(bytes, &opts),
        #[cfg(not(feature = "jxl"))]
-        Format::Jxl => Err(Error::Unsupported(format, "built without the `jxl` feature")),
-        Format::Avif => Err(Error::Unsupported(format, "no pure-Rust, permissively licensed AV1 decoder yet")),
-        Format::Heif => Err(Error::Unsupported(format, "no pure-Rust, permissively licensed HEVC decoder yet")),
-        Format::RawTiffLike | Format::RawOther => Err(Error::Unsupported(format, "camera raw: decode with lightcraft-raw")),
+        Format::Jxl => unsupported(),
+        Format::Heif => heif::decode(bytes, &opts),
+        Format::Avif | Format::RawTiffLike | Format::RawOther => unsupported(),
    }
 }

@@ -57,26 +57,80 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    finish(F, raw, meta, (w, h), opts)
 }

-fn container_hint(info: &png::Info) -> Option<SourceSpace> {
-    if let Some(c) = &info.coding_independent_code_points {
-        let named = match c.color_primaries {
-            1 => Some(NamedSpace::Srgb),
-            9 => Some(NamedSpace::Rec2020),
-            12 => Some(NamedSpace::DisplayP3),
-            _ => None,
-        };
-        let trc = match c.transfer_function {
-            13 => Some(Trc::Srgb),
-            1 | 6 | 14 | 15 => Some(Trc::Rec709),
-            8 => Some(Trc::Linear),
-            4 => Some(Trc::Gamma(2.2)),
-            _ => None,
-        };
-        if let (Some(n), Some(t)) = (named, trc) {
-            let mut s = SourceSpace::named(n, SpaceOrigin::Container);
-            s.trc = Some([t.clone(), t.clone(), t]);
-            return Some(s);
+/// Stored dimensions and EXIF orientation (`eXIf`, wherever it is) from the chunk headers, without
+/// inflating the image data. Refused, as a decode would refuse it: an invalid IHDR, an indexed
+/// image without a palette, no IDAT, or a file that ends before the chunk after the last IDAT
+/// begins (truncated image data). Chunk CRCs and the deflate stream are not checked.
+pub(crate) fn header(b: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, u32, u16)> {
+    if !b.starts_with(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") {
+        return Err(err("bad signature"));
+    }
+    let be32 = |p: usize| b.get(p..p.checked_add(4)?).map(|v| u32::from_be_bytes([v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3]]));
+    if be32(8) != Some(13) || b.get(12..16) != Some(b"IHDR") {
+        return Err(err("missing IHDR"));
+    }
+    let ihdr = b.get(16..29).ok_or_else(|| err("truncated IHDR"))?;
+    let (w, h) = (u32::from_be_bytes([ihdr[0], ihdr[1], ihdr[2], ihdr[3]]), u32::from_be_bytes([ihdr[4], ihdr[5], ihdr[6], ihdr[7]]));
+    let (depth, color, compression, filter, interlace) = (ihdr[8], ihdr[9], ihdr[10], ihdr[11], ihdr[12]);
+    if w > i32::MAX as u32 || h > i32::MAX as u32 {
+        return Err(err("dimensions out of range"));
+    }
+    check_size(F, w as u64, h as u64, &DecodeOptions::default())?;
+    let depth_ok = match color {
+        0 => matches!(depth, 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16),
+        3 => matches!(depth, 1 | 2 | 4 | 8),
+        2 | 4 | 6 => matches!(depth, 8 | 16),
+        _ => false,
+    };
+    if !depth_ok || compression != 0 || filter != 0 || interlace > 1 {
+        return Err(err("invalid IHDR"));
+    }
+    let (mut p, mut palette, mut idat, mut after_idat, mut exif) = (8usize, false, false, false, None);
+    while let Some(len) = be32(p) {
+        let Some(kind) = p.checked_add(4).and_then(|k| b.get(k..k.checked_add(4)?)) else { break };
+        if idat && kind != b"IDAT" {
+            // a chunk follows the image data: the IDAT run is complete
+            after_idat = true;
        }
+        if kind == b"IEND" {
+            break;
+        }
+        let start = p.saturating_add(8);
+        let data = (len <= i32::MAX as u32).then(|| start.checked_add(len as usize).and_then(|end| b.get(start..end))).flatten();
+        let Some(data) = data else {
+            if after_idat {
+                break; // a damaged chunk after the image data: a decode ignores it too
+            }
+            return Err(err("truncated"));
+        };
+        match kind {
+            b"PLTE" => palette = true,
+            b"IDAT" if after_idat => {} // a stray IDAT after other chunks: the first run is the image
+            b"IDAT" => {
+                if color == 3 && !palette {
+                    return Err(err("indexed image without a palette"));
+                }
+                idat = true;
+            }
+            b"eXIf" if exif.is_none() => exif = Some(data.strip_prefix(b"Exif\0\0").unwrap_or(data)),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        p = start.saturating_add(data.len()).saturating_add(4);
+    }
+    if !idat {
+        return Err(err("no image data"));
+    }
+    if !after_idat {
+        return Err(err("truncated image data"));
+    }
+    Ok((w, h, exif.map(crate::exif::summarize).unwrap_or_default().orientation.unwrap_or(1)))
+}
+
+fn container_hint(info: &png::Info) -> Option<SourceSpace> {
+    if let Some(s) =
+        info.coding_independent_code_points.as_ref().and_then(|c| SourceSpace::from_cicp(c.color_primaries.into(), c.transfer_function.into()))
+    {
+        return Some(s);
    }
    if info.srgb.is_some() {
        return Some(SourceSpace::named(NamedSpace::Srgb, SpaceOrigin::Container));
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    let (icc, exif, xmp) = resources(res);

    // Layer and mask information: only the layer count sign matters (merged transparency).
-    let lm_len = if psb { r.u64()? as usize } else { r.u32()? as usize };
-    let lm = r.take(lm_len)?;
+    let lm_len = if psb { r.u64()? } else { u64::from(r.u32()?) };
+    let lm = r.take(usize::try_from(lm_len).map_err(|_| err("truncated"))?)?;
    let merged_transparency = if lm.len() >= if psb { 10 } else { 6 } {
        let off = if psb { 8 } else { 4 };
        let count = i16::from_be_bytes([lm[off], lm[off + 1]]);
@@ -88,33 +88,6 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
        1 => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "1-bit bitmap PSD")),
        _ => return Err(err("bad depth")),
    };
-    let plane = width * height * bpc;
-    let row_bytes = width * bpc;
-    let mut planes: Vec<Vec<u8>> = Vec::with_capacity(channels);
-    match compression {
-        0 => {
-            for _ in 0..channels {
-                planes.push(r.take(plane)?.to_vec());
-            }
-        }
-        1 => {
-            let counts_len = channels * height;
-            let mut counts = Vec::with_capacity(counts_len);
-            for _ in 0..counts_len {
-                counts.push(if psb { r.u32()? as usize } else { r.u16()? as usize });
-            }
-            for c in 0..channels {
-                let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(plane);
-                for y in 0..height {
-                    let src = r.take(counts[c * height + y])?;
-                    unpackbits(src, row_bytes, &mut out);
-                }
-                planes.push(out);
-            }
-        }
-        _ => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "ZIP-compressed merged image data")),
-    }
-
    let (model, n_color) = match mode {
        1 | 8 => (Model::Gray, 1),
        2 => (Model::Rgb, 1),
@@ -128,50 +101,106 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
        return Err(err("too few channels"));
    }
    let alpha = merged_transparency && channels > n_color && mode != 2;
+    // Only the colour (+ alpha) planes are decoded; extra channels (spot colours, masks) are
+    // stored after them and never touched.
    let used = n_color + alpha as usize;
-    let n = width * height;
+    let too_large = || Error::TooLarge(width as u64, height as u64);
+    let n = width.checked_mul(height).ok_or_else(too_large)?;
+    let row_bytes = width.checked_mul(bpc).ok_or_else(too_large)?;
+    let plane = n.checked_mul(bpc).ok_or_else(too_large)?;
+    let mut planes: Vec<Vec<u8>> = Vec::with_capacity(used);
+    match compression {
+        0 => {
+            // Raw planes are borrowed from the input, so their size is bounded by the file.
+            for _ in 0..used {
+                planes.push(r.take(plane)?.to_vec());
+            }
+        }
+        1 => {
+            // Row byte-count table: one entry per row per channel (all channels, since the data
+            // follows it). Taken from the input before anything is allocated from it.
+            let entry = if psb { 4 } else { 2 };
+            let table_len = channels.checked_mul(height).and_then(|c| c.checked_mul(entry)).ok_or_else(|| err("truncated"))?;
+            let table = r.take(table_len)?;
+            let count = |i: usize| -> usize {
+                let at = i.saturating_mul(entry);
+                match table.get(at..at.saturating_add(entry)) {
+                    Some(&[a, b]) => usize::from(u16::from_be_bytes([a, b])),
+                    Some(&[a, b, c, d]) => u32::from_be_bytes([a, b, c, d]) as usize,
+                    _ => 0,
+                }
+            };
+            // PackBits expands at most 64× (a 2-byte repeat run yields 128 bytes), so a row needs
+            // at least this many encoded bytes. Requiring it (and the data being present) before
+            // allocating bounds the decoded planes by the file size: a tiny file can no longer
+            // declare gigabytes of zero-padded or repeat-run rows.
+            let min_row = row_bytes.div_ceil(128).saturating_mul(2);
+            let mut data_len = 0usize;
+            for i in 0..used.saturating_mul(height) {
+                let c = count(i);
+                if c < min_row {
+                    return Err(err("RLE row too short for its width"));
+                }
+                data_len = data_len.saturating_add(c);
+            }
+            if data_len > bytes.len().saturating_sub(r.p) {
+                return Err(err("truncated"));
+            }
+            for c in 0..used {
+                let mut out = zeroed::<u8>(plane, too_large)?;
+                for (y, row) in out.chunks_exact_mut(row_bytes).enumerate() {
+                    let src = r.take(count(c * height + y))?;
+                    unpackbits(src, row)?;
+                }
+                planes.push(out);
+            }
+        }
+        _ => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "ZIP-compressed merged image data")),
+    }
+    let samples = n.checked_mul(used).ok_or_else(too_large)?;

    // Interleave to device samples.
    let buf = if mode == 2 {
        // Indexed → 8-bit RGB via the 768-byte palette.
-        if color_mode_data.len() < 768 || depth != 8 {
+        let (Some(pal), true) = (color_mode_data.get(..768), depth == 8) else {
            return Err(err("bad indexed palette"));
-        }
-        let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(n * 3);
-        for &i in &planes[0] {
+        };
+        let idx = planes.first().ok_or_else(|| err("missing plane"))?;
+        let mut v = zeroed::<u8>(n.checked_mul(3).ok_or_else(too_large)?, too_large)?;
+        for (o, &i) in v.as_chunks_mut::<3>().0.iter_mut().zip(idx) {
            let i = i as usize;
-            v.extend_from_slice(&[color_mode_data[i], color_mode_data[256 + i], color_mode_data[512 + i]]);
+            *o = [pal[i], pal[256 + i], pal[512 + i]];
        }
        Buf::U8(v)
    } else {
+        let cmyk = model == Model::Cmyk;
        match bpc {
            1 => {
-                let mut v = vec![0u8; n * used];
-                for (c, p) in planes.iter().take(used).enumerate() {
-                    for i in 0..n {
-                        let x = p[i];
+                let mut v = zeroed::<u8>(samples, too_large)?;
+                for (c, p) in planes.iter().enumerate() {
+                    for (o, &x) in v.iter_mut().skip(c).step_by(used).zip(p) {
                        // PSD CMYK stores 255 = no ink; our CMYK convention is 0 = no ink.
-                        v[i * used + c] = if model == Model::Cmyk && c < 4 { 255 - x } else { x };
+                        *o = if cmyk && c < 4 { 255 - x } else { x };
                    }
                }
                Buf::U8(v)
            }
            2 => {
-                let mut v = vec![0u16; n * used];
-                for (c, p) in planes.iter().take(used).enumerate() {
-                    for i in 0..n {
-                        let x = u16::from_be_bytes([p[2 * i], p[2 * i + 1]]);
-                        v[i * used + c] = if model == Model::Cmyk && c < 4 { 65535 - x } else { x };
+                let mut v = zeroed::<u16>(samples, too_large)?;
+                for (c, p) in planes.iter().enumerate() {
+                    for (o, s) in v.iter_mut().skip(c).step_by(used).zip(p.as_chunks::<2>().0) {
+                        let x = u16::from_be_bytes(*s);
+                        *o = if cmyk && c < 4 { 65535 - x } else { x };
                    }
                }
                Buf::U16(v)
            }
            _ => {
-                let mut v = vec![0f32; n * used];
-                for (c, p) in planes.iter().take(used).enumerate() {
-                    for i in 0..n {
-                        let x = f32::from_be_bytes([p[4 * i], p[4 * i + 1], p[4 * i + 2], p[4 * i + 3]]);
-                        v[i * used + c] = if model == Model::Cmyk && c < 4 { 1.0 - x } else { x };
+                let mut v = zeroed::<f32>(samples, too_large)?;
+                for (c, p) in planes.iter().enumerate() {
+                    for (o, s) in v.iter_mut().skip(c).step_by(used).zip(p.as_chunks::<4>().0) {
+                        let x = f32::from_be_bytes(*s);
+                        *o = if cmyk && c < 4 { 1.0 - x } else { x };
                    }
                }
                Buf::F32(v)
@@ -182,25 +211,111 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    finish(F, raw, Meta { icc, exif, xmp, ..Default::default() }, (width as u32, height as u32), opts)
 }

-/// PackBits: append exactly `row_bytes` bytes (zero-padded if the run data is short).
-fn unpackbits(mut src: &[u8], row_bytes: usize, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
-    let target = out.len() + row_bytes;
-    while out.len() < target && !src.is_empty() {
-        let h = src[0] as i8;
-        src = &src[1..];
-        if h >= 0 {
-            let n = (h as usize + 1).min(src.len()).min(target - out.len());
-            out.extend_from_slice(&src[..n]);
-            src = &src[(h as usize + 1).min(src.len())..];
-        } else if h != -128 {
-            let n = ((1 - h as isize) as usize).min(target - out.len());
-            if let Some(&b) = src.first() {
-                out.extend(std::iter::repeat_n(b, n));
-                src = &src[1..];
+/// Stored dimensions and EXIF orientation (resource 1058) from the header and image resources,
+/// without reading the merged image data. Refused, as a decode would refuse it: an unsupported
+/// depth, colour mode or compression, or merged image data that runs past the end of the file
+/// (truncated). The run-length data itself is not unpacked.
+pub(crate) fn header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, u32, u16)> {
+    let mut r = Rd { b: bytes, p: 0 };
+    if r.take(4)? != b"8BPS" {
+        return Err(err("bad signature"));
+    }
+    let psb = match r.u16()? {
+        1 => false,
+        2 => true,
+        _ => return Err(err("bad version")),
+    };
+    r.take(6)?;
+    let channels = r.u16()? as usize;
+    let height = r.u32()? as usize;
+    let width = r.u32()? as usize;
+    let depth = r.u16()?;
+    let mode = r.u16()?;
+    check_size(F, width as u64, height as u64, &DecodeOptions::default())?;
+    if channels == 0 || channels > 56 {
+        return Err(err("bad channel count"));
+    }
+    let cm_len = r.u32()? as usize;
+    let color_mode_data = r.take(cm_len)?;
+    let res_len = r.u32()? as usize;
+    let (_, exif, _) = resources(r.take(res_len)?);
+    let lm_len = if psb { r.u64()? as usize } else { r.u32()? as usize };
+    r.take(lm_len)?;
+    let compression = r.u16()?;
+    let bpc = match depth {
+        8 => 1usize,
+        16 => 2,
+        32 => 4,
+        1 => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "1-bit bitmap PSD")),
+        _ => return Err(err("bad depth")),
+    };
+    let n_color = match mode {
+        1 | 8 | 7 | 2 => 1,
+        3 => 3,
+        4 => 4,
+        9 => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "Lab PSD")),
+        _ => return Err(err("unknown colour mode")),
+    };
+    if channels < n_color {
+        return Err(err("too few channels"));
+    }
+    if mode == 2 && (color_mode_data.len() < 768 || depth != 8) {
+        return Err(err("bad indexed palette"));
+    }
+    let rest = bytes.len().saturating_sub(r.p);
+    let need = match compression {
+        0 => width.checked_mul(height).and_then(|n| n.checked_mul(bpc)).and_then(|n| n.checked_mul(channels)),
+        1 => {
+            // the row byte counts, then the rows they count
+            let rows = channels.checked_mul(height).ok_or_else(|| err("truncated"))?;
+            let table = rows.checked_mul(if psb { 4 } else { 2 }).filter(|&t| t <= rest).ok_or_else(|| err("truncated"))?;
+            let mut total = table;
+            for _ in 0..rows {
+                total = total.saturating_add(if psb { r.u32()? as usize } else { r.u16()? as usize });
            }
+            Some(total)
+        }
+        _ => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "ZIP-compressed merged image data")),
+    };
+    if need.is_none_or(|n| n > rest) {
+        return Err(err("truncated"));
+    }
+    let orientation = exif.as_deref().map(crate::exif::summarize).unwrap_or_default().orientation.unwrap_or(1);
+    Ok((width as u32, height as u32, orientation))
+}
+
+/// A zero-filled buffer whose allocation failure is an error, not an abort.
+fn zeroed<T: Clone + Default>(len: usize, too_large: impl Fn() -> Error) -> Result<Vec<T>> {
+    let mut v = Vec::new();
+    v.try_reserve_exact(len).map_err(|_| too_large())?;
+    v.resize(len, T::default());
+    Ok(v)
+}
+
+/// PackBits: decode one row into `row` (pre-zeroed, so short run data leaves zero padding).
+/// A run that would write past the end of the row is an error; trailing bytes are ignored.
+fn unpackbits(mut src: &[u8], row: &mut [u8]) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut at = 0;
+    while at < row.len() {
+        let Some((&h, rest)) = src.split_first() else { break };
+        src = rest;
+        let h = h as i8;
+        if h >= 0 {
+            let n = h as usize + 1;
+            let lit = src.get(..n).unwrap_or(src);
+            let dst = row.get_mut(at..at + lit.len()).ok_or_else(|| err("RLE row overruns its width"))?;
+            dst.copy_from_slice(lit);
+            at += lit.len();
+            src = src.get(n..).unwrap_or(&[]);
+        } else if h != -128 {
+            let n = (1 - h as isize) as usize;
+            let Some((&b, rest)) = src.split_first() else { break };
+            src = rest;
+            row.get_mut(at..at + n).ok_or_else(|| err("RLE row overruns its width"))?.fill(b);
+            at += n;
        }
    }
-    out.resize(target, 0);
+    Ok(())
 }

 fn resources(mut b: &[u8]) -> (Option<Vec<u8>>, Option<Vec<u8>>, Option<String>) {
@@ -234,11 +349,89 @@ mod tests {

    #[test]
    fn packbits() {
-        let mut out = Vec::new();
-        unpackbits(&[0xFE, 0xAA, 0x02, 0x80, 0x00, 0x2A], 6, &mut out);
-        assert_eq!(out, vec![0xAA, 0xAA, 0xAA, 0x80, 0x00, 0x2A]);
-        let mut out = Vec::new();
-        unpackbits(&[0x05, 1], 4, &mut out);
-        assert_eq!(out, vec![1, 0, 0, 0]);
+        let mut out = [0u8; 6];
+        unpackbits(&[0xFE, 0xAA, 0x02, 0x80, 0x00, 0x2A], &mut out).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(out, [0xAA, 0xAA, 0xAA, 0x80, 0x00, 0x2A]);
+        // Short run data is zero-padded.
+        let mut out = [0u8; 4];
+        unpackbits(&[0x01, 1], &mut out).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(out, [1, 0, 0, 0]);
+        // Truncated literal run: copies what is there.
+        let mut out = [0u8; 4];
+        unpackbits(&[0x03, 7, 8], &mut out).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(out, [7, 8, 0, 0]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn packbits_overrun_is_an_error() {
+        // Repeat run of 128 into a 4-byte row.
+        let mut out = [0u8; 4];
+        assert!(unpackbits(&[0x81, 0xAA], &mut out).is_err());
+        // Literal run of 6 into a 4-byte row.
+        assert!(unpackbits(&[0x05, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], &mut out).is_err());
+    }
+
+    /// PSD header + empty colour-mode/resources/layer sections + compression id.
+    fn header(channels: u16, w: u32, h: u32, depth: u16, mode: u16, compression: u16) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut b = b"8BPS".to_vec();
+        b.extend_from_slice(&1u16.to_be_bytes());
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0; 6]);
+        b.extend_from_slice(&channels.to_be_bytes());
+        b.extend_from_slice(&h.to_be_bytes());
+        b.extend_from_slice(&w.to_be_bytes());
+        b.extend_from_slice(&depth.to_be_bytes());
+        b.extend_from_slice(&mode.to_be_bytes());
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0; 12]); // colour mode data, resources, layer & mask: all empty
+        b.extend_from_slice(&compression.to_be_bytes());
+        b
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn huge_rle_with_truncated_count_table_is_rejected_before_allocating() {
+        // 1 × 2^30 px, 56 channels: the row table alone would be 56 Gi entries; the file has 4 bytes.
+        let mut b = header(56, 1, 1 << 30, 32, 3, 1);
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 0, 0]);
+        let e = decode(&b, &DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(e, Error::Malformed(_, ref m) if m == "truncated"), "{e:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn huge_rle_of_empty_rows_is_rejected_before_allocating() {
+        // 2^30 × 1 px RGB at 32 bits: every row count is 0, which used to zero-pad 3 × 4 GiB.
+        let mut b = header(3, 1 << 30, 1, 32, 3, 1);
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0; 6]);
+        let e = decode(&b, &DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(e, Error::Malformed(_, ref m) if m.contains("too short")), "{e:?}");
+        // 1 Gpx RGB 8-bit whose (plausible) row counts claim more data than the file holds.
+        let mut b = header(3, 1 << 20, 1 << 10, 8, 3, 1);
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0xFF; 3 * 1024 * 2]);
+        let e = decode(&b, &DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(e, Error::Malformed(_, ref m) if m == "truncated"), "{e:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rle_repeat_run_past_row_width_is_an_error() {
+        // 4 × 1 gray 8-bit; the single row is a 128-byte repeat run.
+        let mut b = header(1, 4, 1, 8, 1, 1);
+        b.extend_from_slice(&2u16.to_be_bytes());
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0x81, 0x55]);
+        let e = decode(&b, &DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(e, Error::Malformed(_, ref m) if m.contains("overruns")), "{e:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rle_gray16_and_extra_channels_decode() {
+        // 2 × 2 gray 16-bit with an extra (unused) channel whose data is absent: only the used
+        // plane is decoded. Row: repeat run of 4 bytes 0x80 -> samples 0x8080.
+        let mut b = header(2, 2, 2, 16, 1, 1);
+        for _ in 0..4 {
+            b.extend_from_slice(&2u16.to_be_bytes());
+        }
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[0xFD, 0x80, 0xFD, 0x80]);
+        let d = decode(&b, &DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((d.width, d.height), (2, 2));
+        let p = d.image.get(1, 1);
+        let q = d.image.get(0, 0);
+        assert!(p[0] > 0.0 && (p[0] - q[0]).abs() < 1e-6, "{p:?}");
    }
 }
@@ -64,10 +64,20 @@ impl Format {

    /// Whether [`crate::decode`] can decode this format in this build.
    pub fn can_decode(self) -> bool {
+        self.not_decodable().is_none()
+    }
+
+    /// Why [`crate::decode`] can't decode this format in this build (`None`: it can). The
+    /// [`crate::Error::Unsupported`] a decode returns carries the same reason.
+    pub fn not_decodable(self) -> Option<&'static str> {
        match self {
-            Format::Jxl => cfg!(feature = "jxl"),
-            Format::Avif | Format::Heif | Format::RawTiffLike | Format::RawOther => false,
-            _ => true,
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "jxl"))]
+            Format::Jxl => Some("built without the `jxl` feature"),
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "heif"))]
+            Format::Heif => Some(crate::heif::NOT_IN_BUILD),
+            Format::Avif => Some("no pure-Rust, permissively licensed AV1 decoder yet"),
+            Format::RawTiffLike | Format::RawOther => Some("camera raw: decode with lightcraft-raw"),
+            _ => None,
        }
    }

@@ -255,6 +255,27 @@ impl SourceSpace {
        SourceSpace { named: Some(n), to_xyz_d50: n.to_xyz_d50(), trc: Some([t.clone(), t.clone(), t]), origin }
    }

+    /// The space named by ITU-T H.273 code points (PNG `cICP`, HEIF `nclx`, HEVC VUI), when
+    /// both the primaries and the transfer are ones this crate models.
+    pub(crate) fn from_cicp(primaries: u16, transfer: u16) -> Option<SourceSpace> {
+        let named = match primaries {
+            1 => NamedSpace::Srgb,
+            9 => NamedSpace::Rec2020,
+            12 => NamedSpace::DisplayP3,
+            _ => return None,
+        };
+        let trc = match transfer {
+            13 => Trc::Srgb,
+            1 | 6 | 14 | 15 => Trc::Rec709,
+            8 => Trc::Linear,
+            4 => Trc::Gamma(2.2),
+            _ => return None,
+        };
+        let mut s = SourceSpace::named(named, SpaceOrigin::Container);
+        s.trc = Some([trc.clone(), trc.clone(), trc]);
+        Some(s)
+    }
+
    /// Linear source RGB → linear `dst` RGB (Bradford from D50 to `dst`'s white).
    pub fn to_space(&self, dst: &RgbSpace) -> Mat3 {
        if let Some(n) = self.named {
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ fn err(e: impl std::fmt::Display) -> Error {
 }

 pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
-    let mut limits = Limits::default();
-    limits.decoding_buffer_size = opts.max_pixels.saturating_mul(4 * 8).min(usize::MAX as u64) as usize;
-    limits.ifd_value_size = 32 << 20;
-    let mut d = Decoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).map_err(err)?.with_limits(limits);
+    let mut d = Decoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).map_err(err)?.with_limits(limits(opts));
    let (w, h) = d.dimensions().map_err(err)?;
    check_size(F, w as u64, h as u64, opts)?;
    let ct = d.colortype().map_err(err)?;
@@ -31,23 +28,7 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    let colormap = d.get_tag_u16_vec(Tag::ColorMap).ok();
    let compression = d.get_tag_u32(Tag::Compression).ok();

-    let (model, n_color, n_samples, bits) = match ct {
-        ColorType::Gray(b) => (Model::Gray, 1, 1, b),
-        ColorType::GrayA(b) => (Model::Gray, 1, 2, b),
-        ColorType::RGB(b) => (Model::Rgb, 3, 3, b),
-        ColorType::RGBA(b) => (Model::Rgb, 3, 4, b),
-        ColorType::CMYK(b) => (Model::Cmyk, 4, 4, b),
-        ColorType::CMYKA(b) => (Model::Cmyk, 4, 5, b),
-        ColorType::Palette(b) => (Model::Rgb, 1, 1, b),
-        // JPEG-compressed YCbCr is converted to RGB by the JPEG decoder.
-        ColorType::YCbCr(b) if compression == Some(7) => (Model::Rgb, 3, 3, b),
-        ColorType::Multiband { bit_depth, num_samples } if num_samples >= 3 => (Model::Rgb, 3, num_samples as usize, bit_depth),
-        ColorType::Multiband { bit_depth, num_samples } if num_samples >= 1 => (Model::Gray, 1, num_samples as usize, bit_depth),
-        other => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, unsupported_name(other))),
-    };
-    if bits < 8 && planar && n_samples > 1 {
-        return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "planar TIFF with samples narrower than a byte"));
-    }
+    let (model, n_color, n_samples, bits) = layout(ct, compression, planar)?;
    let has_alpha = n_samples > n_color && !matches!(ct, ColorType::Palette(_));
    let premultiplied = has_alpha && extra.first() == Some(&1);

@@ -111,6 +92,67 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    finish(F, raw, meta, (w, h), opts)
 }

+fn limits(opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Limits {
+    let mut limits = Limits::default();
+    limits.decoding_buffer_size = opts.max_pixels.saturating_mul(4 * 8).min(usize::MAX as u64) as usize;
+    limits.ifd_value_size = 32 << 20;
+    limits
+}
+
+/// The sample layout of a colour type we can decode: (model, colour samples, samples per pixel,
+/// bits per sample).
+fn layout(ct: ColorType, compression: Option<u32>, planar: bool) -> Result<(Model, usize, usize, u8)> {
+    let l = match ct {
+        ColorType::Gray(b) => (Model::Gray, 1, 1, b),
+        ColorType::GrayA(b) => (Model::Gray, 1, 2, b),
+        ColorType::RGB(b) => (Model::Rgb, 3, 3, b),
+        ColorType::RGBA(b) => (Model::Rgb, 3, 4, b),
+        ColorType::CMYK(b) => (Model::Cmyk, 4, 4, b),
+        ColorType::CMYKA(b) => (Model::Cmyk, 4, 5, b),
+        ColorType::Palette(b) => (Model::Rgb, 1, 1, b),
+        // JPEG-compressed YCbCr is converted to RGB by the JPEG decoder.
+        ColorType::YCbCr(b) if compression == Some(7) => (Model::Rgb, 3, 3, b),
+        ColorType::Multiband { bit_depth, num_samples } if num_samples >= 3 => (Model::Rgb, 3, num_samples as usize, bit_depth),
+        ColorType::Multiband { bit_depth, num_samples } if num_samples >= 1 => (Model::Gray, 1, num_samples as usize, bit_depth),
+        other => return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, unsupported_name(other))),
+    };
+    if l.3 < 8 && planar && l.2 > 1 {
+        return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "planar TIFF with samples narrower than a byte"));
+    }
+    Ok(l)
+}
+
+/// Stored dimensions and orientation from the first IFD, without reading the image data. Refused,
+/// as a decode would refuse it: a layout or compression we can't decode, or strips/tiles that
+/// start past the end of the file (truncated). The compressed data itself is not checked.
+pub(crate) fn header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, u32, u16)> {
+    let mut d = Decoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).map_err(err)?.with_limits(limits(&DecodeOptions::default()));
+    let (w, h) = d.dimensions().map_err(err)?;
+    check_size(F, w as u64, h as u64, &DecodeOptions::default())?;
+    let ct = d.colortype().map_err(err)?;
+    let compression = d.get_tag_u32(Tag::Compression).ok();
+    let planar = d.get_tag_u32(Tag::PlanarConfiguration).ok() == Some(2);
+    layout(ct, compression, planar)?;
+    // what this build of the `tiff` crate decompresses: none, CCITT G4, LZW, JPEG, Deflate, PackBits
+    if !matches!(compression.unwrap_or(1), 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 32773 | 32946) {
+        return Err(Error::Unsupported(F, "compression method"));
+    }
+    let chunks = |offsets: Tag, counts: Tag, d: &mut Decoder<std::io::Cursor<&[u8]>>| {
+        Some((d.get_tag_u64_vec(offsets).ok()?, d.get_tag_u64_vec(counts).ok()?))
+    };
+    let (offsets, counts) = chunks(Tag::StripOffsets, Tag::StripByteCounts, &mut d)
+        .or_else(|| chunks(Tag::TileOffsets, Tag::TileByteCounts, &mut d))
+        .ok_or_else(|| err("no image data"))?;
+    // Only where each chunk starts: some writers overstate StripByteCounts, and the `tiff` crate
+    // decodes such files (it stops once it has the pixels), so a chunk's end proves nothing.
+    let len = bytes.len() as u64;
+    if offsets.is_empty() || offsets.iter().zip(&counts).any(|(&o, &c)| c > 0 && o >= len) {
+        return Err(err("truncated: image data past the end of the file"));
+    }
+    let orientation = d.get_tag_u32(Tag::Orientation).ok().map(|v| v as u16).filter(|o| (1..=8).contains(o)).unwrap_or(1);
+    Ok((w, h, orientation))
+}
+
 /// A BYTE/UNDEFINED tag as bytes (the decoder may surface unknown byte tags as unsigned values).
 fn tag_bytes<R: std::io::Read + std::io::Seek>(d: &mut Decoder<R>, tag: Tag) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
    use tiff::decoder::ifd::Value;
@@ -27,3 +27,30 @@ pub(crate) fn decode(bytes: &[u8], opts: &DecodeOptions) -> Result<Decoded> {
    let raw = Raw { width: w as usize, height: h as usize, model: Model::Rgb, alpha, premultiplied: false, buf: Buf::U8(buf), bit_depth: 8 };
    finish(F, raw, Meta { icc, exif, xmp, ..Default::default() }, (w, h), opts)
 }
+
+/// Stored dimensions and EXIF orientation from the RIFF chunks and the bitstream header, without
+/// decoding the image. Refused, as a decode would refuse it: no image chunk (`VP8 `, `VP8L` or an
+/// animation frame), or one that runs past the end of the file (truncated). The compressed data
+/// itself is not checked.
+pub(crate) fn header(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(u32, u32, u16)> {
+    let mut p = 12usize;
+    loop {
+        let Some(h) = bytes.get(p..p.saturating_add(8)) else { return Err(err("no image data")) };
+        let size = u32::from_le_bytes([h[4], h[5], h[6], h[7]]) as usize;
+        let end = p.saturating_add(8).saturating_add(size);
+        if matches!(&h[0..4], b"VP8 " | b"VP8L" | b"ANMF") {
+            if end > bytes.len() {
+                return Err(err("truncated image data"));
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        p = end.saturating_add(size & 1);
+    }
+    let mut d = image_webp::WebPDecoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).map_err(err)?;
+    d.set_memory_limit(bytes.len());
+    let (w, h) = d.dimensions();
+    check_size(F, w as u64, h as u64, &DecodeOptions::default())?;
+    let exif = d.exif_metadata().ok().flatten();
+    let exif = exif.as_deref().map(|e| e.strip_prefix(b"Exif\0\0").unwrap_or(e));
+    Ok((w, h, exif.map(crate::exif::summarize).unwrap_or_default().orientation.unwrap_or(1)))
+}
@@ -30,10 +30,23 @@ fn try_all(bytes: &[u8]) {
    if let Some(f) = sniff(bytes) {
        let _ = decode_unguarded(bytes, f, &small_opts());
        let _ = decode_unguarded(bytes, f, &DecodeOptions { max_size: Some((8, 8)), max_pixels: 1 << 22 });
+        let _ = read_header_unguarded(bytes, f);
    }
    let _ = decode(bytes, small_opts());
+    let _ = read_header(bytes);
    let _ = decode_thumbnail_with(bytes, &ThumbnailOptions { max_pixels: small_opts().max_pixels, ..ThumbnailOptions::new(16) });
    let _ = lightcraft_codecs::icc::parse(bytes);
+    let _ = lightcraft_codecs::gainmap::read_jpeg(bytes);
+    let _ = lightcraft_codecs::gainmap::is_gain_map_jpeg(bytes);
+}
+
+fn gain_map_jpeg(meta: &EncodeMeta) -> Vec<u8> {
+    use lightcraft_codecs::gainmap::{GainMapOptions, compute, encode_jpeg};
+    let hdr: Vec<[f32; 3]> = (0..24 * 16).map(|i| [i as f32 * 0.02; 3]).collect();
+    let sdr: Vec<[f32; 3]> = hdr.iter().map(|p| p.map(|v| v / (1.0 + v))).collect();
+    let (g, m) = compute(&sdr, &hdr, 24, 16, [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722], &GainMapOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    let base: Vec<u8> = sdr.iter().flat_map(|p| p.map(|v| (v * 255.0) as u8)).collect();
+    encode_jpeg(&EncodeImage::new(24, 16, 3, Samples::U8(&base)), &g, &m, 80, ChromaSubsampling::S420, meta).unwrap()
 }

 #[test]
@@ -89,6 +102,7 @@ fn seeds() -> &'static Vec<Vec<u8>> {
            encode_tiff(&e, TiffCompression::Lzw, &meta).unwrap(),
            encode_tiff(&EncodeImage::new(24, 16, 3, Samples::F32(&f32s)), TiffCompression::Deflate, &meta).unwrap(),
            encode_webp_lossless(&e, &meta).unwrap(),
+            gain_map_jpeg(&meta),
        ]
    })
 }
@@ -104,7 +118,7 @@ proptest! {
    }

    #[test]
-    fn mutated_valid_files(which in 0usize..6, flips in proptest::collection::vec((any::<prop::sample::Index>(), any::<u8>()), 1..12), cut in any::<prop::sample::Index>()) {
+    fn mutated_valid_files(which in 0usize..7, flips in proptest::collection::vec((any::<prop::sample::Index>(), any::<u8>()), 1..12), cut in any::<prop::sample::Index>()) {
        let mut b = seeds()[which].clone();
        for (i, v) in flips {
            let i = i.index(b.len());
@@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
+//! `read_header` (import probes) agrees with a decode on dimensions and orientation, refuses what a
+//! decode refuses (truncated files included), and returns errors — never panics — on hostile input.
+
+use lightcraft_codecs::exif::minimal_exif;
+use lightcraft_codecs::*;
+use lightcraft_raster::Rgba8;
+
+fn pixels(w: usize, h: usize) -> Rgba8 {
+    Rgba8::from_fn(w, h, |x, y| [(x * 37 % 256) as u8, (y * 53 % 256) as u8, ((x ^ y) * 9 % 256) as u8, (128 + x % 100) as u8])
+}
+
+fn meta(exif: &Option<Vec<u8>>) -> EncodeMeta<'_> {
+    EncodeMeta { exif: exif.as_deref(), xmp: Some("<x/>"), ..Default::default() }
+}
+
+/// A TIFF with an Orientation tag (`encode_tiff` writes none), via the `tiff` crate's encoder.
+fn tiff_oriented(img: &Rgba8, orientation: u16) -> Vec<u8> {
+    use tiff::encoder::{TiffEncoder, colortype};
+    let rgb: Vec<u8> = img.data.iter().flat_map(|p| [p[0], p[1], p[2]]).collect();
+    let mut cur = std::io::Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+    let mut enc = TiffEncoder::new(&mut cur).unwrap();
+    let mut im = enc.new_image::<colortype::RGB8>(img.width as u32, img.height as u32).unwrap();
+    im.encoder().write_tag(tiff::tags::Tag::Orientation, orientation).unwrap();
+    im.write_data(&rgb).unwrap();
+    cur.into_inner()
+}
+
+/// A minimal 8-bit RGB PSD (raw or PackBits-literal merged data) with an EXIF resource.
+fn psd(w: usize, h: usize, orientation: Option<u16>, rle: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut b = Vec::new();
+    b.extend_from_slice(b"8BPS");
+    b.extend_from_slice(&1u16.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&[0; 6]);
+    b.extend_from_slice(&3u16.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&(h as u32).to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&(w as u32).to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&8u16.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&3u16.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&0u32.to_be_bytes()); // colour mode data
+    let mut res = Vec::new();
+    if let Some(o) = orientation {
+        let exif = minimal_exif(o);
+        res.extend_from_slice(b"8BIM");
+        res.extend_from_slice(&1058u16.to_be_bytes());
+        res.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0]); // empty pascal name, padded
+        res.extend_from_slice(&(exif.len() as u32).to_be_bytes());
+        res.extend_from_slice(&exif);
+        if exif.len() % 2 == 1 {
+            res.push(0);
+        }
+    }
+    b.extend_from_slice(&(res.len() as u32).to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&res);
+    b.extend_from_slice(&0u32.to_be_bytes()); // layer and mask info
+    b.extend_from_slice(&(rle as u16).to_be_bytes());
+    let plane = |c: usize| (0..w * h).map(move |i| ((i * (c + 3) * 11) % 256) as u8);
+    if rle {
+        // every row as literal runs of at most 128 bytes (PackBits' longest)
+        let row_len = w + w.div_ceil(128);
+        for _ in 0..3 * h {
+            b.extend_from_slice(&(row_len as u16).to_be_bytes());
+        }
+        for c in 0..3 {
+            let p: Vec<u8> = plane(c).collect();
+            for row in p.chunks(w) {
+                for run in row.chunks(128) {
+                    b.push(run.len() as u8 - 1);
+                    b.extend_from_slice(run);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        for c in 0..3 {
+            b.extend(plane(c));
+        }
+    }
+    b
+}
+
+/// Generated files of every format with a header reader, plus a fallback one (BMP via `image`).
+fn fixtures(w: usize, h: usize) -> Vec<(String, Vec<u8>)> {
+    let img = pixels(w, h);
+    let e = EncodeImage::rgba8(&img);
+    let rgb: Vec<u8> = img.data.iter().flat_map(|p| [p[0], p[1], p[2]]).collect();
+    let rgb_e = EncodeImage::new(w as u32, h as u32, 3, Samples::U8(&rgb));
+    let u16s: Vec<u16> = (0..w * h * 3).map(|i| (i * 331) as u16).collect();
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    for o in [None, Some(1), Some(6), Some(8)] {
+        let exif = o.map(minimal_exif);
+        let tag = format!("o{}", o.unwrap_or(0));
+        out.push((format!("jpeg 420 {tag}"), encode_jpeg(&rgb_e, 85, ChromaSubsampling::S420, &meta(&exif)).unwrap()));
+        out.push((format!("jpeg 444 {tag}"), encode_jpeg(&rgb_e, 85, ChromaSubsampling::S444, &meta(&exif)).unwrap()));
+        out.push((format!("png rgba {tag}"), encode_png(&e, &meta(&exif)).unwrap()));
+        out.push((format!("png 16-bit {tag}"), encode_png(&EncodeImage::new(w as u32, h as u32, 3, Samples::U16(&u16s)), &meta(&exif)).unwrap()));
+        out.push((format!("webp {tag}"), encode_webp_lossless(&e, &meta(&exif)).unwrap()));
+        out.push((format!("psd {tag}"), psd(w, h, o, false)));
+        out.push((format!("psd rle {tag}"), psd(w, h, o, true)));
+        out.push((format!("tiff {tag}"), tiff_oriented(&img, o.unwrap_or(1))));
+    }
+    out.push(("tiff lzw".into(), encode_tiff(&e, TiffCompression::Lzw, &EncodeMeta::default()).unwrap()));
+    out.push(("tiff packbits".into(), encode_tiff(&e, TiffCompression::PackBits, &EncodeMeta::default()).unwrap()));
+    let mut bmp = Vec::new();
+    image::codecs::bmp::BmpEncoder::new(&mut bmp).encode(&rgb, w as u32, h as u32, image::ExtendedColorType::Rgb8).unwrap();
+    out.push(("bmp".into(), bmp));
+    out
+}
+
+/// What the import probe learnt before it read headers: a small decode.
+fn decoded(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Header> {
+    let d = decode(bytes, DecodeOptions::fit(64, 64))?;
+    Ok(Header { format: d.format, width: d.source_width, height: d.source_height, orientation: d.orientation })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn header_matches_decode() {
+    for (w, h) in [(160, 96), (96, 160), (7, 5)] {
+        for (name, bytes) in fixtures(w, h) {
+            let header = read_header(&bytes).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{name} {w}×{h}: {e}"));
+            assert_eq!(header, decoded(&bytes).unwrap(), "{name} {w}×{h}");
+            assert_eq!((header.width, header.height), (w as u32, h as u32), "{name}");
+        }
+    }
+    let o = |name: &str| fixtures(16, 8).into_iter().find(|f| f.0 == name).map(|f| read_header(&f.1).unwrap().orientation).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((o("jpeg 420 o6"), o("png rgba o8"), o("webp o6"), o("psd o8"), o("tiff o6"), o("jpeg 444 o0")), (6, 8, 6, 8, 6, 1));
+}
+
+/// Whenever the decode the probe used to run accepts a file (here: every cut of every fixture),
+/// the header agrees with it: reading headers never refuses a file that decodes. The reverse
+/// is checked for truncation, which the header readers detect.
+#[test]
+fn truncated_files_agree_with_decode() {
+    // 160 px wide: large JPEGs take the DCT-scaled (strict) decode path the probe took for photos
+    for (name, bytes) in fixtures(160, 96) {
+        let n = bytes.len();
+        let mut cuts: Vec<usize> = (0..100).map(|i| n * i / 100).collect();
+        cuts.extend(n.saturating_sub(64)..n);
+        for cut in cuts {
+            let part = &bytes[..cut];
+            if let Ok(d) = decoded(part) {
+                assert_eq!(read_header(part).ok(), Some(d), "{name} cut at {cut}/{n}");
+            }
+        }
+        for cut in [n / 4, n / 2, n * 9 / 10] {
+            assert!(read_header(&bytes[..cut]).is_err(), "{name}: cut at {cut}/{n} accepted");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn truncation_details() {
+    let f = fixtures(160, 96);
+    let get = |name: &str| f.iter().find(|x| x.0 == name).map(|x| x.1.clone()).unwrap();
+    let jpeg = get("jpeg 420 o6");
+    assert!(read_header(&jpeg[..jpeg.len() - 2]).is_err(), "a JPEG without its EOI is truncated");
+    let mut trailing = jpeg.clone();
+    trailing.extend_from_slice(&[0; 100]);
+    assert_eq!(read_header(&trailing).unwrap().orientation, 6, "bytes after the EOI are fine");
+    let png = get("png rgba o6");
+    assert!(read_header(&png[..png.len() - 2]).is_ok(), "a damaged IEND is ignored, as by a decode");
+    assert!(read_header(&png[..png.len() - 12]).is_err(), "nothing after the image data: truncated");
+}
+
+/// eXIf after the image data counts, as it does for a decode (which reads the whole file).
+#[test]
+fn png_exif_after_idat() {
+    let img = pixels(9, 4);
+    let plain = encode_png(&EncodeImage::rgba8(&img), &EncodeMeta::default()).unwrap();
+    let exif = minimal_exif(6);
+    let mut chunk = (exif.len() as u32).to_be_bytes().to_vec();
+    chunk.extend_from_slice(b"eXIf");
+    chunk.extend_from_slice(&exif);
+    chunk.extend_from_slice(&[0; 4]); // CRC: not checked by either reader
+    let iend = plain.len() - 12;
+    let mut b = plain[..iend].to_vec();
+    b.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+    b.extend_from_slice(&plain[iend..]);
+    assert_eq!(read_header(&b).unwrap().orientation, 6);
+}
+
+fn jpeg_segments(sof: u8, w: u16, h: u16, comps: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut b = vec![0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, sof, 0, 8 + 3 * comps as u16 as u8, 8];
+    b.extend_from_slice(&h.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&w.to_be_bytes());
+    b.push(comps);
+    for c in 0..comps {
+        b.extend_from_slice(&[c + 1, 0x11, 0]);
+    }
+    b.extend_from_slice(&[0xFF, 0xDA, 0, 8, 1, 1, 0, 0, 63, 0]);
+    b.extend_from_slice(&[0x12, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x34, 0xFF, 0xD0, 0x56]);
+    b.extend_from_slice(&[0xFF, 0xD9]);
+    b
+}
+
+fn png_ihdr(w: u32, h: u32, depth: u8, color: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut b = b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n\0\0\0\x0dIHDR".to_vec();
+    b.extend_from_slice(&w.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&h.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(&[depth, color, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
+    b
+}
+
+fn png_chunk(b: &mut Vec<u8>, kind: &[u8; 4], len: u32, data: &[u8]) {
+    b.extend_from_slice(&len.to_be_bytes());
+    b.extend_from_slice(kind);
+    b.extend_from_slice(data);
+    b.extend_from_slice(&[0; 4]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hostile_headers_are_errors() {
+    // a well-formed synthetic JPEG header is read
+    assert_eq!(read_header(&jpeg_segments(0xC0, 33, 21, 3)).unwrap(), Header { format: Format::Jpeg, width: 33, height: 21, orientation: 1 });
+    let jpeg_bad = [
+        jpeg_segments(0xC0, 0, 21, 3),        // zero width
+        jpeg_segments(0xC0, 33, 0, 3),        // zero height (DNL)
+        jpeg_segments(0xC0, 65535, 65535, 3), // 4.3 Gpx
+        jpeg_segments(0xC9, 33, 21, 3),       // arithmetic coding
+        jpeg_segments(0xC5, 33, 21, 3),       // hierarchical
+        jpeg_segments(0xC0, 33, 21, 2),       // two components
+        jpeg_segments(0xC0, 33, 21, 3)[..30].to_vec(),
+        vec![0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xE1, 0, 0],       // segment length 0
+        vec![0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xE1, 0xFF, 0xFF], // segment past the end
+        vec![0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xD9],
+    ];
+    for (i, b) in jpeg_bad.iter().enumerate() {
+        assert!(read_header(b).is_err(), "JPEG case {i}");
+    }
+    let mut no_sos = jpeg_segments(0xC0, 33, 21, 3);
+    no_sos.truncate(2 + 2 + 17);
+    no_sos.extend_from_slice(&[0xFF, 0xD9]);
+    assert!(read_header(&no_sos).is_err(), "JPEG without a scan");
+
+    let mut ok = png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 2);
+    png_chunk(&mut ok, b"IDAT", 1, &[0]);
+    png_chunk(&mut ok, b"IEND", 0, &[]);
+    assert_eq!(read_header(&ok).unwrap(), Header { format: Format::Png, width: 5, height: 3, orientation: 1 });
+    let png_case = |ihdr: Vec<u8>, chunks: &[(&[u8; 4], u32, &[u8])]| {
+        let mut b = ihdr;
+        for (k, l, d) in chunks {
+            png_chunk(&mut b, k, *l, d);
+        }
+        b
+    };
+    let idat: (&[u8; 4], u32, &[u8]) = (b"IDAT", 1, &[0]);
+    let iend: (&[u8; 4], u32, &[u8]) = (b"IEND", 0, &[]);
+    let png_bad = [
+        png_case(png_ihdr(0, 3, 8, 2), &[idat, iend]),
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 0, 8, 2), &[idat, iend]),
+        png_case(png_ihdr(0x8000_0000, 1, 8, 2), &[idat, iend]),
+        png_case(png_ihdr(65536, 65536, 8, 2), &[idat, iend]),
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 3, 4, 2), &[idat, iend]), // RGB at 4 bits
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 5), &[idat, iend]), // no colour type 5
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 3), &[idat, iend]), // indexed without PLTE
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 2), &[iend]),       // no IDAT
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 2), &[idat]),       // nothing after the image data
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 2), &[(b"IDAT", 0xFFFF_FFFF, &[0]), iend]),
+        png_case(png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 2), &[(b"tEXt", 0x7FFF_FFFF, &[0]), idat, iend]),
+        png_ihdr(5, 3, 8, 2)[..20].to_vec(),
+        b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n\0\0\0\x0dIHDX\0\0\0\x05\0\0\0\x03\x08\x02\0\0\0".to_vec(),
+    ];
+    for (i, b) in png_bad.iter().enumerate() {
+        assert!(read_header(b).is_err(), "PNG case {i}");
+    }
+
+    let tiff = encode_tiff(&EncodeImage::rgba8(&pixels(6, 4)), TiffCompression::None, &EncodeMeta::default()).unwrap();
+    let ifd = u32::from_le_bytes([tiff[4], tiff[5], tiff[6], tiff[7]]) as usize;
+    let mut tiff_bad = vec![b"II*\0\xff\xff\xff\x7f".to_vec(), b"II*\0\x08\0\0\0".to_vec(), b"II*\0\x04\0\0\0".to_vec()];
+    // cut short after the IFD
+    assert!(ifd < tiff.len() / 2, "the IFD comes before the image data");
+    tiff_bad.push(tiff[..tiff.len() - 10].to_vec());
+    for (i, b) in tiff_bad.iter().enumerate() {
+        assert!(read_header(b).is_err(), "TIFF case {i}");
+    }
+    // a strip offset pointing past the end of the file
+    let t = |b: &[u8], p: usize| u16::from_le_bytes([b[p], b[p + 1]]);
+    let n = t(&tiff, ifd) as usize;
+    let mut far = tiff.clone();
+    for e in 0..n {
+        let p = ifd + 2 + e * 12;
+        if t(&far, p) == 273 && t(&far, p + 2) == 4 && u32::from_le_bytes([far[p + 4], far[p + 5], far[p + 6], far[p + 7]]) == 1 {
+            far[p + 8..p + 12].copy_from_slice(&0x7FFF_0000u32.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+    }
+    assert_ne!(far, tiff, "the strip offset was found");
+    assert!(read_header(&far).is_err(), "strip past the end");
+
+    let webp_bad = [
+        b"RIFF\0\0\0\0WEBP".to_vec(),
+        b"RIFF\0\0\0\0WEBPVP8L\xff\xff\xff\xff\x2f".to_vec(),
+        b"RIFF\0\0\0\0WEBPXXXX\xff\xff\xff\xff".to_vec(),
+        b"RIFF\0\0\0\0WEBPVP8 \x04\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".to_vec(),
+    ];
+    for (i, b) in webp_bad.iter().enumerate() {
+        assert!(read_header(b).is_err(), "WebP case {i}");
+    }
+
+    let good = psd(4, 3, Some(6), true);
+    assert_eq!(read_header(&good).unwrap().orientation, 6);
+    let set = |pos: usize, v: &[u8]| {
+        let mut b = good.clone();
+        b[pos..pos + v.len()].copy_from_slice(v);
+        b
+    };
+    let res_len = u32::from_be_bytes([good[30], good[31], good[32], good[33]]) as usize;
+    let compression = 34 + res_len + 4;
+    let mut psd_bad = vec![
+        set(12, &0u16.to_be_bytes()),           // no channels
+        set(12, &57u16.to_be_bytes()),          // too many
+        set(12, &2u16.to_be_bytes()),           // too few for RGB
+        set(14, &0x7FFF_FFFFu32.to_be_bytes()), // absurd height
+        set(18, &0u32.to_be_bytes()),           // zero width
+        set(22, &1u16.to_be_bytes()),           // 1-bit
+        set(22, &7u16.to_be_bytes()),           // bad depth
+        set(24, &9u16.to_be_bytes()),           // Lab
+        set(24, &77u16.to_be_bytes()),          // unknown mode
+        set(24, &2u16.to_be_bytes()),           // indexed without a palette
+        set(compression, &2u16.to_be_bytes()),  // ZIP
+        set(26, &0xFFFF_FFFFu32.to_be_bytes()), // colour mode data past the end
+        set(30, &0xFFFF_FFF0u32.to_be_bytes()), // resources past the end
+    ];
+    // a 1 × 2^30 RLE image declared in a tiny file: refused without reading 2^30 row counts
+    let mut tall = good.clone();
+    tall[14..18].copy_from_slice(&(1u32 << 30).to_be_bytes());
+    tall[18..22].copy_from_slice(&1u32.to_be_bytes());
+    psd_bad.push(tall);
+    psd_bad.push(good[..good.len() - 1].to_vec());
+    for (i, b) in psd_bad.iter().enumerate() {
+        assert!(read_header(b).is_err(), "PSD case {i}");
+    }
+
+    for b in [&b""[..], b"\xFF\xD8\xFF", b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n", b"II*\0", b"MM\0*", b"8BPS\0\x01", b"GIF89a", b"not an image at all"] {
+        assert!(read_header(b).is_err(), "{b:?}");
+    }
+}
+
+/// The same with a few random bytes changed: whenever the decode accepts the damaged file, the
+/// header agrees with it (deterministic seed).
+#[test]
+fn mutated_files_agree_with_decode() {
+    let mut s: u64 = 0x1234_5678_9abc_def1;
+    let mut rnd = || {
+        s ^= s << 13;
+        s ^= s >> 7;
+        s ^= s << 17;
+        s
+    };
+    let (mut decodable, mut disagreements) = (0, Vec::new());
+    for (name, bytes) in fixtures(160, 96) {
+        for _ in 0..300 {
+            let mut b = bytes.clone();
+            for _ in 0..1 + rnd() % 3 {
+                let i = rnd() as usize % b.len();
+                b[i] = rnd() as u8;
+            }
+            if let Ok(d) = decoded(&b) {
+                decodable += 1;
+                let h = read_header(&b);
+                if h.as_ref().ok() != Some(&d) {
+                    disagreements.push(format!("{name}: decode {d:?}, header {h:?}"));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    assert!(decodable > 1000, "{decodable}");
+    assert!(disagreements.is_empty(), "{disagreements:#?}");
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+//! HEIC/HEIF through the codec API (feature `heif`), on lossless synthetic files from
+//! `lightcraft_heif::testdata`: an iPhone-like grid with a Display P3 profile, rotation, EXIF, a
+//! thumbnail and an HDR gain map; `nclx`-only colour; 10-bit; and hostile input.
+#![cfg(feature = "heif")]
+
+use lightcraft_codecs::*;
+use lightcraft_heif::testdata::{Prop, Spec, build};
+
+fn grey(x: u32, y: u32) -> [u16; 3] {
+    [((x * 7 + y * 13) % 220 + 20) as u16, 128, 128]
+}
+
+/// EXIF whose Orientation (6) only mirrors the container's `irot`: it must not turn the photo again.
+fn exif_orientation_6() -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut t = b"MM\0\x2a\0\0\0\x08\0\x01".to_vec();
+    t.extend_from_slice(&[0x01, 0x12, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 6, 0, 0]);
+    t.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 0, 0]);
+    t
+}
+
+/// The thumbnail is flat mid grey so a test can tell it from the photo.
+fn iphone_like() -> Vec<u8> {
+    build(&Spec {
+        props: vec![Prop::Icc(icc::write_named(NamedSpace::DisplayP3)), Prop::Irot(3)],
+        exif: Some(exif_orientation_6()),
+        thumbnail: Some(&|_, _| [126, 128, 128]),
+        ignored_aux: vec!["urn:com:apple:photo:2020:aux:hdrgainmap"],
+        ..Spec::new(96, 64, &grey)
+    })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_iphone_like_heic_decodes_upright_in_display_p3() {
+    let bytes = iphone_like();
+    assert_eq!(sniff(&bytes), Some(Format::Heif));
+    let d = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    // irot 3 = 90° clockwise, applied by the decoder; the EXIF Orientation is not applied again.
+    assert_eq!((d.width, d.height, d.source_width, d.source_height, d.orientation), (64, 96, 64, 96, 1));
+    assert_eq!(d.space.named, Some(NamedSpace::DisplayP3));
+    assert_eq!(d.space.origin, SpaceOrigin::IccMatrixTrc);
+    assert_eq!((d.bit_depth, d.has_alpha, d.float), (8, false, false));
+    assert!(d.exif.is_some() && d.icc.is_some());
+    // No nclx and no VUI: limited range, BT.601; neutral chroma stays neutral.
+    let srgb = d.to_srgb8();
+    let px = srgb.data[0];
+    assert!(px[0].abs_diff(px[1]) <= 1 && px[1].abs_diff(px[2]) <= 1, "{px:?}");
+
+    let h = read_header(&bytes).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((h.format, h.width, h.height, h.orientation), (Format::Heif, 64, 96, 1));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_small_decode_uses_the_embedded_thumbnail() {
+    let bytes = iphone_like();
+    // The 48 × 32 thumbnail, turned like the photo, covers a 32-pixel request.
+    let d = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions::fit(32, 32)).unwrap();
+    assert!(d.width.max(d.height) <= 32 && d.height > d.width, "{}x{}", d.width, d.height);
+    assert_eq!((d.source_width, d.source_height), (64, 96));
+    assert_eq!(d.space.named, Some(NamedSpace::DisplayP3));
+    let flat = d.to_srgb8();
+    assert!(flat.data.iter().all(|p| *p == flat.data[0]), "the flat thumbnail, not the photo");
+    // A thumbnail too small for the request: the photo is decoded and resized.
+    let d = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions::fit(60, 60)).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((d.width.max(d.height), d.source_width), (60, 64));
+    let photo = d.to_srgb8();
+    assert!(photo.data.iter().any(|p| *p != photo.data[0]));
+    let t = decode_thumbnail(&bytes, 32).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((t.source_width, t.source_height), (64, 96));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn nclx_colour_and_ten_bit() {
+    // Display P3 primaries, sRGB transfer, BT.709 matrix, full range: the nclx alone names the space.
+    let bytes = build(&Spec { bit_depth: 10, props: vec![Prop::Nclx(12, 13, 1, true)], ..Spec::new(64, 32, &|x, _| [(x * 16) as u16, 512, 512]) });
+    let d = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(d.space.named, Some(NamedSpace::DisplayP3));
+    assert_eq!(d.space.origin, SpaceOrigin::Container);
+    assert_eq!(d.bit_depth, 10);
+    // Full-range 10-bit neutral steps of 16 code values: linear values rise monotonically.
+    let row: Vec<f32> = (0..64).map(|x| d.image.row(0)[x][1]).collect();
+    assert!(row.windows(2).all(|w| w[1] > w[0]), "{row:?}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn hostile_heic_is_an_error_never_a_panic() {
+    let bytes = iphone_like();
+    let full = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions::default()).unwrap();
+    for cut in (12..bytes.len()).step_by(11) {
+        let b = &bytes[..cut];
+        // Cut inside the photo: an error. Cut in a trailing item (gain map, thumbnail): the photo.
+        if let (Ok(_), Ok(d)) = (read_header(b), decode(b, DecodeOptions::default())) {
+            assert_eq!(d.image.data, full.image.data, "cut at {cut}");
+        }
+        let _ = decode_thumbnail(b, 16);
+    }
+    let r = decode(&bytes, DecodeOptions { max_pixels: 64 * 96 - 1, ..Default::default() });
+    assert!(matches!(r, Err(Error::TooLarge(64, 96))), "{r:?}");
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[package]
+name = "lightcraft-denoise-core"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+description = "LightCraft denoise model metadata, Bayer tiling and cache formats (L1; no inference backend)"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[features]
+default = []
+rawnind-model = []
+
+[dependencies]
+lightcraft-raster = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha2 = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+miniz_oxide = { workspace = true }
+rayon = { workspace = true }
+web-time = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+proptest = { workspace = true }
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# lightcraft-denoise-core
+
+L1 model metadata, bounded archive/cache formats and Bayer packing/tiling helpers.
+No weights or inference backend. See [the user workflow](../../docs/denoise.md).
+`lightcraft-denoise` re-exports these types for CPU/GPU users; the engine uses this
+crate directly when inference is disabled. The default download catalog is empty.
+Run `cargo test -p lightcraft-denoise-core`; optional catalog checks use `--features rawnind-model`.
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+//! Taking one file out of a `.zip` (a `.dtmodel` is one), the little of the format a model download needs: stored and
+//! deflated entries, found by name, checked against their CRC-32 and a size limit, written next to where they are
+//! going and moved into place. It is a stranger's file, so every length and offset in it is checked, a name is only
+//! ever compared (never used as a path), and zip64, encrypted and multi-disk archives are refused.
+
+use std::io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+/// How far from the end the end-of-central-directory record can start (a 22-byte record and a 64 KiB comment).
+const EOCD_SEARCH: u64 = 22 + 65535;
+/// Largest central directory we read.
+const MAX_DIRECTORY: u64 = 1 << 20;
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum ArchiveError {
+    #[error("the archive could not be read: {0}")]
+    Io(String),
+    #[error("not a usable archive: {0}")]
+    Format(String),
+    #[error("the archive has no file called `{0}`")]
+    Missing(String),
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for ArchiveError {
+    fn from(e: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        ArchiveError::Io(e.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+fn format<T>(why: &str) -> Result<T, ArchiveError> {
+    Err(ArchiveError::Format(why.into()))
+}
+
+fn u16_at(b: &[u8], at: usize) -> Option<u16> {
+    Some(u16::from_le_bytes(b.get(at..at.checked_add(2)?)?.try_into().ok()?))
+}
+
+fn u32_at(b: &[u8], at: usize) -> Option<u32> {
+    Some(u32::from_le_bytes(b.get(at..at.checked_add(4)?)?.try_into().ok()?))
+}
+
+/// CRC-32 (IEEE) of `bytes`.
+fn crc32(bytes: &[u8]) -> u32 {
+    let mut table = [0u32; 256];
+    for (i, t) in table.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        let mut c = i as u32;
+        for _ in 0..8 {
+            c = if c & 1 != 0 { 0xedb8_8320 ^ (c >> 1) } else { c >> 1 };
+        }
+        *t = c;
+    }
+    !bytes.iter().fold(!0u32, |c, &b| table[((c ^ u32::from(b)) & 0xff) as usize] ^ (c >> 8))
+}
+
+struct Entry {
+    method: u16,
+    crc: u32,
+    compressed: u64,
+    size: u64,
+    local_header: u64,
+}
+
+/// Find the entry called `name` (exactly, or as the last part of a longer name: `folder/name`) in the central directory.
+fn find(f: &mut (impl Read + Seek), name: &str) -> Result<Entry, ArchiveError> {
+    let len = f.seek(SeekFrom::End(0))?;
+    let tail_len = len.min(EOCD_SEARCH);
+    f.seek(SeekFrom::Start(len - tail_len))?;
+    let mut tail = vec![0u8; tail_len as usize];
+    f.read_exact(&mut tail)?;
+    let eocd = (0..tail.len().saturating_sub(21)).rev().find(|&i| u32_at(&tail, i) == Some(0x0605_4b50));
+    let Some(e) = eocd else { return format("this is not a zip file") };
+    let (entries, size, offset) = (u16_at(&tail, e + 10), u32_at(&tail, e + 12), u32_at(&tail, e + 16));
+    let (Some(entries), Some(size), Some(offset)) = (entries, size, offset) else { return format("the end of the archive is cut short") };
+    if entries == 0xffff || size == u32::MAX || offset == u32::MAX {
+        return format("zip64 archives are not supported");
+    }
+    if u64::from(size) > MAX_DIRECTORY || u64::from(offset) + u64::from(size) > len {
+        return format("the list of files is not where it says");
+    }
+    f.seek(SeekFrom::Start(u64::from(offset)))?;
+    let mut dir = vec![0u8; size as usize];
+    f.read_exact(&mut dir)?;
+    let mut at = 0usize;
+    for _ in 0..entries {
+        if u32_at(&dir, at) != Some(0x0201_4b50) {
+            return format("the list of files is damaged");
+        }
+        let get = |o: usize| at.checked_add(o);
+        let (flags, method, crc) = (u16_at(&dir, at + 8), u16_at(&dir, at + 10), u32_at(&dir, at + 16));
+        let (compressed, uncompressed) = (u32_at(&dir, at + 20), u32_at(&dir, at + 24));
+        let (n, x, c) = (u16_at(&dir, at + 28), u16_at(&dir, at + 30), u16_at(&dir, at + 32));
+        let local = u32_at(&dir, at + 42);
+        let (Some(flags), Some(method), Some(crc), Some(compressed), Some(uncompressed), Some(n), Some(x), Some(c), Some(local), Some(start)) =
+            (flags, method, crc, compressed, uncompressed, n, x, c, local, get(46))
+        else {
+            return format("the list of files is cut short");
+        };
+        let Some(entry_name) = dir.get(start..start + usize::from(n)) else { return format("a file name is cut short") };
+        let matches = entry_name == name.as_bytes() || entry_name.strip_suffix(name.as_bytes()).is_some_and(|p| p.ends_with(b"/"));
+        if matches {
+            if flags & 1 != 0 {
+                return format("encrypted files are not supported");
+            }
+            if compressed == u32::MAX || uncompressed == u32::MAX {
+                return format("zip64 files are not supported");
+            }
+            return Ok(Entry { method, crc, compressed: u64::from(compressed), size: u64::from(uncompressed), local_header: u64::from(local) });
+        }
+        at = start + usize::from(n) + usize::from(x) + usize::from(c);
+    }
+    Err(ArchiveError::Missing(name.into()))
+}
+
+/// Take the file called `name` out of the archive at `archive` and write it to `dest` (through a temporary file next
+/// to it); `max_bytes` bounds its size. Returns the number of bytes written.
+pub fn extract(archive: &Path, name: &str, dest: &Path, max_bytes: u64) -> Result<u64, ArchiveError> {
+    let mut f = std::io::BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(archive)?);
+    let e = find(&mut f, name)?;
+    if e.size > max_bytes || e.compressed > max_bytes {
+        return format("the file in the archive is larger than allowed");
+    }
+    f.seek(SeekFrom::Start(e.local_header))?;
+    let mut head = [0u8; 30];
+    f.read_exact(&mut head)?;
+    if u32_at(&head, 0) != Some(0x0403_4b50) {
+        return format("the file's header is not where it says");
+    }
+    let skip = u64::from(u16_at(&head, 26).unwrap_or(0)) + u64::from(u16_at(&head, 28).unwrap_or(0));
+    f.seek_relative(i64::try_from(skip).map_err(|_| ArchiveError::Format("a header is too long".into()))?)?;
+    let len = usize::try_from(e.compressed)
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|&n| n <= 256 * 1024 * 1024)
+        .ok_or_else(|| ArchiveError::Format("the compressed model is too large".into()))?;
+    if e.size > 256 * 1024 * 1024 {
+        return format("the extracted model is too large");
+    }
+    let mut packed = Vec::new();
+    packed.try_reserve_exact(len).map_err(|_| ArchiveError::Format("not enough memory for the model archive".into()))?;
+    packed.resize(len, 0u8);
+    f.read_exact(&mut packed)?;
+    let data = match e.method {
+        0 => packed,
+        8 => miniz_oxide::inflate::decompress_to_vec_with_limit(&packed, max_bytes.min(256 * 1024 * 1024) as usize)
+            .map_err(|err| ArchiveError::Format(format!("{err:?}")))?,
+        m => return format(&format!("compression method {m} is not supported")),
+    };
+    if data.len() as u64 != e.size || crc32(&data) != e.crc {
+        return format("the file in the archive is damaged");
+    }
+    let tmp = dest.with_extension("part");
+    let written = (|| -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        let mut out = std::fs::File::create(&tmp)?;
+        out.write_all(&data)?;
+        out.flush()?;
+        drop(out);
+        std::fs::rename(&tmp, dest)
+    })();
+    if let Err(err) = written {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&tmp);
+        return Err(err.into());
+    }
+    Ok(data.len() as u64)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A zip with the given (name, bytes, deflate) entries, written by hand.
+    pub(crate) fn make_zip(files: &[(&str, &[u8], bool)]) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        let mut dir = Vec::new();
+        for (name, data, deflate) in files {
+            let packed = if *deflate { miniz_oxide::deflate::compress_to_vec(data, 6) } else { data.to_vec() };
+            let offset = out.len() as u32;
+            let method: u16 = if *deflate { 8 } else { 0 };
+            out.extend_from_slice(&0x0403_4b50u32.to_le_bytes());
+            out.extend_from_slice(&[20, 0, 0, 0]);
+            out.extend_from_slice(&method.to_le_bytes());
+            out.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 0, 0]);
+            out.extend_from_slice(&crc32(data).to_le_bytes());
+            out.extend_from_slice(&(packed.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());
+            out.extend_from_slice(&(data.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());
+            out.extend_from_slice(&(name.len() as u16).to_le_bytes());
+            out.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0]);
+            out.extend_from_slice(name.as_bytes());
+            out.extend_from_slice(&packed);
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&0x0201_4b50u32.to_le_bytes());
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&[20, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0]);
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&method.to_le_bytes());
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 0, 0]);
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&crc32(data).to_le_bytes());
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&(packed.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&(data.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&(name.len() as u16).to_le_bytes());
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&[0; 12]);
+            dir.extend_from_slice(&offset.to_le_bytes());
+            dir.extend_from_slice(name.as_bytes());
+        }
+        let cd_offset = out.len() as u32;
+        out.extend_from_slice(&dir);
+        out.extend_from_slice(&0x0605_4b50u32.to_le_bytes());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 0, 0]);
+        out.extend_from_slice(&(files.len() as u16).to_le_bytes());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&(files.len() as u16).to_le_bytes());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&(dir.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&cd_offset.to_le_bytes());
+        out.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0]);
+        out
+    }
+
+    fn temp(name: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-denoise-zip-{name}-{}", std::process::id()))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_stored_and_a_deflated_file_come_out_whole() {
+        let big: Vec<u8> = (0..200_000u32).map(|i| (i * 7 % 251) as u8).collect();
+        let zip = make_zip(&[("m/config.json", b"{}", false), ("m/model.onnx", &big, true), ("m/other.onnx", b"zz", true)]);
+        let (a, out) = (temp("a.zip"), temp("a.onnx"));
+        std::fs::write(&a, &zip).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(extract(&a, "model.onnx", &out, 1 << 20).unwrap(), big.len() as u64);
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&out).unwrap(), big);
+        assert_eq!(extract(&a, "m/config.json", &out, 1 << 20).unwrap(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&out).unwrap(), b"{}");
+        // a name must match whole path parts: `del.onnx` is not `model.onnx`
+        assert!(matches!(extract(&a, "del.onnx", &out, 1 << 20), Err(ArchiveError::Missing(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(extract(&a, "nothing", &out, 1 << 20), Err(ArchiveError::Missing(_))));
+        // the size limit applies
+        assert!(matches!(extract(&a, "model.onnx", &out, 1000), Err(ArchiveError::Format(_))));
+        for p in [a, out] {
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Opt-in: `LC_DENOISE_DTMODEL=<rawdenoise-nind.dtmodel> cargo test -p lightcraft-denoise -- --ignored archive`
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "needs the real download: set LC_DENOISE_DTMODEL"]
+    fn the_real_download_gives_the_model_it_should() {
+        let Some(path) = std::env::var_os("LC_DENOISE_DTMODEL") else { return };
+        let known = crate::known::find("rawnind-bayer").unwrap();
+        let (d, entry) = (known.download.unwrap(), known.entry.unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(crate::hash::sha256_file(Path::new(&path)).unwrap(), d.sha256);
+        let out = temp("real.onnx");
+        let n = extract(Path::new(&path), entry, &out, crate::manifest::MAX_MODEL_BYTES).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Some(n), known.manifest.size_bytes);
+        assert_eq!(Some(crate::hash::sha256_file(&out).unwrap()), known.manifest.sha256);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(out);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn damaged_and_hostile_archives_are_errors_not_panics() {
+        let zip = make_zip(&[("m/model.onnx", &vec![9u8; 5000], true)]);
+        let (a, out) = (temp("b.zip"), temp("b.onnx"));
+        // cut anywhere
+        for n in (0..zip.len()).step_by(3) {
+            std::fs::write(&a, &zip[..n]).unwrap();
+            assert!(extract(&a, "model.onnx", &out, 1 << 20).is_err(), "cut at {n}");
+        }
+        // one byte changed anywhere: an error, or (when it falls in an unused field) the right file, never a panic
+        for at in 0..zip.len() {
+            let mut bad = zip.clone();
+            bad[at] ^= 0x5a;
+            std::fs::write(&a, &bad).unwrap();
+            if extract(&a, "model.onnx", &out, 1 << 20).is_ok() {
+                assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&out).unwrap(), vec![9u8; 5000], "a changed byte at {at} gave another file");
+            }
+        }
+        // not a zip at all, and an empty file
+        for junk in [Vec::new(), b"PK".to_vec(), vec![0u8; 100_000]] {
+            std::fs::write(&a, junk).unwrap();
+            assert!(extract(&a, "model.onnx", &out, 1 << 20).is_err());
+        }
+        assert!(extract(&temp("missing.zip"), "model.onnx", &out, 1 << 20).is_err());
+        for p in [a, out] {
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+//! Bayer geometry: which way a mosaic is laid out, and how a patch of it is packed into the four planes
+//! (red, green on the red row, green on the blue row, blue) a denoise model takes.
+//!
+//! Every Bayer layout is the same 2 × 2 cell shifted by one pixel at most, so a layout is just where its
+//! first red sample is. The cell grid starts one pixel before the picture when that red sample is in
+//! column or row 1, and the picture is read with its edge mirrored (without repeating the edge sample, so
+//! the colour of a mirrored sample is the colour that belongs at that place).
+
+/// Where the first red sample of a Bayer mosaic sits, `(dx, dy)` in `{0, 1}²`: RGGB is `(0, 0)`, GRBG `(1, 0)`,
+/// GBRG `(0, 1)`, BGGR `(1, 1)`.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Layout {
+    pub dx: usize,
+    pub dy: usize,
+}
+
+impl Layout {
+    /// The layout of a 2 × 2 colour pattern, row-major, colours 0 = red, 1 = green, 2 = blue; `None` when
+    /// it is not a Bayer cell (one red, one blue, the greens on the other diagonal).
+    pub fn from_cell(cell: [u8; 4]) -> Option<Layout> {
+        let at = |c: u8| cell.iter().position(|&v| v == c);
+        let red = at(0)?;
+        let blue = at(2)?;
+        let greens = cell.iter().filter(|&&v| v == 1).count();
+        // red and blue sit on one diagonal: indices 0+3 or 1+2
+        if greens != 2 || red + blue != 3 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        Some(Layout { dx: red % 2, dy: red / 2 })
+    }
+
+    /// The cell grid's origin: `-1` along an axis whose first red sample is at 1, so that cell 0 starts on a red column or row.
+    fn origin(self) -> (isize, isize) {
+        (isize::try_from(self.dx).unwrap_or(isize::MAX).saturating_neg(), isize::try_from(self.dy).unwrap_or(isize::MAX).saturating_neg())
+    }
+
+    /// Cells across and down covering a `width × height` mosaic.
+    pub fn cells(self, width: usize, height: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
+        let cells = |n: usize, phase: usize| n / 2 + (n % 2 + phase.min(1)).div_ceil(2);
+        (cells(width, self.dx), cells(height, self.dy))
+    }
+
+    /// The mosaic position of cell `(cx, cy)`'s top-left sample (may lie outside the picture).
+    pub fn position(self, cx: isize, cy: isize) -> (isize, isize) {
+        let (ox, oy) = self.origin();
+        (ox.saturating_add(cx.saturating_mul(2)), oy.saturating_add(cy.saturating_mul(2)))
+    }
+}
+
+/// `i` mirrored into `0..n` (ping-pong, edge not repeated), so `-1` is `1` and `n` is `n - 2`. `n == 0` gives 0.
+pub fn reflect(i: isize, n: usize) -> usize {
+    if n <= 1 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if let Some(period) = isize::try_from(n).ok().and_then(|n| (n - 1).checked_mul(2)) {
+        let m = i.rem_euclid(period);
+        return (if m < n as isize { m } else { period - m }) as usize;
+    }
+    let period = 2 * (n as i128 - 1);
+    let m = (i as i128).rem_euclid(period);
+    // The reflected value is in 0..n, so this conversion always fits usize.
+    (if m < n as i128 { m } else { period - m }) as usize
+}
+
+/// Pack the `tile × tile` cells whose top-left cell is `(cx0, cy0)` into `out` as four planes `[R, G1, G2, B]`
+/// (`4 · tile²` values, NCHW). G1 is the green beside the red sample, G2 the green under it. Samples outside
+/// the picture are mirrored. Returns `false` (and writes nothing) when the sizes do not fit.
+pub fn pack_tile(mosaic: &[f32], width: usize, height: usize, layout: Layout, cx0: isize, cy0: isize, tile: usize, out: &mut [f32]) -> bool {
+    let Some(plane) = tile.checked_mul(tile) else { return false };
+    let Some(values) = plane.checked_mul(4) else { return false };
+    if width == 0
+        || height == 0
+        || tile == 0
+        || layout.dx > 1
+        || layout.dy > 1
+        || width.checked_mul(height) != Some(mosaic.len())
+        || out.len() != values
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let Ok(last) = isize::try_from(tile - 1) else { return false };
+    let (ox, oy) = layout.origin();
+    for (start, origin) in [(cx0, ox), (cy0, oy)] {
+        if start.checked_mul(2).and_then(|v| v.checked_add(origin)).is_none()
+            || start.checked_add(last).and_then(|v| v.checked_mul(2)).and_then(|v| v.checked_add(origin)).and_then(|v| v.checked_add(1)).is_none()
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    // the four samples of a cell, as (dx, dy) from its top-left sample
+    const SUB: [(isize, isize); 4] = [(0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 1)];
+    for (p, &(sx, sy)) in SUB.iter().enumerate() {
+        let Some(dst) = out.get_mut(p * plane..(p + 1) * plane) else { return false };
+        for (j, row) in dst.chunks_exact_mut(tile).enumerate() {
+            let (_, y) = layout.position(cx0, cy0 + j as isize);
+            let ry = reflect(y + sy, height);
+            let Some(src) = mosaic.get(ry * width..(ry + 1) * width) else { return false };
+            for (i, v) in row.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+                let (x, _) = layout.position(cx0 + i as isize, cy0);
+                *v = src.get(reflect(x + sx, width)).copied().unwrap_or(0.0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    true
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hostile_sizes_and_positions_never_panic_or_write_output() {
+        let layout = Layout::from_cell([0, 1, 1, 2]).unwrap();
+        let mut out = [7.0; 4];
+        for (w, h, tile, x) in [(usize::MAX, 2, 1, 0), (1, 1, usize::MAX, 0), (1, 1, 0, 0), (1, 1, 1, isize::MAX), (1, 1, 1, isize::MIN)] {
+            assert!(!pack_tile(&[0.5], w, h, layout, x, 0, tile, &mut out));
+            assert_eq!(out, [7.0; 4]);
+        }
+        for n in [1, 2, isize::MAX as usize, usize::MAX] {
+            for i in [isize::MIN, -1, 0, isize::MAX] {
+                assert!(reflect(i, n) < n);
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(layout.cells(usize::MAX, usize::MAX), (usize::MAX / 2 + 1, usize::MAX / 2 + 1));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn layouts_from_cells() {
+        assert_eq!(Layout::from_cell([0, 1, 1, 2]), Some(Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 }));
+        assert_eq!(Layout::from_cell([1, 0, 2, 1]), Some(Layout { dx: 1, dy: 0 }));
+        assert_eq!(Layout::from_cell([1, 2, 0, 1]), Some(Layout { dx: 0, dy: 1 }));
+        assert_eq!(Layout::from_cell([2, 1, 1, 0]), Some(Layout { dx: 1, dy: 1 }));
+        // not Bayer: two reds, a missing blue, greens on the wrong diagonal
+        assert_eq!(Layout::from_cell([0, 0, 1, 2]), None);
+        assert_eq!(Layout::from_cell([0, 1, 2, 1]), None);
+        assert_eq!(Layout::from_cell([1, 1, 1, 1]), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn reflection_keeps_the_colour_of_a_site() {
+        assert_eq!(reflect(-1, 10), 1);
+        assert_eq!(reflect(-2, 10), 2);
+        assert_eq!(reflect(10, 10), 8);
+        assert_eq!(reflect(11, 10), 7);
+        assert_eq!(reflect(25, 10), 7);
+        assert_eq!(reflect(5, 0), 0);
+        assert_eq!(reflect(5, 1), 0);
+        for i in -40..60 {
+            assert_eq!(reflect(i, 11) % 2, (i.rem_euclid(2)) as usize, "parity at {i}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn packing_puts_each_colour_in_its_plane_for_every_layout() {
+        // a mosaic whose sample value says which colour it is: R = 10, G = 20, B = 30
+        for cell in [[0u8, 1, 1, 2], [1, 0, 2, 1], [1, 2, 0, 1], [2, 1, 1, 0]] {
+            let layout = Layout::from_cell(cell).unwrap();
+            let (w, h) = (10usize, 8usize);
+            let mosaic: Vec<f32> = (0..w * h).map(|i| [10.0, 20.0, 30.0][cell[(i / w % 2) * 2 + i % w % 2] as usize]).collect();
+            let (nx, ny) = layout.cells(w, h);
+            let tile = nx.max(ny);
+            let mut out = vec![0.0; 4 * tile * tile];
+            assert!(pack_tile(&mosaic, w, h, layout, 0, 0, tile, &mut out));
+            let plane = tile * tile;
+            for (p, want) in [10.0, 20.0, 20.0, 30.0].into_iter().enumerate() {
+                assert!(out[p * plane..(p + 1) * plane].iter().all(|&v| v == want), "layout {cell:?} plane {p}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn g1_is_beside_the_red_sample_and_g2_under_it() {
+        // RGGB with a distinct value at every site
+        let (w, h) = (4, 4);
+        let mosaic: Vec<f32> = (0..16).map(|i| i as f32).collect();
+        let mut out = vec![0.0; 4 * 4];
+        assert!(pack_tile(&mosaic, w, h, Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 }, 0, 0, 2, &mut out));
+        // cell (0,0): R = site (0,0)=0, G1 = site (1,0)=1, G2 = site (0,1)=4, B = site (1,1)=5
+        assert_eq!([out[0], out[4], out[8], out[12]], [0.0, 1.0, 4.0, 5.0]);
+        // cell (1,0): sites (2,0)=2, (3,0)=3, (2,1)=6, (3,1)=7
+        assert_eq!([out[1], out[5], out[9], out[13]], [2.0, 3.0, 6.0, 7.0]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn packing_rejects_wrong_sizes() {
+        let mut out = vec![0.0; 16];
+        assert!(!pack_tile(&[0.0; 15], 4, 4, Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 }, 0, 0, 2, &mut out));
+        assert!(!pack_tile(&[0.0; 16], 4, 4, Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 }, 0, 0, 3, &mut out));
+        assert!(!pack_tile(&[], 0, 0, Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 }, 0, 0, 2, &mut out));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//! SHA-256 of a model file, streamed (a model can be hundreds of megabytes).
+
+use std::io::{self, Read};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+/// Lowercase hex SHA-256 of everything `r` yields.
+pub fn sha256_reader<R: Read>(mut r: R) -> io::Result<String> {
+    let mut h = Sha256::new();
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; 1 << 20];
+    loop {
+        let n = r.read(&mut buf)?;
+        if n == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        h.update(buf.get(..n).unwrap_or(&[]));
+    }
+    Ok(hex(&h.finalize()))
+}
+
+/// Lowercase hex SHA-256 of a file.
+pub fn sha256_file(path: &Path) -> io::Result<String> {
+    sha256_reader(io::BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(path)?))
+}
+
+/// Lowercase hex SHA-256 of `bytes`.
+pub fn sha256_hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    hex(&Sha256::digest(bytes))
+}
+
+fn hex(bytes: &[u8]) -> String {
+    bytes.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn known_digests() {
+        assert_eq!(sha256_hex(b""), "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855");
+        assert_eq!(sha256_hex(b"abc"), "ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad");
+        assert_eq!(sha256_reader(&b"abc"[..]).unwrap(), sha256_hex(b"abc"));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+//! The denoise models LightCraft knows about: what each one is, who may use it, and where to fetch it.
+//!
+//! None is part of LightCraft. A model with an address here can be downloaded when the user asks and has accepted
+//! its terms; anything else is brought by the user as an `.onnx` file with a `denoise-model.json` beside it.
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "rawnind-model", test))]
+use crate::licence::{Commercial, Licence};
+
+use crate::manifest::DenoiserManifest;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "rawnind-model", test))]
+use crate::manifest::{Domain, Gain};
+
+/// A known model, and how to get it.
+pub struct Known {
+    pub manifest: DenoiserManifest,
+    /// What to fetch (an archive or the `.onnx` itself); `None` when the user must bring the file.
+    pub download: Option<Download>,
+    /// The `.onnx` inside the downloaded archive (`None`: the download is the `.onnx`).
+    pub entry: Option<&'static str>,
+}
+
+/// RawNIND's UtNet2 for Bayer sensors, as published for darktable (`rawdenoise-nind.dtmodel`, a zip with a Bayer and a
+/// linear model). Its weights are GPL-3.0; the training pictures are CC BY 4.0 and CC0.
+#[cfg(any(feature = "rawnind-model", test))]
+fn rawnind_bayer() -> Known {
+    let manifest = DenoiserManifest {
+        id: "rawnind-bayer".into(),
+        name: "RawNIND UtNet2 (Bayer)".into(),
+        version: "1.0".into(),
+        licence: Licence {
+            name: "GPL-3.0".into(),
+            commercial: Commercial::Yes,
+            url: Some("https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html".into()),
+            notice: "The weights are published under the GNU General Public License v3. LightCraft does not include them: they \
+                     are downloaded to your computer at your request and used by it only. If you pass the model file on, the \
+                     GPL applies to that copy. Commercial use is subject to the GPL terms, including applicable source, licence and notice obligations on redistribution."
+                .into(),
+        },
+        source: Some("https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable-ai/tree/master/models/rawdenoise-nind".into()),
+        sha256: Some("da27509dab6a2915da67e988acd86cf71f9d5bbc8d1aa0ed32933578a887b901".into()),
+        size_bytes: Some(31_056_425),
+        provenance: "Trained on RawNIND, real photographs of the same scenes taken noisy and clean (images CC BY 4.0 and CC0, \
+                     published on Wikimedia Commons and by the University of Louvain). Paper: arXiv 2501.08924."
+            .into(),
+        domain: Domain::BayerToRgb,
+        tile: 512,
+        overlap: 64,
+        gain: Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0e6, max_deviation: 0.05 },
+    };
+    let download = Download {
+        id: manifest.id.clone(),
+        url: "https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable-ai/releases/download/release-5.6.0/rawdenoise-nind.dtmodel".into(),
+        file_name: "rawdenoise-nind.dtmodel".into(),
+        size_bytes: 57_700_134,
+        sha256: "d71b5f1e727c85a359e6f74dca9e2016c9d8fc3e2f7ac3e9b347d80ceca969af".into(),
+    };
+    Known { manifest, download: Some(download), entry: Some("model_bayer.onnx") }
+}
+
+/// Every model LightCraft knows.
+pub fn all() -> Vec<Known> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "rawnind-model")]
+    {
+        vec![rawnind_bayer()]
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "rawnind-model"))]
+    {
+        Vec::new()
+    }
+}
+
+/// The known model with this id.
+pub fn find(id: &str) -> Option<Known> {
+    all().into_iter().find(|k| k.manifest.id == id)
+}
+
+/// The known model whose `.onnx` has this SHA-256.
+pub fn by_sha256(sha256: &str) -> Option<DenoiserManifest> {
+    all().into_iter().map(|k| k.manifest).find(|m| m.sha256.as_deref() == Some(sha256))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::manifest::validate;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn known_models_are_valid_unique_and_downloaded_over_https() {
+        let all = all();
+        assert_eq!(all.is_empty(), !cfg!(feature = "rawnind-model"));
+        validate(&rawnind_bayer().manifest).unwrap();
+        for (i, k) in all.iter().enumerate() {
+            validate(&k.manifest).unwrap();
+            assert!(all.iter().skip(i + 1).all(|o| o.manifest.id != k.manifest.id), "unique ids");
+            assert!(!k.manifest.licence.name.is_empty() && !k.manifest.licence.notice.is_empty(), "terms are shown before use");
+            if let Some(d) = &k.download {
+                assert_eq!(d.id, k.manifest.id);
+                assert!(d.url.starts_with("https://") && d.sha256.len() == 64 && d.size_bytes > 0);
+                // a name that cannot leave the staging folder
+                assert!(!d.file_name.contains(['/', '\\']) && !d.file_name.starts_with('.'));
+            }
+            // a model that may not be used commercially is never offered for download
+            if k.manifest.licence.commercial == Commercial::No {
+                assert!(k.download.is_none(), "{}", k.manifest.id);
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(find("rawnind-bayer").is_some(), cfg!(feature = "rawnind-model"));
+        assert!(find("nothing").is_none());
+        assert_eq!(
+            by_sha256("da27509dab6a2915da67e988acd86cf71f9d5bbc8d1aa0ed32933578a887b901").map(|m| m.id),
+            if cfg!(feature = "rawnind-model") { Some("rawnind-bayer".into()) } else { None }
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Download {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub url: String,
+    /// The name the file is kept under while it waits for the user to accept its terms.
+    pub file_name: String,
+    pub size_bytes: u64,
+    pub sha256: String,
+}
+
+pub fn host(url: &str) -> &str {
+    url.strip_prefix("https://").and_then(|r| r.split('/').next()).unwrap_or("")
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//! Model metadata, bounded archive/cache formats and Bayer tiling, independent of inference.
+//! Used by featureless engine and web builds; no neural-network or matrix backend is linked.
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
+pub mod archive;
+pub mod bayer;
+pub mod hash;
+pub mod known;
+pub mod licence;
+pub mod manifest;
+pub mod product;
+pub mod run;
+pub mod tiles;
+
+pub use manifest::{DenoiserManifest, Domain, Gain, ManifestError};
+pub use run::{Control, Error, Params, TileRunner, denoise_bayer};
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum Commercial {
+    Yes,
+    /// Research or personal use only. Never bundled or redistributed by LightCraft.
+    No,
+    /// The licence or the training data is unclear: the user is told so before installing.
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct Licence {
+    /// SPDX id or a short name ("MIT", "Apache-2.0", "InsightFace non-commercial research").
+    pub name: String,
+    pub commercial: Commercial,
+    pub url: Option<String>,
+    /// Plain-language terms shown before the model is enabled.
+    pub notice: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for Licence {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { name: String::new(), commercial: Commercial::Unknown, url: None, notice: String::new() }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn valid_id(id: &str) -> bool {
+    let mut bytes = id.bytes();
+    let first_ok = bytes.next().is_some_and(|b| b.is_ascii_lowercase() || b.is_ascii_digit());
+    first_ok && id.len() <= 64 && bytes.all(|b| b.is_ascii_lowercase() || b.is_ascii_digit() || matches!(b, b'.' | b'_' | b'-'))
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+//! A denoise model's manifest: what the model takes and gives, how big its tiles are and who may use it, as
+//! plain data.
+//!
+//! It comes from a `denoise-model.json` next to the `.onnx` file or from the user's `catalog.json`. Both are
+//! untrusted: [`validate`] must pass before a manifest is used, and [`parse`] applies it after reading JSON of
+//! bounded size. The licence, id and address rules are the face models' (`crate::licence`).
+
+use crate::licence::{Licence, valid_id};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// Largest `denoise-model.json` we read.
+pub const MAX_MANIFEST_BYTES: usize = 64 * 1024;
+/// Largest model file we accept (bytes).
+pub const MAX_MODEL_BYTES: u64 = 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+/// What the model takes and what it gives.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum Domain {
+    /// The sensor's Bayer mosaic (black subtracted, white at 1, not white balanced) packed as four planes
+    /// `[R, G1, G2, B]` of its 2 × 2 cells, forced to RGGB; gives camera RGB at the mosaic's resolution, so
+    /// the picture is denoised and demosaiced in one step and must not be demosaiced again.
+    BayerToRgb,
+}
+
+/// How the model's output scale is brought back to the input's.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum Gain {
+    /// The output already has the input's scale.
+    None,
+    /// The output has a scale of its own, `nominal` times the input's (a million, for one model) and a little
+    /// different from tile to tile: each tile is scaled so that its channel means equal the input's. A tile too
+    /// dark to measure, or whose measured scale is further than `maxDeviation` (a fraction, 0.05 = 5 %) from
+    /// `nominal`, is scaled as if it were within that limit.
+    MatchMean { nominal: f32, max_deviation: f32 },
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct DenoiserManifest {
+    /// Lowercase letters, digits, `.` `_` `-`.
+    pub id: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub version: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub licence: Licence,
+    /// Where the weights come from (an `https://` page or file), for the user's information.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub source: Option<String>,
+    /// Lowercase hex SHA-256 of the `.onnx` file, when known.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub sha256: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub size_bytes: Option<u64>,
+    /// What the model was trained on, in plain words; says "undisclosed" when it is.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub provenance: String,
+    pub domain: Domain,
+    /// Side of the square the model runs on, in packed cells (the file's fixed input size).
+    pub tile: u32,
+    /// Cells neighbouring tiles share; the picture is blended across them.
+    pub overlap: u32,
+    pub gain: Gain,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum ManifestError {
+    #[error("`{0}` is not valid: {1}")]
+    Field(&'static str, String),
+    #[error("not a denoise-model manifest: {0}")]
+    Parse(String),
+    #[error("a manifest may be at most {MAX_MANIFEST_BYTES} bytes")]
+    TooLarge,
+}
+
+fn bad<T>(field: &'static str, why: impl Into<String>) -> Result<T, ManifestError> {
+    Err(ManifestError::Field(field, why.into()))
+}
+
+fn text(field: &'static str, s: &str, min: usize, max: usize) -> Result<(), ManifestError> {
+    let n = s.chars().count();
+    if n < min || n > max {
+        return bad(field, format!("must be {min} to {max} characters"));
+    }
+    if s.chars().any(|c| c.is_control() && c != '\n') {
+        return bad(field, "must not contain control characters");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn url(field: &'static str, u: &Option<String>) -> Result<(), ManifestError> {
+    match u {
+        None => Ok(()),
+        Some(u) if u.len() <= 500 && u.starts_with("https://") && !u.chars().any(|c| c.is_control() || c.is_whitespace()) => Ok(()),
+        Some(_) => bad(field, "must be an https:// address of at most 500 characters"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Check a manifest from outside before trusting it.
+pub fn validate(m: &DenoiserManifest) -> Result<(), ManifestError> {
+    if !valid_id(&m.id) {
+        return bad("id", "1 to 64 lowercase letters, digits, `.`, `_` or `-`, starting with a letter or digit");
+    }
+    text("name", &m.name, 1, 80)?;
+    text("version", &m.version, 1, 40)?;
+    text("provenance", &m.provenance, 0, 1000)?;
+    text("licence.name", &m.licence.name, 0, 80)?;
+    text("licence.notice", &m.licence.notice, 0, 2000)?;
+    url("licence.url", &m.licence.url)?;
+    url("source", &m.source)?;
+    if let Some(h) = &m.sha256
+        && !(h.len() == 64 && h.bytes().all(|b| b.is_ascii_digit() || (b'a'..=b'f').contains(&b)))
+    {
+        return bad("sha256", "must be 64 lowercase hex digits");
+    }
+    if let Some(n) = m.size_bytes
+        && (n == 0 || n > MAX_MODEL_BYTES)
+    {
+        return bad("sizeBytes", format!("must be between 1 and {MAX_MODEL_BYTES}"));
+    }
+    // a U-Net with four poolings wants a multiple of 16; nothing smaller than 64 or larger than 2048 is a tile
+    if !(64..=2048).contains(&m.tile) || !m.tile.is_multiple_of(16) {
+        return bad("tile", "must be a multiple of 16 from 64 to 2048");
+    }
+    // tiles must overlap by less than half, or one tile's blend ramps would run into its other neighbour's
+    if !m.overlap.is_multiple_of(2) || m.overlap < 16 || m.overlap.saturating_mul(2) >= m.tile {
+        return bad("overlap", "must be even, at least 16 and less than half the tile");
+    }
+    if let Gain::MatchMean { nominal, max_deviation } = m.gain {
+        if !(nominal.is_finite() && (1e-6..=1e12).contains(&nominal)) {
+            return bad("gain.nominal", "must be between 0.000001 and 1000000000000");
+        }
+        if !(max_deviation.is_finite() && (0.0..=0.5).contains(&max_deviation)) {
+            return bad("gain.maxDeviation", "must be between 0 and 0.5");
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Read and validate a `denoise-model.json`.
+pub fn parse(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<DenoiserManifest, ManifestError> {
+    if bytes.len() > MAX_MANIFEST_BYTES {
+        return Err(ManifestError::TooLarge);
+    }
+    let bytes = bytes.strip_prefix(&[0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF]).unwrap_or(bytes);
+    let m: DenoiserManifest = serde_json::from_slice(bytes).map_err(|e| ManifestError::Parse(e.to_string()))?;
+    validate(&m)?;
+    Ok(m)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    pub(crate) fn sample() -> DenoiserManifest {
+        DenoiserManifest {
+            id: "nind-bayer".into(),
+            name: "Bayer denoiser".into(),
+            version: "1".into(),
+            licence: Licence::default(),
+            source: Some("https://example.org/model.onnx".into()),
+            sha256: None,
+            size_bytes: Some(31_000_000),
+            provenance: "trained on real raw noise pairs".into(),
+            domain: Domain::BayerToRgb,
+            tile: 512,
+            overlap: 64,
+            gain: Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0e6, max_deviation: 0.05 },
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_good_manifest_round_trips() {
+        let m = sample();
+        let json = serde_json::to_vec(&m).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parse(&json).unwrap(), m);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bad_fields_are_named() {
+        let cases: Vec<(&str, Box<dyn Fn(&mut DenoiserManifest)>)> = vec![
+            ("id", Box::new(|m| m.id = "../evil".into())),
+            ("id", Box::new(|m| m.id = String::new())),
+            ("name", Box::new(|m| m.name = "x\u{7}".into())),
+            ("source", Box::new(|m| m.source = Some("http://insecure".into()))),
+            ("sha256", Box::new(|m| m.sha256 = Some("XYZ".into()))),
+            ("sizeBytes", Box::new(|m| m.size_bytes = Some(0))),
+            ("tile", Box::new(|m| m.tile = 500)),
+            ("tile", Box::new(|m| m.tile = 4096)),
+            ("overlap", Box::new(|m| m.overlap = 300)),
+            ("overlap", Box::new(|m| m.overlap = 63)),
+            ("gain.maxDeviation", Box::new(|m| m.gain = Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0, max_deviation: f32::NAN })),
+            ("gain.maxDeviation", Box::new(|m| m.gain = Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0, max_deviation: 2.0 })),
+            ("gain.nominal", Box::new(|m| m.gain = Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 0.0, max_deviation: 0.1 })),
+            ("gain.nominal", Box::new(|m| m.gain = Gain::MatchMean { nominal: f32::INFINITY, max_deviation: 0.1 })),
+        ];
+        for (field, edit) in cases {
+            let mut m = sample();
+            edit(&mut m);
+            match validate(&m) {
+                Err(ManifestError::Field(f, _)) => assert_eq!(f, field),
+                other => panic!("{field}: {other:?}"),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_is_bounded_and_tolerant() {
+        assert_eq!(parse(&vec![b' '; MAX_MANIFEST_BYTES + 1]), Err(ManifestError::TooLarge));
+        assert!(matches!(parse(b"{ nope"), Err(ManifestError::Parse(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(parse(b""), Err(ManifestError::Parse(_))));
+        let mut with_bom = vec![0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF];
+        with_bom.extend(serde_json::to_vec(&sample()).unwrap());
+        assert!(parse(&with_bom).is_ok());
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,616 @@
+//! The denoised picture as cached data, and the blend the Amount slider controls.
+//!
+//! A product is camera RGB at the sensor's resolution (what the model gave, before the raw's own opcodes and
+//! crop), kept as half floats in strips of rows, each strip byte-shuffled and deflated with its own checksum.
+//! It is derived data: any problem reading it (missing, truncated, corrupt, made for another photo or model) is
+//! just a cache miss, never a panic, and the picture can be made again.
+//!
+//! File: `LCDN`, version, header length, header JSON (`width`, `height`, `strip`, `key`), then for each strip its
+//! compressed length and CRC-32, then the strips' bytes. `key` says what the product was made from (the photo's
+//! content, the model, this code's version, the settings it depends on); a file with another key is stale.
+
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use lightcraft_raster::Rgb32f;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+const MAGIC: &[u8; 4] = b"LCDN";
+const VERSION: u8 = 1;
+const MAX_HEADER: usize = 4096;
+const MAX_SIDE: usize = 1 << 17;
+/// Most pixels a product may have (the denoiser's own limit, [`crate::run::MAX_PIXELS`]).
+const MAX_PIXELS: usize = crate::run::MAX_PIXELS;
+/// Rows per strip: about a megapixel of three planes at 24 MP widths.
+const STRIP_ROWS: usize = 128;
+/// Bumped when the meaning of a product changes (included in keys by the caller).
+pub const ALGORITHM: u32 = 1;
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum ProductError {
+    #[error("the denoised picture could not be read or written: {0}")]
+    Io(String),
+    #[error("not a usable denoised picture: {0}")]
+    Format(String),
+    /// A product made from something else (another photo state, model or version).
+    #[error("the denoised picture is out of date")]
+    Stale,
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for ProductError {
+    fn from(e: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        ProductError::Io(e.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Header {
+    pub width: usize,
+    pub height: usize,
+    pub strip: usize,
+    pub key: String,
+}
+
+fn allocate<T: Clone>(n: usize, value: T) -> Result<Vec<T>, ProductError> {
+    let mut v = Vec::new();
+    v.try_reserve_exact(n).map_err(|_| ProductError::Format("not enough memory for the denoised picture".into()))?;
+    v.resize(n, value);
+    Ok(v)
+}
+
+/// `f32` as IEEE half-float bits, rounded to nearest even; beyond the range it saturates, NaN becomes 0.
+pub fn to_f16(v: f32) -> u16 {
+    if !v.is_finite() {
+        return if v.is_nan() {
+            0
+        } else if v > 0.0 {
+            0x7bff
+        } else {
+            0xfbff
+        };
+    }
+    let b = v.to_bits();
+    let sign = ((b >> 16) & 0x8000) as u16;
+    let exp = ((b >> 23) & 0xff) as i32 - 127 + 15;
+    let man = b & 0x7f_ffff;
+    if exp >= 31 {
+        return sign | 0x7bff;
+    }
+    if exp <= 0 {
+        if exp < -10 {
+            return sign;
+        }
+        let man = man | 0x80_0000;
+        let shift = (14 - exp) as u32;
+        let (half, rem, halfway) = (man >> shift, man & ((1u32 << shift) - 1), 1u32 << (shift - 1));
+        let mut h = half as u16;
+        if rem > halfway || (rem == halfway && h & 1 == 1) {
+            h += 1;
+        }
+        return sign | h;
+    }
+    let mut h = (((exp as u32) << 10) | (man >> 13)) as u16;
+    let rem = man & 0x1fff;
+    if rem > 0x1000 || (rem == 0x1000 && h & 1 == 1) {
+        h += 1;
+    }
+    if h >= 0x7c00 {
+        h = 0x7bff;
+    }
+    sign | h
+}
+
+/// Half-float bits as `f32`.
+pub fn from_f16(h: u16) -> f32 {
+    let sign = if h & 0x8000 != 0 { -1.0f32 } else { 1.0 };
+    let exp = i32::from((h >> 10) & 0x1f);
+    let man = f32::from(h & 0x3ff);
+    match exp {
+        0 => sign * man * 2f32.powi(-24),
+        31 => sign * 65504.0,
+        _ => sign * (1.0 + man / 1024.0) * 2f32.powi(exp - 15),
+    }
+}
+
+fn crc(bytes: &[u8]) -> u32 {
+    // CRC-32 (IEEE), bitwise: strips are small and this runs once per strip
+    let mut table = [0u32; 256];
+    for (i, t) in table.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+        let mut c = i as u32;
+        for _ in 0..8 {
+            c = if c & 1 != 0 { 0xedb8_8320 ^ (c >> 1) } else { c >> 1 };
+        }
+        *t = c;
+    }
+    !bytes.iter().fold(!0u32, |c, &b| table[((c ^ u32::from(b)) & 0xff) as usize] ^ (c >> 8))
+}
+
+/// One strip as bytes: for each plane (R, G, B) the low bytes of its half floats, then the high bytes.
+fn encode_strip(img: &Rgb32f, y0: usize, y1: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ProductError> {
+    let n = (y1 - y0) * img.width;
+    let mut raw = allocate(6 * n, 0u8)?;
+    let rows = img.data.get(y0 * img.width..y1 * img.width).unwrap_or(&[]);
+    for (i, px) in rows.iter().enumerate() {
+        for (c, &v) in px.iter().enumerate() {
+            let h = to_f16(v);
+            if let Some(lo) = raw.get_mut(2 * c * n + i) {
+                *lo = h as u8;
+            }
+            if let Some(hi) = raw.get_mut((2 * c + 1) * n + i) {
+                *hi = (h >> 8) as u8;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(miniz_oxide::deflate::compress_to_vec(&raw, 3))
+}
+
+/// Write `img` to `path` (through a temporary file next to it, so a reader never sees half a product).
+pub fn write(path: &Path, img: &Rgb32f, key: &str) -> Result<(), ProductError> {
+    let pixels = img.width.checked_mul(img.height).filter(|&n| n <= MAX_PIXELS);
+    if img.width == 0 || img.height == 0 || img.width > MAX_SIDE || img.height > MAX_SIDE || pixels != Some(img.data.len()) {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format("the picture has no usable size".into()));
+    }
+    let strips: Vec<(usize, usize)> = (0..img.height).step_by(STRIP_ROWS).map(|y| (y, (y + STRIP_ROWS).min(img.height))).collect();
+    let packed: Vec<Vec<u8>> = strips.par_iter().map(|&(a, b)| encode_strip(img, a, b)).collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
+    let header = serde_json::to_vec(&Header { width: img.width, height: img.height, strip: STRIP_ROWS, key: key.to_string() })
+        .map_err(|e| ProductError::Format(e.to_string()))?;
+    let tmp = path.with_extension("tmp");
+    let result = (|| -> Result<(), ProductError> {
+        if let Some(dir) = path.parent() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(dir)?;
+        }
+        let mut f = std::io::BufWriter::new(std::fs::File::create(&tmp)?);
+        f.write_all(MAGIC)?;
+        f.write_all(&[VERSION, 0, 0, 0])?;
+        f.write_all(&(header.len() as u32).to_le_bytes())?;
+        f.write_all(&header)?;
+        for p in &packed {
+            f.write_all(&(p.len() as u32).to_le_bytes())?;
+            f.write_all(&crc(p).to_le_bytes())?;
+        }
+        for p in &packed {
+            f.write_all(p)?;
+        }
+        f.flush()?;
+        drop(f);
+        std::fs::rename(&tmp, path)?;
+        Ok(())
+    })();
+    if result.is_err() {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&tmp);
+    }
+    result
+}
+
+/// The parsed start of a product file: header, each strip's (compressed length, CRC-32), and the file length the
+/// start says the whole file has.
+struct Start {
+    header: Header,
+    table: Vec<(usize, u32)>,
+    expected_len: u64,
+}
+
+fn read_start(r: &mut impl Read) -> Result<Start, ProductError> {
+    let mut fixed = [0u8; 12];
+    r.read_exact(&mut fixed)?;
+    if fixed.get(0..4) != Some(&MAGIC[..]) || fixed.get(4) != Some(&VERSION) {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format("not a denoised picture of this version".into()));
+    }
+    let len = fixed.get(8..12).and_then(|b| <[u8; 4]>::try_from(b).ok()).map(u32::from_le_bytes).unwrap_or(u32::MAX) as usize;
+    if len > MAX_HEADER {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format("the header is too large".into()));
+    }
+    let mut hb = allocate(len, 0u8)?;
+    r.read_exact(&mut hb)?;
+    let h: Header = serde_json::from_slice(&hb).map_err(|e| ProductError::Format(e.to_string()))?;
+    let pixels = h.width.saturating_mul(h.height);
+    if h.width == 0 || h.height == 0 || h.width > MAX_SIDE || h.height > MAX_SIDE || pixels > MAX_PIXELS || h.strip != STRIP_ROWS {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format("the size is not usable".into()));
+    }
+    let n = h.height.div_ceil(h.strip);
+    let mut table = Vec::with_capacity(n);
+    let mut total = 12 + len as u64 + 8 * n as u64;
+    for _ in 0..n {
+        let mut e = [0u8; 8];
+        r.read_exact(&mut e)?;
+        let l = u32::from_le_bytes([e[0], e[1], e[2], e[3]]) as usize;
+        let c = u32::from_le_bytes([e[4], e[5], e[6], e[7]]);
+        // a strip never compresses to much more than its raw size
+        if l > 12 * h.strip * h.width + 4096 {
+            return Err(ProductError::Format("a strip is larger than it can be".into()));
+        }
+        total += l as u64;
+        table.push((l, c));
+    }
+    Ok(Start { header: h, table, expected_len: total })
+}
+
+/// The header of the product at `path`, when it is one.
+pub fn read_header_at(path: &Path) -> Result<Header, ProductError> {
+    let mut f = std::io::BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(path)?);
+    Ok(read_start(&mut f)?.header)
+}
+
+/// Whether `path` holds a complete-looking product made from `key` (the header and the file's length are checked;
+/// strips are checked when read).
+pub fn is_current(path: &Path, key: &str) -> bool {
+    let check = || -> Result<bool, ProductError> {
+        let mut f = std::io::BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(path)?);
+        let s = read_start(&mut f)?;
+        Ok(s.header.key == key && std::fs::metadata(path)?.len() == s.expected_len)
+    };
+    check().unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
+/// A rectangle of a product, in the product's pixels.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Window {
+    pub x: usize,
+    pub y: usize,
+    pub width: usize,
+    pub height: usize,
+}
+
+/// Half floats as `f32`, for all 65536 bit patterns (a table is much faster than computing each).
+fn f16_table() -> &'static [f32] {
+    static TABLE: std::sync::OnceLock<Vec<f32>> = std::sync::OnceLock::new();
+    TABLE.get_or_init(|| (0..=u16::MAX).map(from_f16).collect())
+}
+
+/// Strips decoded together (they are inflated in parallel, then folded in order).
+const GROUP: usize = 8;
+
+/// One strip, checked and inflated: for each plane the low bytes of its half floats, then the high bytes.
+fn decode_strip(index: usize, packed: &[u8], expect_crc: u32, n: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>, ProductError> {
+    if crc(packed) != expect_crc {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format(format!("strip {index} is damaged")));
+    }
+    let raw = miniz_oxide::inflate::decompress_to_vec_with_limit(packed, 6 * n).map_err(|e| ProductError::Format(format!("strip {index}: {e:?}")))?;
+    if raw.len() != 6 * n {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format(format!("strip {index} has the wrong size")));
+    }
+    Ok(raw)
+}
+
+/// Read the product at `path`, made from `key`, with every `factor × factor` block of pixels averaged into one
+/// (`factor` 1 = full size). The result is camera RGB.
+///
+/// With a `window`, only that rectangle is read and the blocks start at its corner; only whole blocks are made, so
+/// the result is `window.width / factor × window.height / factor` (the same blocks a binned development of the same
+/// crop makes). Without one the whole product is read and blocks at the right and bottom edges may be smaller.
+///
+/// With `clip` (white is 1), a block in which any sample of a colour is at or above it takes that colour's
+/// maximum instead of the mean, so a clipped highlight stays clipped for highlight reconstruction.
+pub fn read_window(path: &Path, key: &str, window: Option<Window>, factor: usize, clip: Option<f32>) -> Result<Rgb32f, ProductError> {
+    let factor = factor.clamp(1, 1 << 12);
+    let mut f = std::io::BufReader::new(std::fs::File::open(path)?);
+    let Start { header: h, table, expected_len } = read_start(&mut f)?;
+    if h.key != key {
+        return Err(ProductError::Stale);
+    }
+    if std::fs::metadata(path)?.len() != expected_len {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format("the file is not the length its header says".into()));
+    }
+    let w = window.unwrap_or(Window { x: 0, y: 0, width: h.width, height: h.height });
+    let fits = |a: usize, b: usize, limit: usize| a.checked_add(b).is_some_and(|e| e <= limit);
+    if w.width == 0 || w.height == 0 || !fits(w.x, w.width, h.width) || !fits(w.y, w.height, h.height) {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format("the window does not lie inside the picture".into()));
+    }
+    // whole blocks for a window; partial ones at the edges when the whole picture is read
+    let whole = window.is_none();
+    let (ow, oh) = if whole { (w.width.div_ceil(factor), w.height.div_ceil(factor)) } else { (w.width / factor, w.height / factor) };
+    if ow == 0 || oh == 0 {
+        return Err(ProductError::Format("the window is smaller than one block".into()));
+    }
+    // the picture rows and columns the blocks cover
+    let (x_end, y_end) = if whole { (w.x + w.width, w.y + w.height) } else { (w.x + ow * factor, w.y + oh * factor) };
+    let mut out = Rgb32f { width: ow, height: oh, data: allocate(ow * oh, [0.0; 3])? };
+    let lut = f16_table();
+    let value = |raw: &[u8], c: usize, n: usize, i: usize| -> f32 {
+        let (lo, hi) = (raw.get(2 * c * n + i).copied().unwrap_or(0), raw.get((2 * c + 1) * n + i).copied().unwrap_or(0));
+        lut.get(usize::from(lo) | usize::from(hi) << 8).copied().unwrap_or(0.0)
+    };
+    // which strips are needed, and where each starts in the file (after the header and the strip table)
+    let wanted = |s: usize| s * h.strip < y_end && (s + 1) * h.strip > w.y;
+    let (mut sum, mut peak) = (allocate(ow, [0f32; 3])?, allocate(ow, [f32::MIN; 3])?);
+    let (mut rows_in, mut oy) = (0usize, 0usize);
+    let strips: Vec<usize> = (0..table.len()).filter(|&s| wanted(s)).collect();
+    // skip the strips before the first one wanted
+    let skipped: usize = table.iter().take(strips.first().copied().unwrap_or(0)).map(|e| e.0).sum();
+    f.seek_relative(i64::try_from(skipped).map_err(|_| ProductError::Format("the file is too large".into()))?)?;
+    for group in strips.chunks(GROUP) {
+        let mut packed = Vec::with_capacity(group.len());
+        for &s in group {
+            let Some(&(len, _)) = table.get(s) else { return Err(ProductError::Format("a strip is missing".into())) };
+            let mut p = allocate(len, 0u8)?;
+            f.read_exact(&mut p)?;
+            packed.push(p);
+        }
+        let decoded: Vec<Result<Vec<u8>, ProductError>> = group
+            .par_iter()
+            .zip(packed.par_iter())
+            .map(|(&s, p)| {
+                let rows = h.height.saturating_sub(s * h.strip).min(h.strip);
+                decode_strip(s, p, table.get(s).map_or(0, |e| e.1), rows * h.width)
+            })
+            .collect();
+        for (&s, raw) in group.iter().zip(decoded) {
+            let raw = raw?;
+            let y0 = s * h.strip;
+            let rows = h.height.saturating_sub(y0).min(h.strip);
+            let n = rows * h.width;
+            for r in 0..rows {
+                let y = y0 + r;
+                if y < w.y || y >= y_end {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let base = r * h.width;
+                for (ox, (sm, pk)) in sum.iter_mut().zip(peak.iter_mut()).enumerate() {
+                    let x0 = w.x + ox * factor;
+                    let x1 = (x0 + factor).min(x_end);
+                    for x in x0..x1 {
+                        for c in 0..3 {
+                            let v = value(&raw, c, n, base + x);
+                            if let (Some(s_), Some(p_)) = (sm.get_mut(c), pk.get_mut(c)) {
+                                *s_ += v;
+                                *p_ = p_.max(v);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                rows_in += 1;
+                if rows_in == factor || y + 1 == y_end {
+                    for (ox, (sm, pk)) in sum.iter_mut().zip(peak.iter_mut()).enumerate() {
+                        // the block's size at the right and bottom edges may be smaller
+                        let bw = (x_end - (w.x + ox * factor)).min(factor);
+                        let k = 1.0 / (rows_in * bw).max(1) as f32;
+                        if let Some(o) = out.data.get_mut(oy * ow + ox) {
+                            for c in 0..3 {
+                                let (s_, p_) = (sm.get(c).copied().unwrap_or(0.0), pk.get(c).copied().unwrap_or(0.0));
+                                if let Some(slot) = o.get_mut(c) {
+                                    *slot = if factor > 1 && clip.is_some_and(|t| p_ >= t) { p_ } else { s_ * k };
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        *sm = [0.0; 3];
+                        *pk = [f32::MIN; 3];
+                    }
+                    rows_in = 0;
+                    oy += 1;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
+/// [`read_window`] of the whole product: every `factor × factor` block averaged into one.
+pub fn read(path: &Path, key: &str, factor: usize) -> Result<Rgb32f, ProductError> {
+    read_window(path, key, None, factor, None)
+}
+
+/// `base + (denoised − base) · amount` for every pixel (`amount` 0 to 1), in place in `base`. The two pictures must
+/// be the same size; if they are not, `base` is left as it was and `false` is returned.
+pub fn blend(base: &mut Rgb32f, denoised: &Rgb32f, amount: f32) -> bool {
+    if base.width != denoised.width || base.height != denoised.height {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let a = if amount.is_finite() { amount.clamp(0.0, 1.0) } else { 0.0 };
+    base.data.par_iter_mut().zip(denoised.data.par_iter()).for_each(|(b, d)| {
+        for c in 0..3 {
+            b[c] += (d[c] - b[c]) * a;
+        }
+    });
+    true
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn oversized_product_header_is_rejected_before_allocating_pixels() {
+        let p = temp("oversized-header");
+        let header = serde_json::to_vec(&Header { width: 10001, height: 10000, strip: STRIP_ROWS, key: "k".into() }).unwrap();
+        let mut bytes = Vec::from(MAGIC.as_slice());
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&[VERSION, 0, 0, 0]);
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&(header.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&header);
+        std::fs::write(&p, bytes).unwrap();
+        assert!(read_header_at(&p).is_err());
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+    }
+
+    fn temp(name: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-denoise-{name}-{}.lcdn", std::process::id()))
+    }
+
+    fn picture(w: usize, h: usize) -> Rgb32f {
+        Rgb32f {
+            width: w,
+            height: h,
+            data: (0..w * h).map(|i| [(i % w) as f32 / w as f32, (i / w) as f32 / h as f32, 0.001 + 0.5 * ((i % 7) as f32 / 7.0)]).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn half_floats_round_trip_closely() {
+        for v in [0.0f32, 1.0, -1.0, 0.5, 0.333_333, 1e-4, 6.1e-5, 3e-6, 123.456, 65000.0, -0.002] {
+            let back = from_f16(to_f16(v));
+            assert!((back - v).abs() <= v.abs() * 0.001 + 1e-7, "{v} -> {back}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(from_f16(to_f16(1e10)), 65504.0);
+        assert_eq!(to_f16(f32::NAN), 0);
+        assert_eq!(from_f16(to_f16(f32::NEG_INFINITY)), -65504.0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_product_survives_a_round_trip_at_full_and_reduced_size() {
+        let (w, h) = (301, 517);
+        let img = picture(w, h);
+        let p = temp("round");
+        write(&p, &img, "k1").unwrap();
+        assert!(is_current(&p, "k1") && !is_current(&p, "k2"));
+        assert_eq!(read_header_at(&p).unwrap().width, w);
+        let full = read(&p, "k1", 1).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((full.width, full.height), (w, h));
+        for (a, b) in full.data.iter().zip(&img.data) {
+            for c in 0..3 {
+                assert!((a[c] - b[c]).abs() < 0.002, "{a:?} vs {b:?}");
+            }
+        }
+        // averaged into blocks of 4: the sizes round up, and the mean of the picture is kept
+        let small = read(&p, "k1", 4).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((small.width, small.height), (w.div_ceil(4), h.div_ceil(4)));
+        let mean = |i: &Rgb32f| i.data.iter().map(|p| f64::from(p[1])).sum::<f64>() / i.data.len() as f64;
+        assert!((mean(&small) - mean(&img)).abs() < 0.01);
+        // a factor that does not divide the strip height is the same average
+        let odd = read(&p, "k1", 5).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((odd.width, odd.height), (w.div_ceil(5), h.div_ceil(5)));
+        assert!((mean(&odd) - mean(&img)).abs() < 0.01);
+        assert!(matches!(read(&p, "other", 1), Err(ProductError::Stale)));
+        std::fs::remove_file(&p).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    /// What binning a window of `img` by `k` means, written the slow obvious way.
+    fn blocks(img: &Rgb32f, win: Window, k: usize, clip: Option<f32>) -> Rgb32f {
+        let (ow, oh) = (win.width / k, win.height / k);
+        let mut out = Rgb32f { width: ow, height: oh, data: vec![[0.0; 3]; ow * oh] };
+        for by in 0..oh {
+            for bx in 0..ow {
+                for c in 0..3 {
+                    let vals: Vec<f32> = (0..k * k).map(|i| img.data[(win.y + by * k + i / k) * img.width + win.x + bx * k + i % k][c]).collect();
+                    let max = vals.iter().copied().fold(f32::MIN, f32::max);
+                    out.data[by * ow + bx][c] =
+                        if k > 1 && clip.is_some_and(|t| max >= t) { max } else { vals.iter().sum::<f32>() / vals.len() as f32 };
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_window_is_read_as_the_blocks_of_that_crop() {
+        let (w, h) = (301, 517);
+        let mut img = picture(w, h);
+        // a clipped sample in the middle of a block
+        img.data[(130 + 2) * w + 61 + 1] = [1.0, 0.4, 0.4];
+        let p = temp("window");
+        write(&p, &img, "k1").unwrap();
+        let near = |a: &Rgb32f, b: &Rgb32f| {
+            assert_eq!((a.width, a.height), (b.width, b.height));
+            for (x, y) in a.data.iter().zip(&b.data) {
+                for c in 0..3 {
+                    assert!((x[c] - y[c]).abs() < 0.003, "{x:?} vs {y:?}");
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        // windows at odd places, across strip boundaries (128 rows), with factors that do and do not divide them
+        for (win, k) in [
+            (Window { x: 3, y: 5, width: 200, height: 300 }, 1),
+            (Window { x: 3, y: 5, width: 200, height: 300 }, 4),
+            (Window { x: 61, y: 130, width: 121, height: 250 }, 5),
+            (Window { x: 0, y: 0, width: w, height: h }, 2),
+            (Window { x: 1, y: 380, width: 90, height: 137 }, 3),
+        ] {
+            let got = read_window(&p, "k1", Some(win), k, None).unwrap();
+            near(&got, &blocks(&img, win, k, None));
+        }
+        // with a clip level the block with the clipped sample keeps its highest value, the others stay means
+        let win = Window { x: 61, y: 130, width: 40, height: 20 };
+        let clipped = read_window(&p, "k1", Some(win), 4, Some(0.99)).unwrap();
+        near(&clipped, &blocks(&img, win, 4, Some(0.99)));
+        assert!(clipped.data[0][0] > 0.99, "the clipped block stays clipped: {:?}", clipped.data[0]);
+        let plain = read_window(&p, "k1", Some(win), 4, None).unwrap();
+        assert!(plain.data[0][0] < 0.99, "an average falls below the clip level");
+        // windows that do not fit, or are smaller than a block, are errors
+        for bad in [
+            Window { x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 5 },
+            Window { x: 290, y: 0, width: 20, height: 5 },
+            Window { x: 0, y: 510, width: 5, height: 10 },
+            Window { x: usize::MAX, y: 0, width: 2, height: 2 },
+            Window { x: 0, y: 0, width: 3, height: 3 },
+        ] {
+            assert!(read_window(&p, "k1", Some(bad), 4, None).is_err(), "{bad:?}");
+        }
+        std::fs::remove_file(&p).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_smooth_picture_compresses_well() {
+        let img = Rgb32f {
+            width: 512,
+            height: 512,
+            data: (0..512 * 512)
+                .map(|i| {
+                    let v = 0.2 + 0.0001 * (i % 512) as f32;
+                    [v, v * 0.8, v * 0.6]
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        };
+        let p = temp("size");
+        write(&p, &img, "k").unwrap();
+        let bytes = std::fs::metadata(&p).unwrap().len() as usize;
+        assert!(bytes < 512 * 512 * 6 / 2, "{bytes} bytes for a smooth picture");
+        std::fs::remove_file(&p).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn damaged_files_are_errors_not_panics() {
+        let img = picture(100, 300);
+        let p = temp("damage");
+        write(&p, &img, "k").unwrap();
+        let good = std::fs::read(&p).unwrap();
+        // truncated at every length
+        for cut in (0..good.len()).step_by(37) {
+            std::fs::write(&p, &good[..cut]).unwrap();
+            assert!(read(&p, "k", 1).is_err(), "cut at {cut}");
+            assert!(!is_current(&p, "k"));
+        }
+        // a flipped byte anywhere is caught by a checksum, the header parse, or the key
+        for at in (0..good.len()).step_by(53) {
+            let mut bad = good.clone();
+            bad[at] ^= 0xff;
+            std::fs::write(&p, &bad).unwrap();
+            let _ = read(&p, "k", 1); // must not panic; most are errors
+        }
+        // a header that claims an absurd size
+        let mut huge = b"LCDN\x01\0\0\0".to_vec();
+        let hdr = br#"{"width":4000000000,"height":4000000000,"strip":128,"key":"k"}"#;
+        huge.extend((hdr.len() as u32).to_le_bytes());
+        huge.extend(hdr);
+        std::fs::write(&p, &huge).unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(read(&p, "k", 1), Err(ProductError::Format(_))));
+        std::fs::write(&p, b"").unwrap();
+        assert!(read(&p, "k", 1).is_err());
+        assert!(read(&temp("missing"), "k", 1).is_err());
+        std::fs::remove_file(&p).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn writing_rejects_unusable_pictures() {
+        let p = temp("bad");
+        assert!(write(&p, &Rgb32f { width: 0, height: 0, data: vec![] }, "k").is_err());
+        assert!(write(&p, &Rgb32f { width: 3, height: 3, data: vec![[0.0; 3]; 8] }, "k").is_err());
+        assert!(!p.exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn blend_mixes_by_amount_and_rejects_other_sizes() {
+        let mut base = Rgb32f { width: 2, height: 1, data: vec![[0.0; 3], [1.0; 3]] };
+        let dn = Rgb32f { width: 2, height: 1, data: vec![[1.0; 3], [0.0; 3]] };
+        assert!(blend(&mut base, &dn, 0.25));
+        assert_eq!(base.data, vec![[0.25; 3], [0.75; 3]]);
+        assert!(blend(&mut base, &dn, f32::NAN));
+        assert_eq!(base.data, vec![[0.25; 3], [0.75; 3]]);
+        assert!(!blend(&mut base, &Rgb32f { width: 1, height: 1, data: vec![[0.0; 3]] }, 1.0));
+        assert!(blend(&mut base, &dn, 1.0));
+        assert_eq!(base.data, dn.data);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn crc_matches_the_standard_check_value() {
+        assert_eq!(crc(b"123456789"), 0xcbf4_3926);
+    }
+}
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+//! Denoising a whole Bayer mosaic with a tile model: cut it into overlapping tiles, run the model on each, bring
+//! each tile's scale back to the input's, keep clipped highlights as they were, and blend the tiles together.
+//!
+//! The model itself is a [`TileRunner`], so everything around it (packing, tiling, scale matching, highlight
+//! protection, blending, cancelling, progress) is tested without one.
+
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
+use lightcraft_raster::Rgb32f;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::bayer::{Layout, pack_tile};
+use crate::manifest::Gain;
+use crate::tiles::{starts, weight};
+
+/// Most pixels one picture may have (guards the allocations that follow from its size).
+pub const MAX_PIXELS: usize = 100_000_000;
+/// A tile whose mean signal is below this (white = 1) is too dark to measure its scale from.
+const MIN_SIGNAL: f32 = 0.003;
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    Input(String),
+    #[error("the model gave {0}")]
+    Model(String),
+    #[error("the model could not run: {0}")]
+    Runtime(String),
+    #[error("the model could not be loaded: {0}")]
+    Load(String),
+    #[error("cancelled")]
+    Cancelled,
+}
+
+fn allocate<T: Clone>(n: usize, value: T) -> Result<Vec<T>, Error> {
+    let mut v = Vec::new();
+    v.try_reserve_exact(n).map_err(|_| Error::Input("not enough memory for denoise".into()))?;
+    v.resize(n, value);
+    Ok(v)
+}
+
+/// Something that runs the model on one tile.
+pub trait TileRunner: Sync {
+    /// `input` is the tile as four planes `[R, G1, G2, B]` of `tile × tile` cells (NCHW, batch 1); the answer is
+    /// camera RGB, three planes of `2·tile × 2·tile` pixels (CHW), in the model's own scale.
+    fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error>;
+}
+
+pub struct Params {
+    /// Side of the model's square, in cells.
+    pub tile: usize,
+    /// Cells neighbouring tiles share.
+    pub overlap: usize,
+    pub gain: Gain,
+    /// White is 1; samples at or above this (minus a little) are clipped and keep their value.
+    pub clip: Option<f32>,
+    /// Tiles run at once (each model call may itself be single-threaded).
+    pub parallel: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Control<'a> {
+    pub cancel: Option<&'a AtomicBool>,
+    /// `(tiles done, tiles in all)`.
+    pub progress: Option<&'a (dyn Fn(usize, usize) + Sync)>,
+}
+
+/// The tile grid of a picture: `(starts across, starts down)`.
+pub fn grid(width: usize, height: usize, layout: Layout, tile: usize, overlap: usize) -> (Vec<usize>, Vec<usize>) {
+    let (nx, ny) = layout.cells(width, height);
+    (starts(nx, tile, overlap), starts(ny, tile, overlap))
+}
+
+/// How many model calls [`denoise_bayer`] makes for a picture.
+pub fn tile_count(width: usize, height: usize, layout: Layout, tile: usize, overlap: usize) -> usize {
+    let (sx, sy) = grid(width, height, layout, tile, overlap);
+    sx.len().saturating_mul(sy.len())
+}
+
+/// Denoise (and demosaic) the normalised mosaic `mosaic` of `width × height` samples, laid out as `layout`.
+/// Gives camera RGB at the mosaic's resolution.
+pub fn denoise_bayer(
+    mosaic: &[f32],
+    width: usize,
+    height: usize,
+    layout: Layout,
+    runner: &dyn TileRunner,
+    p: &Params,
+    ctl: &Control<'_>,
+) -> Result<Rgb32f, Error> {
+    let pixels = width
+        .checked_mul(height)
+        .filter(|&n| n > 0 && n <= MAX_PIXELS)
+        .ok_or_else(|| Error::Input("the picture has no size, or is too large".into()))?;
+    if mosaic.len() != pixels {
+        return Err(Error::Input("the mosaic does not have width × height samples".into()));
+    }
+    if !(16..=2048).contains(&p.tile) || p.overlap >= p.tile.div_ceil(2) || layout.dx > 1 || layout.dy > 1 {
+        return Err(Error::Input("the tile size and overlap do not fit".into()));
+    }
+    if let Gain::MatchMean { nominal, max_deviation } = p.gain
+        && !(nominal.is_finite() && (1e-6..=1e12).contains(&nominal) && max_deviation.is_finite() && (0.0..=0.5).contains(&max_deviation))
+    {
+        return Err(Error::Input("the model gain is not finite or within its supported range".into()));
+    }
+    if p.clip.is_some_and(|v| !v.is_finite() || v <= 0.0) {
+        return Err(Error::Input("the highlight clip must be finite and positive".into()));
+    }
+    let (nx, ny) = layout.cells(width, height);
+    let (sx, sy) = (starts(nx, p.tile, p.overlap), starts(ny, p.tile, p.overlap));
+    let (cols, rows) = (sx.len(), sy.len());
+    if cols == 0 || rows == 0 {
+        return Err(Error::Input("the picture needs too many tiles".into()));
+    }
+    let tiles: Vec<(usize, usize, bool, bool, bool, bool)> = sy
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .flat_map(|(j, &y0)| sx.iter().enumerate().map(move |(i, &x0)| (x0, y0, i > 0, i + 1 < cols, j > 0, j + 1 < rows)))
+        .collect();
+    let total = tiles.len();
+
+    let mut acc = allocate(pixels, [0f32; 3])?;
+    let mut wsum = allocate(nx * ny, 0f32)?;
+    let group = p.parallel.clamp(1, 4);
+    let mut done = 0;
+    // where the time goes, printed under `LIGHTCRAFT_PROFILE`
+    let (mut t_wait, mut t_total) = (std::time::Duration::ZERO, std::time::Duration::ZERO);
+    let began = web_time::Instant::now();
+
+    // One group of tiles at a time: pack, run the model, check and bring each to the input's scale, in parallel.
+    // Blending (sequential: the tiles add into one picture, in tile order so the result does not depend on timing) of
+    // the previous group runs while the next group is on the model, so neither the card nor the cores wait for it.
+    type Tile = (usize, usize, bool, bool, bool, bool);
+    let compute = |chunk: &[Tile]| -> Vec<Result<Vec<f32>, Error>> {
+        chunk
+            .par_iter()
+            .map(|&(x0, y0, bx, ax, by, ay)| {
+                let mut input = allocate(4 * p.tile * p.tile, 0f32)?;
+                if !pack_tile(mosaic, width, height, layout, x0 as isize, y0 as isize, p.tile, &mut input) {
+                    return Err(Error::Input("a tile could not be packed".into()));
+                }
+                let mut out = runner.run(&input)?;
+                let side = 2 * p.tile;
+                if out.len() != 3 * side * side {
+                    return Err(Error::Model(format!("{} numbers for a tile, not the {} expected", out.len(), 3 * side * side)));
+                }
+                if out.iter().any(|v| !v.is_finite()) {
+                    return Err(Error::Model("numbers that are not finite".into()));
+                }
+                finish_tile(&input, &mut out, p, (bx, ax, by, ay));
+                Ok(out)
+            })
+            .collect()
+    };
+    let mut blend = |chunk: &[Tile], outs: Vec<Result<Vec<f32>, Error>>| -> Result<(), Error> {
+        for (&(x0, y0, bx, ax, by, ay), r) in chunk.iter().zip(outs) {
+            blend_tile(&r?, &mut acc, &mut wsum, (width, height), (nx, ny), layout, (x0, y0), p, (bx, ax, by, ay));
+            done += 1;
+            if let Some(f) = ctl.progress {
+                f(done, total);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    };
+    let mut previous: Option<(&[Tile], Vec<Result<Vec<f32>, Error>>)> = None;
+    for chunk in tiles.chunks(group) {
+        if ctl.cancel.is_some_and(|c| c.load(Ordering::Relaxed)) {
+            return Err(Error::Cancelled);
+        }
+        let (outs, blended) = rayon::join(
+            || compute(chunk),
+            || match previous.take() {
+                Some((c, o)) => {
+                    let started = web_time::Instant::now();
+                    let r = blend(c, o);
+                    (r, started.elapsed())
+                }
+                None => (Ok(()), std::time::Duration::ZERO),
+            },
+        );
+        blended.0?;
+        t_wait += blended.1;
+        previous = Some((chunk, outs));
+    }
+    if let Some((c, o)) = previous.take() {
+        let started = web_time::Instant::now();
+        blend(c, o)?;
+        t_wait += started.elapsed();
+    }
+    t_total += began.elapsed();
+    let started = web_time::Instant::now();
+    // normalise by the weights
+    let (ox, oy) = (layout.position(0, 0).0, layout.position(0, 0).1);
+    acc.par_chunks_mut(width).enumerate().for_each(|(y, row)| {
+        let cy = ((y as isize - oy) / 2) as usize;
+        for (x, px) in row.iter_mut().enumerate() {
+            let cx = ((x as isize - ox) / 2) as usize;
+            let w = wsum.get(cy * nx + cx).copied().unwrap_or(0.0);
+            if w > 0.0 {
+                *px = px.map(|v| v / w);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    if std::env::var_os("LIGHTCRAFT_PROFILE").is_some() {
+        eprintln!(
+            "[denoise] {total} tiles, {} at once: tiles {:.0} ms (blending, {:.0} ms of it, overlaps the model), normalise {:.0} ms",
+            group,
+            t_total.as_secs_f64() * 1e3,
+            t_wait.as_secs_f64() * 1e3,
+            started.elapsed().as_secs_f64() * 1e3
+        );
+    }
+    Ok(Rgb32f { width, height, data: acc })
+}
+
+/// Bring a tile's output to the input's scale and keep clipped highlights as they were (in place).
+fn finish_tile(input: &[f32], out: &mut [f32], p: &Params, edges: (bool, bool, bool, bool)) {
+    let t = p.tile;
+    let side = 2 * t;
+    if let Gain::MatchMean { nominal, max_deviation } = p.gain {
+        // the part of the tile whose scale is measured: away from the edges that blend into a neighbour
+        let m = p.overlap / 2;
+        let (i0, i1) = (if edges.0 { m } else { 0 }, t - if edges.1 { m } else { 0 });
+        let (j0, j1) = (if edges.2 { m } else { 0 }, t - if edges.3 { m } else { 0 });
+        let cells = ((i1 - i0) * (j1 - j0)) as f64;
+        let plane_sum = |pl: usize| -> f64 {
+            (j0..j1)
+                .map(|j| input.get(pl * t * t + j * t + i0..pl * t * t + j * t + i1).map_or(0.0, |r| r.iter().map(|&v| f64::from(v)).sum::<f64>()))
+                .sum()
+        };
+        let in_mean = [plane_sum(0) / cells, (plane_sum(1) + plane_sum(2)) / (2.0 * cells), plane_sum(3) / cells];
+        for (c, &mean_in) in in_mean.iter().enumerate() {
+            let sum_out: f64 = (2 * j0..2 * j1)
+                .map(|y| {
+                    out.get(c * side * side + y * side + 2 * i0..c * side * side + y * side + 2 * i1)
+                        .map_or(0.0, |r| r.iter().map(|&v| f64::from(v)).sum::<f64>())
+                })
+                .sum();
+            let mean_out = sum_out / (4.0 * cells);
+            let measured = if mean_in as f32 >= MIN_SIGNAL && mean_out > 0.0 { (mean_out / mean_in) as f32 } else { nominal };
+            let g = measured.clamp(nominal * (1.0 - max_deviation), nominal * (1.0 + max_deviation));
+            if g.is_finite() && g > 0.0 {
+                let inv = 1.0 / g;
+                if let Some(plane) = out.get_mut(c * side * side..(c + 1) * side * side) {
+                    plane.iter_mut().for_each(|v| *v *= inv);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if let Some(clip) = p.clip {
+        protect_clipped(input, out, t, clip);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Where the mosaic is at (or within a cell of) white, the output becomes the plain cell values again, so a clipped
+/// area stays exactly as clipped as the camera recorded it (highlight recovery later depends on that).
+fn protect_clipped(input: &[f32], out: &mut [f32], t: usize, clip: f32) {
+    let side = 2 * t;
+    let plane = t * t;
+    let (Some(r), Some(g1), Some(g2), Some(b)) =
+        (input.get(0..plane), input.get(plane..2 * plane), input.get(2 * plane..3 * plane), input.get(3 * plane..4 * plane))
+    else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let mut m: Vec<f32> = (0..plane).map(|i| r[i].max(g1[i]).max(g2[i]).max(b[i])).collect();
+    if !m.iter().any(|&v| v >= clip) {
+        return;
+    }
+    // 3×3 maximum over cells (separable)
+    let dilate = |src: &[f32], horizontal: bool| -> Vec<f32> {
+        (0..plane)
+            .map(|i| {
+                let (x, y) = (i % t, i / t);
+                let mut best = src[i];
+                for d in [-1isize, 1] {
+                    let (nx, ny) = if horizontal { (x as isize + d, y as isize) } else { (x as isize, y as isize + d) };
+                    if nx >= 0 && ny >= 0 && (nx as usize) < t && (ny as usize) < t {
+                        best = best.max(src[ny as usize * t + nx as usize]);
+                    }
+                }
+                best
+            })
+            .collect()
+    };
+    m = dilate(&dilate(&m, true), false);
+    let lo = clip - 0.03;
+    for j in 0..t {
+        for i in 0..t {
+            let k = j * t + i;
+            let s = ((m[k] - lo) / (clip - lo)).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+            if s <= 0.0 {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let s = s * s * (3.0 - 2.0 * s);
+            let plain = [r[k], 0.5 * (g1[k] + g2[k]), b[k]];
+            for (c, &pv) in plain.iter().enumerate() {
+                for (sy, sx) in [(0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1)] {
+                    if let Some(v) = out.get_mut(c * side * side + (2 * j + sy) * side + 2 * i + sx) {
+                        *v += (pv - *v) * s;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Add a finished tile to the picture with its blend weights.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+fn blend_tile(
+    out: &[f32],
+    acc: &mut [[f32; 3]],
+    wsum: &mut [f32],
+    size: (usize, usize),
+    cells: (usize, usize),
+    layout: Layout,
+    at: (usize, usize),
+    p: &Params,
+    edges: (bool, bool, bool, bool),
+) {
+    let (width, height) = size;
+    let (nx, ny) = cells;
+    let (t, side) = (p.tile, 2 * p.tile);
+    let fade = p.overlap;
+    let wx: Vec<f32> = (0..t).map(|i| weight(i, t, fade, edges.0, edges.1)).collect();
+    let wy: Vec<f32> = (0..t).map(|j| weight(j, t, fade, edges.2, edges.3)).collect();
+    for j in 0..t {
+        let cy = at.1 + j;
+        for i in 0..t {
+            let cx = at.0 + i;
+            // cells past the picture's edge (a picture smaller than one tile is padded) belong to no pixel
+            if cx >= nx || cy >= ny {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let (Some(&a), Some(&b)) = (wx.get(i), wy.get(j)) else { continue };
+            let w = a * b;
+            if let Some(s) = wsum.get_mut(cy * nx + cx) {
+                *s += w;
+            }
+            let (px0, py0) = layout.position(cx as isize, cy as isize);
+            for (sy, sx) in [(0isize, 0isize), (0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1)] {
+                let (x, y) = (px0 + sx, py0 + sy);
+                if x < 0 || y < 0 || x as usize >= width || y as usize >= height {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let o = (2 * j + sy as usize) * side + 2 * i + sx as usize;
+                let (Some(&r), Some(&g), Some(&bl)) = (out.get(o), out.get(side * side + o), out.get(2 * side * side + o)) else { continue };
+                if let Some(px) = acc.get_mut(y as usize * width + x as usize) {
+                    px[0] += w * r;
+                    px[1] += w * g;
+                    px[2] += w * bl;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// A stand-in model: the cell's samples as an RGB picture at twice the resolution (a plain 2 × 2 "demosaic"),
+    /// times `scale`, so the output has a scale of its own like the real model's.
+    struct Mock {
+        tile: usize,
+        scale: f32,
+    }
+    impl TileRunner for Mock {
+        fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+            let (t, side) = (self.tile, 2 * self.tile);
+            let plane = t * t;
+            let mut out = vec![0.0; 3 * side * side];
+            for j in 0..t {
+                for i in 0..t {
+                    let k = j * t + i;
+                    let rgb = [input[k], 0.5 * (input[plane + k] + input[2 * plane + k]), input[3 * plane + k]];
+                    for (c, v) in rgb.iter().enumerate() {
+                        for (sy, sx) in [(0, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1)] {
+                            out[c * side * side + (2 * j + sy) * side + 2 * i + sx] = v * self.scale;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(out)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn params(tile: usize, overlap: usize, gain: Gain) -> Params {
+        Params { tile, overlap, gain, clip: None, parallel: 2 }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn overflowing_tiles_and_nan_gain_are_errors_before_the_model_runs() {
+        let layout = Layout::from_cell([0, 1, 1, 2]).unwrap();
+        let model = Mock { tile: 16, scale: 1.0 };
+        for (tile, overlap, gain) in [
+            (usize::MAX, 0, Gain::None),
+            (16, usize::MAX, Gain::None),
+            (16, 0, Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0, max_deviation: f32::NAN }),
+            (16, 0, Gain::MatchMean { nominal: f32::INFINITY, max_deviation: 0.1 }),
+        ] {
+            assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[0.5], 1, 1, layout, &model, &params(tile, overlap, gain), &Control::default()), Err(Error::Input(_))));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A smooth picture whose colour at a sample is `base[colour] · (1 + shading)`.
+    fn mosaic(w: usize, h: usize, cell: [u8; 4]) -> Vec<f32> {
+        (0..w * h)
+            .map(|i| {
+                let (x, y) = (i % w, i / w);
+                let c = cell[(y % 2) * 2 + x % 2] as usize;
+                [0.5, 0.3, 0.2][c] * (0.6 + 0.4 * ((x as f32 / 23.0).sin() * (y as f32 / 31.0).cos()))
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    fn reference(m: &[f32], w: usize, h: usize, layout: Layout) -> Rgb32f {
+        // what the mock gives for the whole picture in one tile
+        let (nx, ny) = layout.cells(w, h);
+        let t = nx.max(ny).div_ceil(16) * 16;
+        denoise_bayer(m, w, h, layout, &Mock { tile: t, scale: 1.0 }, &params(t, 16, Gain::None), &Control::default()).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tiles_blend_to_the_same_picture_as_one_tile_for_every_layout() {
+        for cell in [[0u8, 1, 1, 2], [1, 0, 2, 1], [1, 2, 0, 1], [2, 1, 1, 0]] {
+            let layout = Layout::from_cell(cell).unwrap();
+            let (w, h) = (150usize, 110usize);
+            let m = mosaic(w, h, cell);
+            let want = reference(&m, w, h, layout);
+            let got = denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 }, &params(32, 8, Gain::None), &Control::default()).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!((got.width, got.height), (w, h));
+            for (a, b) in got.data.iter().zip(&want.data) {
+                for c in 0..3 {
+                    assert!((a[c] - b[c]).abs() < 1e-5, "layout {cell:?}: {a:?} vs {b:?}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_picture_does_not_depend_on_how_many_tiles_run_at_once_or_how_long_each_takes() {
+        // tiles that finish in a different order every time: blending still adds them in tile order
+        struct Jittery(Mock);
+        impl TileRunner for Jittery {
+            fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+                let wait = (input.iter().take(64).sum::<f32>() * 1000.0) as u64 % 7;
+                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(wait));
+                self.0.run(input)
+            }
+        }
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 0, dy: 1 };
+        let (w, h) = (150usize, 110usize);
+        let m = mosaic(w, h, [1, 0, 2, 1]);
+        let run = |parallel: usize| {
+            let mut p = params(32, 8, Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0e6, max_deviation: 0.05 });
+            p.parallel = parallel;
+            denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Jittery(Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.01e6 }), &p, &Control::default()).unwrap()
+        };
+        let one = run(1);
+        for parallel in [2, 3, 8] {
+            assert_eq!(run(parallel).data, one.data, "{parallel} at once");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_failing_tile_or_a_cancel_ends_the_picture_without_a_panic() {
+        struct Fails(Mock, std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize);
+        impl TileRunner for Fails {
+            fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+                if self.1.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) == 4 {
+                    return Err(Error::Runtime("boom".into()));
+                }
+                self.0.run(input)
+            }
+        }
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 };
+        let (w, h) = (150usize, 110usize);
+        let m = mosaic(w, h, [0, 1, 1, 2]);
+        let r = denoise_bayer(
+            &m,
+            w,
+            h,
+            layout,
+            &Fails(Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 }, Default::default()),
+            &params(32, 8, Gain::None),
+            &Control::default(),
+        );
+        assert!(matches!(r, Err(Error::Runtime(_))), "{r:?}");
+        let stop = AtomicBool::new(true);
+        let ctl = Control { cancel: Some(&stop), progress: None };
+        let r = denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 }, &params(32, 8, Gain::None), &ctl);
+        assert!(matches!(r, Err(Error::Cancelled)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_scale_of_its_own_is_taken_out_tile_by_tile() {
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 };
+        let (w, h) = (150usize, 110usize);
+        let m = mosaic(w, h, [0, 1, 1, 2]);
+        let want = reference(&m, w, h, layout);
+        let gain = Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0e6, max_deviation: 0.05 };
+        // the scale differs a little from nominal; each tile's own scale is measured and removed
+        let got = denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.02e6 }, &params(32, 8, gain), &Control::default()).unwrap();
+        let mean = |img: &Rgb32f, c: usize| img.data.iter().map(|p| f64::from(p[c])).sum::<f64>() / img.data.len() as f64;
+        for c in 0..3 {
+            let (a, b) = (mean(&got, c), mean(&want, c));
+            assert!((a - b).abs() / b < 0.01, "channel {c}: {a} vs {b}");
+        }
+        // a scale far from nominal is clamped rather than trusted
+        let wild = denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Mock { tile: 32, scale: 3.0e6 }, &params(32, 8, gain), &Control::default()).unwrap();
+        assert!(mean(&wild, 1) > 2.0 * mean(&want, 1));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_picture_smaller_than_a_tile_is_padded_by_mirroring() {
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 1, dy: 1 };
+        let (w, h) = (20usize, 14usize);
+        let m = mosaic(w, h, [2, 1, 1, 0]);
+        let got = denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Mock { tile: 64, scale: 1.0 }, &params(64, 16, Gain::None), &Control::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((got.width, got.height), (w, h));
+        assert!(got.data.iter().all(|p| p.iter().all(|v| v.is_finite() && *v > 0.0)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn clipped_highlights_stay_clipped() {
+        // a model that darkens everything by 10 % would pull a clipped plateau below white
+        struct Dim(Mock);
+        impl TileRunner for Dim {
+            fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+                Ok(self.0.run(input)?.into_iter().map(|v| v * 0.9).collect())
+            }
+        }
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 };
+        let (w, h) = (96usize, 96usize);
+        let m: Vec<f32> = (0..w * h).map(|i| if i % w > 40 && i % w < 70 { 1.0 } else { 0.4 }).collect();
+        let mut p = params(32, 8, Gain::None);
+        p.clip = Some(0.99);
+        let got = denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Dim(Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 }), &p, &Control::default()).unwrap();
+        let mid = got.data[48 * w + 55];
+        assert!(mid.iter().all(|&v| v > 0.995), "plateau {mid:?}");
+        let dark = got.data[48 * w + 10];
+        assert!(dark.iter().all(|&v| (v - 0.36).abs() < 0.01), "unclipped area still goes through the model: {dark:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cancelling_and_progress_work() {
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 };
+        let (w, h) = (150usize, 110usize);
+        let m = mosaic(w, h, [0, 1, 1, 2]);
+        let cancel = AtomicBool::new(true);
+        let r = denoise_bayer(
+            &m,
+            w,
+            h,
+            layout,
+            &Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 },
+            &params(32, 8, Gain::None),
+            &Control { cancel: Some(&cancel), progress: None },
+        );
+        assert!(matches!(r, Err(Error::Cancelled)));
+        let seen = std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+        let f = |d: usize, n: usize| seen.lock().unwrap().push((d, n));
+        denoise_bayer(&m, w, h, layout, &Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 }, &params(32, 8, Gain::None), &Control { cancel: None, progress: Some(&f) })
+            .unwrap();
+        let seen = seen.into_inner().unwrap();
+        let total = tile_count(w, h, layout, 32, 8);
+        assert!(total > 1);
+        assert_eq!(seen.last(), Some(&(total, total)));
+        assert!(seen.windows(2).all(|p| p[1].0 == p[0].0 + 1));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hostile_inputs_are_errors() {
+        let layout = Layout { dx: 0, dy: 0 };
+        let mock = Mock { tile: 32, scale: 1.0 };
+        let p = params(32, 8, Gain::None);
+        assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[], 0, 0, layout, &mock, &p, &Control::default()), Err(Error::Input(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[0.0; 10], 4, 4, layout, &mock, &p, &Control::default()), Err(Error::Input(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[0.0; 16], 4, 4, layout, &mock, &params(32, 16, Gain::None), &Control::default()), Err(Error::Input(_))));
+        struct Bad(Vec<f32>);
+        impl TileRunner for Bad {
+            fn run(&self, _: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+                Ok(self.0.clone())
+            }
+        }
+        assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[0.5; 16], 4, 4, layout, &Bad(vec![0.0; 5]), &p, &Control::default()), Err(Error::Model(_))));
+        assert!(matches!(denoise_bayer(&[0.5; 16], 4, 4, layout, &Bad(vec![f32::NAN; 3 * 64 * 64]), &p, &Control::default()), Err(Error::Model(_))));
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+//! Cutting a picture into overlapping tiles and putting the results back together.
+//!
+//! A model runs on a fixed square, so a picture is covered by tiles spaced evenly along each axis, each sharing
+//! at least `overlap` cells with its neighbours. Each tile's influence fades towards its own edges (except at the
+//! picture's edge), and the result is the sum of tile × weight divided by the sum of weights, so any set of
+//! overlapping tiles blends consistently and a seam between two tiles of slightly different scale is a smooth ramp.
+
+/// Where the tiles start along one axis of `n` cells: `[0]` when the axis fits one tile (the tile is then padded by
+/// mirroring), else evenly spaced starts, the first at 0 and the last at `n − tile`, each tile sharing at least
+/// `overlap` cells with the next.
+pub fn starts(n: usize, tile: usize, overlap: usize) -> Vec<usize> {
+    if n <= tile || tile == 0 {
+        return vec![0];
+    }
+    let step = tile.saturating_sub(overlap).max(1);
+    // tiles needed so that start k·spacing with spacing ≤ step reaches n − tile
+    let Some(k) = (n - tile).div_ceil(step).checked_add(1).filter(|&k| k <= 1_000_000) else { return Vec::new() };
+    let last = n - tile;
+    (0..k).map(|i| if k == 1 { 0 } else { ((i as u128 * last as u128 + (k - 1) as u128 / 2) / (k - 1) as u128) as usize }).collect()
+}
+
+/// Weight of the cell at offset `p` (0-based, inside a tile of `tile` cells) along one axis: 1 in the middle, easing
+/// down to a sliver over `fade` cells at an edge that has a neighbour, 1 right up to an edge that is the picture's.
+pub fn weight(p: usize, tile: usize, fade: usize, has_before: bool, has_after: bool) -> f32 {
+    let fade = fade.max(1) as f32;
+    let ramp = |d: usize| {
+        let t = ((d as f32 + 0.5) / fade).min(1.0);
+        // smoothstep, never exactly 0 so that a cell is always covered
+        (t * t * (3.0 - 2.0 * t)).max(1e-3)
+    };
+    let before = if has_before { ramp(p) } else { 1.0 };
+    let after = if has_after { ramp(tile.saturating_sub(1).saturating_sub(p)) } else { 1.0 };
+    before.min(after)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hostile_axes_have_bounded_tile_counts_and_checked_spacing() {
+        assert!(starts(usize::MAX, 1, 0).is_empty());
+        assert!(starts(usize::MAX, 2, usize::MAX).is_empty());
+        let s = starts(usize::MAX, usize::MAX / 2, 0);
+        assert_eq!(s.first(), Some(&0));
+        assert_eq!(s.last(), Some(&(usize::MAX - usize::MAX / 2)));
+        assert!(s.windows(2).all(|s| s[0] < s[1]));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn one_tile_when_it_fits() {
+        assert_eq!(starts(100, 512, 64), vec![0]);
+        assert_eq!(starts(512, 512, 64), vec![0]);
+        assert_eq!(starts(0, 512, 64), vec![0]);
+        assert_eq!(starts(10, 0, 0), vec![0]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tiles_cover_the_axis_and_overlap_enough() {
+        for n in [513usize, 600, 900, 1000, 1024, 1500, 3024, 3600, 5000, 12345] {
+            let s = starts(n, 512, 64);
+            assert_eq!(s[0], 0, "n={n}");
+            assert_eq!(*s.last().unwrap(), n - 512, "n={n}");
+            for w in s.windows(2) {
+                assert!(w[1] > w[0], "starts increase, n={n}");
+                assert!(w[0] + 512 >= w[1] + 64, "at least 64 shared cells between {} and {}, n={n}", w[0], w[1]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn weights_fade_only_towards_neighbours() {
+        let (t, f) = (512, 64);
+        // a lone tile: full weight everywhere
+        assert!((0..t).all(|p| weight(p, t, f, false, false) == 1.0));
+        // the first tile fades on its far side only
+        assert_eq!(weight(0, t, f, false, true), 1.0);
+        assert!(weight(t - 1, t, f, false, true) < 0.01);
+        // the last tile fades on its near side only
+        assert!(weight(0, t, f, true, false) < 0.01);
+        assert_eq!(weight(t - 1, t, f, true, false), 1.0);
+        // a middle tile is 1 in the middle and everywhere positive
+        assert_eq!(weight(t / 2, t, f, true, true), 1.0);
+        assert!((0..t).all(|p| weight(p, t, f, true, true) > 0.0));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn two_overlapping_tiles_blend_to_a_partition_of_unity() {
+        // at every cell of the shared region the normalised weights are in [0, 1] and sum to 1
+        let (t, f) = (512usize, 64usize);
+        let s = starts(900, t, 64);
+        assert_eq!(s.len(), 2);
+        for cell in s[1]..s[0] + t {
+            let a = weight(cell - s[0], t, f, false, true);
+            let b = weight(cell - s[1], t, f, true, false);
+            let (na, nb) = (a / (a + b), b / (a + b));
+            assert!((na + nb - 1.0).abs() < 1e-6 && na >= 0.0 && nb >= 0.0);
+        }
+    }
+}
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+[package]
+name = "lightcraft-denoise"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+description = "LightCraft AI denoise (L1): denoise-model manifests, Bayer packing, tiling and blending, the cache file, and pure-Rust CPU inference"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[features]
+default = []
+runtime = ["dep:faer"]
+# Product-policy switch: absent by default; users may install their own model.
+rawnind-model = ["lightcraft-denoise-core/rawnind-model"]
+
+[dependencies]
+lightcraft-denoise-core = { workspace = true }
+# Safe matrix views over the pure-Rust GEMM backend; no BLAS, cc/build scripts
+# or inner thread pool. Its dependencies include architecture-specific assembly.
+faer = { package = "faer-core", version = "=0.17.1", default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true }
+lightcraft-raster = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha2 = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+miniz_oxide = { workspace = true }
+rayon = { workspace = true }
+web-time = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+proptest = { workspace = true }
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# lightcraft-denoise
+
+L1 pure-Rust AI RAW denoise primitives and CPU inference. No weights are bundled.
+See [user workflow and limitations](../../docs/denoise.md).
+
+`lightcraft-denoise-core` provides metadata, Bayer helpers and cache formats,
+re-exported here. `manifest` and `known` validate opt-in models; `onnx` reads a bounded operator subset
+into `net`; `cpu` executes it and `reference` supplies scalar checks. `bayer`, `tiles`
+and `run` pack sensor data and blend overlapping tiles while preserving clipped
+highlights. `product` reads/writes the disposable `.lcdn` cache. `runtime` supplies
+the installation self-test. Synthetic networks are generated in Rust for tests.
+
+Run `cargo test -p lightcraft-denoise --features runtime`. The CPU backend is optional;
+featureless and web builds keep the model metadata and cache format without faer/GEMM.
+The `rawnind-model` feature enables the otherwise empty download catalog and requires
+an explicit release-policy decision. Real-model tests are ignored by default and
+require an explicitly supplied local model. The GPU twin is `lightcraft-gpu::nn`;
+model management, background jobs and export integration live in `lightcraft-engine`.
@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+//! Single-thread CPU execution of the checked denoise network.
+//!
+//! Convolutions lower at most 256 spatial positions at a time, then use faer's safe views over pure-Rust GEMM.
+//! No inner thread pool: `run::denoise_bayer` already runs tiles on the application's Rayon pool. Tensor lifetimes
+//! are planned once; buffers and im2col storage are recycled between calls, independently for concurrent callers.
+
+use crate::net::{Net, NetError, Op};
+use crate::run::{Error, TileRunner};
+use faer::{Parallelism, mat};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+const BLOCK: usize = 256;
+/// Cap all tensor buffers and convolution scratch for one tile together (512 MiB).
+const MAX_VALUES: usize = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
+const MAX_TILE: usize = 2048;
+const MAX_IDLE: usize = 1;
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, NetError>;
+fn bad(why: &str) -> NetError {
+    NetError::Invalid(why.into())
+}
+fn count(c: usize, side: usize) -> Result<usize> {
+    c.checked_mul(side)
+        .and_then(|n| n.checked_mul(side))
+        .filter(|&n| n > 0 && n <= MAX_VALUES)
+        .ok_or_else(|| bad("a tensor has no size or is too large"))
+}
+fn zeros(n: usize) -> Result<Vec<f32>> {
+    let mut v = Vec::new();
+    v.try_reserve_exact(n).map_err(|_| bad("not enough memory for a denoise tile"))?;
+    v.resize(n, 0.0);
+    Ok(v)
+}
+fn sources(op: &Op) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
+    match op {
+        Op::Conv(c) => (c.src, c.src2),
+        Op::ConvT2(c) => (c.src, None),
+        Op::MaxPool2 { src } | Op::DepthToSpace2 { src } => (*src, None),
+    }
+}
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct Tensor {
+    slot: usize,
+    side: usize,
+    channels: usize,
+}
+struct Plan {
+    net: Net,
+    tensors: Vec<Tensor>,
+    sizes: Vec<usize>,
+    lower: usize,
+    product: usize,
+    up_weights: Vec<Option<Vec<f32>>>,
+}
+struct Workspace {
+    buffers: Vec<Vec<f32>>,
+    lower: Vec<f32>,
+    product: Vec<f32>,
+}
+
+/// A checked Net on square CHW tiles. Clones share immutable weights and the idle workspace cache.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct NetRunner {
+    plan: Arc<Plan>,
+    idle: Arc<Mutex<Vec<Workspace>>>,
+}
+
+impl NetRunner {
+    pub fn new(net: &Net, tile: usize) -> Result<Self> {
+        if tile == 0
+            || tile > MAX_TILE
+            || !net.fits_tile(tile)
+            || net.in_channels != 4
+            || net.out_channels() != 3
+            || net.shape(0).is_none_or(|s| s.channels != net.in_channels)
+        {
+            return Err(bad("the tile or Bayer-to-RGB contract does not fit the network"));
+        }
+        let mut last = vec![0; net.ops().len() + 1];
+        for (i, op) in net.ops().iter().enumerate() {
+            let (a, b) = sources(op);
+            for id in std::iter::once(a).chain(b) {
+                *last.get_mut(id).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing tensor"))? = i + 1;
+            }
+        }
+        let mut tensors = vec![Tensor { slot: 0, side: tile, channels: net.in_channels }];
+        let mut sizes = vec![count(net.in_channels, tile)?];
+        let mut busy = vec![true];
+        let (mut lower, mut product) = (0, 0);
+        let mut up_weights = Vec::new();
+        for (i, op) in net.ops().iter().enumerate() {
+            let (src, src2) = sources(op);
+            let a = *tensors.get(src).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing tensor"))?;
+            let (channels, side) = match op {
+                Op::Conv(c) => {
+                    if let Some(s) = src2
+                        && tensors.get(s).is_none_or(|b| b.side != a.side)
+                    {
+                        return Err(bad("a join has different sizes"));
+                    }
+                    (c.cout, a.side)
+                }
+                Op::ConvT2(c) => (c.cout, a.side.checked_mul(2).ok_or_else(|| bad("size overflow"))?),
+                Op::MaxPool2 { .. } => {
+                    if a.side < 2 || !a.side.is_multiple_of(2) {
+                        return Err(bad("pooling does not divide the tile"));
+                    }
+                    (a.channels, a.side / 2)
+                }
+                Op::DepthToSpace2 { .. } => (a.channels / 4, a.side.checked_mul(2).ok_or_else(|| bad("size overflow"))?),
+            };
+            let n = count(channels, side)?;
+            let slot = busy
+                .iter()
+                .zip(&sizes)
+                .enumerate()
+                .filter(|(_, (used, _))| !**used)
+                .min_by_key(|(_, (_, size))| (n.saturating_sub(**size), **size))
+                .map_or(busy.len(), |(i, _)| i);
+            if slot == sizes.len() {
+                sizes.push(n);
+                busy.push(true);
+            } else {
+                let sz = sizes.get_mut(slot).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing buffer"))?;
+                *sz = (*sz).max(n);
+                *busy.get_mut(slot).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing buffer"))? = true;
+            }
+            tensors.push(Tensor { slot, side, channels });
+            // Release sources only after the output has its own buffer (also handles reading the same tensor twice).
+            for id in std::iter::once(src).chain(src2) {
+                if last.get(id) == Some(&(i + 1)) {
+                    let t = tensors.get(id).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing tensor"))?;
+                    *busy.get_mut(t.slot).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing buffer"))? = false;
+                }
+            }
+            let (k, m, positions) = match op {
+                Op::Conv(c) => (c.cin * c.k * c.k, c.cout, a.side * a.side),
+                Op::ConvT2(c) => (c.cin, c.cout * 4, a.side * a.side),
+                _ => (0, 0, 0),
+            };
+            lower = lower.max(k.saturating_mul(BLOCK.min(positions)));
+            product = product.max(m.saturating_mul(BLOCK.min(positions)));
+            let packed = if let Op::ConvT2(c) = op {
+                let mut w = zeros(c.weight.len())?;
+                // [cin][cout][dy][dx] -> [cout*4][cin], so an up-convolution is one GEMM and a shuffle.
+                for (ci, row) in c.weight.chunks_exact(c.cout * 4).enumerate() {
+                    for (co, &v) in row.iter().enumerate() {
+                        *w.get_mut(co * c.cin + ci).ok_or_else(|| bad("invalid transposed weights"))? = v;
+                    }
+                }
+                Some(w)
+            } else {
+                None
+            };
+            up_weights.push(packed);
+        }
+        let total = sizes
+            .iter()
+            .try_fold(lower.saturating_add(product), |n, &s| n.checked_add(s))
+            .filter(|&n| n <= MAX_VALUES)
+            .ok_or_else(|| bad("the tile needs too much working memory"))?;
+        let _ = total;
+        Ok(Self { plan: Arc::new(Plan { net: net.clone(), tensors, sizes, lower, product, up_weights }), idle: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())) })
+    }
+    /// Immutable data for the GPU runner, without re-reading the model.
+    pub fn net(&self) -> &Net {
+        &self.plan.net
+    }
+    pub fn bytes_per_tile(&self) -> usize {
+        (self.plan.sizes.iter().sum::<usize>() + self.plan.lower + self.plan.product) * 4
+    }
+    fn workspace(&self) -> Result<Workspace> {
+        if let Some(w) = self.idle.lock().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner).pop() {
+            return Ok(w);
+        }
+        Ok(Workspace {
+            buffers: self.plan.sizes.iter().map(|&n| zeros(n)).collect::<Result<_>>()?,
+            lower: zeros(self.plan.lower)?,
+            product: zeros(self.plan.product)?,
+        })
+    }
+    fn execute(&self, input: &[f32], w: &mut Workspace) -> Result<Vec<f32>> {
+        let first = self.plan.tensors.first().ok_or_else(|| bad("no input"))?;
+        let want = count(first.channels, first.side)?;
+        w.buffers.first_mut().and_then(|b| b.get_mut(..want)).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing input buffer"))?.copy_from_slice(input);
+        let profile = std::env::var_os("LIGHTCRAFT_PROFILE").is_some();
+        for (i, op) in self.plan.net.ops().iter().enumerate() {
+            let started = web_time::Instant::now();
+            let out = *self.plan.tensors.get(i + 1).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing output tensor"))?;
+            let (before, rest) = w.buffers.split_at_mut_checked(out.slot).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing output buffer"))?;
+            let (dest, after) = rest.split_first_mut().ok_or_else(|| bad("missing output buffer"))?;
+            let get = |id: usize| -> Result<(&[f32], Tensor)> {
+                let t = *self.plan.tensors.get(id).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing source tensor"))?;
+                let data = if t.slot < out.slot {
+                    before.get(t.slot)
+                } else {
+                    after.get(t.slot.checked_sub(out.slot + 1).ok_or_else(|| bad("aliased buffers"))?)
+                }
+                .and_then(|b| b.get(..count(t.channels, t.side).ok()?))
+                .ok_or_else(|| bad("missing source buffer"))?;
+                Ok((data, t))
+            };
+            let (src, src2) = sources(op);
+            let (a, shape) = get(src)?;
+            let b = src2.map(get).transpose()?.map(|v| v.0);
+            let dest = dest.get_mut(..count(out.channels, out.side)?).ok_or_else(|| bad("short output buffer"))?;
+            match op {
+                Op::Conv(c) => conv(c, a, b, shape.side, dest, &mut w.lower, &mut w.product)?,
+                Op::ConvT2(c) => up(
+                    c,
+                    a,
+                    shape.side,
+                    dest,
+                    self.plan.up_weights.get(i).and_then(Option::as_deref).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing up weights"))?,
+                    &mut w.lower,
+                    &mut w.product,
+                )?,
+                Op::MaxPool2 { .. } => pool(a, shape.side, dest)?,
+                Op::DepthToSpace2 { .. } => shuffle(a, shape.side, dest)?,
+            }
+            if dest.iter().any(|v| !v.is_finite()) {
+                return Err(bad("the model produced non-finite values"));
+            }
+            if profile {
+                eprintln!("[denoise-cpu] layer {i}: {}x{}x{} {:.2} ms", out.channels, out.side, out.side, started.elapsed().as_secs_f64() * 1e3);
+            }
+        }
+        let t = self.plan.tensors.last().ok_or_else(|| bad("no output"))?;
+        let data = w.buffers.get(t.slot).and_then(|b| b.get(..count(t.channels, t.side).ok()?)).ok_or_else(|| bad("missing result"))?;
+        let mut out = zeros(data.len())?;
+        out.copy_from_slice(data);
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+}
+impl TileRunner for NetRunner {
+    fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> std::result::Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+        let first = self.plan.tensors.first().ok_or_else(|| Error::Runtime("missing input shape".into()))?;
+        let want = count(first.channels, first.side).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime(e.to_string()))?;
+        if input.len() != want || input.iter().any(|v| !v.is_finite()) {
+            return Err(Error::Input("the tile has the wrong size or non-finite values".into()));
+        }
+        let mut w = self.workspace().map_err(|e| Error::Runtime(e.to_string()))?;
+        let result = self.execute(input, &mut w).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime(e.to_string()));
+        let mut idle = self.idle.lock().unwrap_or_else(std::sync::PoisonError::into_inner);
+        if idle.len() < MAX_IDLE {
+            idle.push(w);
+        }
+        result
+    }
+}
+fn activate(x: f32, bias: f32, alpha: Option<f32>) -> f32 {
+    let x = x + bias;
+    if x < 0.0 { x * alpha.unwrap_or(1.0) } else { x }
+}
+
+/// All views are over exact, checked slices. The matrix library's assertions therefore never see file-derived sizes.
+fn multiply(w: &[f32], x: &[f32], y: &mut [f32], m: usize, k: usize, n: usize) -> Result<()> {
+    if m.checked_mul(k) != Some(w.len()) || k.checked_mul(n) != Some(x.len()) || m.checked_mul(n) != Some(y.len()) || m == 0 || k == 0 || n == 0 {
+        return Err(bad("invalid matrix dimensions"));
+    }
+    faer::mul::matmul(
+        mat::from_row_major_slice_mut::<f32>(y, m, n),
+        mat::from_row_major_slice::<f32>(w, m, k),
+        mat::from_row_major_slice::<f32>(x, k, n),
+        None,
+        1.0,
+        Parallelism::None,
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+fn lower(a: &[f32], b: Option<&[f32]>, side: usize, k: usize, start: usize, n: usize, dest: &mut [f32]) -> Result<()> {
+    let pad = k / 2;
+    let pixels = side * side;
+    // Whole row segments are copied, so bounds checks and edge branches stay out of the multiply loop.
+    for (ci, plane) in a.chunks_exact(pixels).chain(b.into_iter().flat_map(|b| b.chunks_exact(pixels))).enumerate() {
+        for ky in 0..k {
+            for kx in 0..k {
+                let row = (ci * k * k + ky * k + kx) * n;
+                let out = dest.get_mut(row..row + n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short im2col buffer"))?;
+                let mut at = 0;
+                while at < n {
+                    let p = start + at;
+                    let (y, x) = (p / side, p % side);
+                    let len = (side - x).min(n - at);
+                    if let Some(yy) = y.checked_add(ky).and_then(|v| v.checked_sub(pad)).filter(|&v| v < side) {
+                        let lo = x.max(pad.saturating_sub(kx));
+                        let hi = (x + len).min((side + pad).saturating_sub(kx));
+                        if lo < hi {
+                            let from = yy * side + lo + kx - pad;
+                            let to = at + lo - x;
+                            out.get_mut(at..to).ok_or_else(|| bad("short im2col padding"))?.fill(0.0);
+                            out.get_mut(to..to + hi - lo)
+                                .ok_or_else(|| bad("short im2col row"))?
+                                .copy_from_slice(plane.get(from..from + hi - lo).ok_or_else(|| bad("short source row"))?);
+                            out.get_mut(to + hi - lo..at + len).ok_or_else(|| bad("short im2col padding"))?.fill(0.0);
+                        } else {
+                            out.get_mut(at..at + len).ok_or_else(|| bad("short im2col row"))?.fill(0.0);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        out.get_mut(at..at + len).ok_or_else(|| bad("short im2col row"))?.fill(0.0);
+                    }
+                    at += len;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+fn conv(c: &crate::net::Conv, a: &[f32], b: Option<&[f32]>, side: usize, dest: &mut [f32], scratch: &mut [f32], product: &mut [f32]) -> Result<()> {
+    let pixels = side * side;
+    let k = c.cin * c.k * c.k;
+    for start in (0..pixels).step_by(BLOCK) {
+        let n = BLOCK.min(pixels - start);
+        let x = scratch.get_mut(..k * n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short im2col storage"))?;
+        lower(a, b, side, c.k, start, n, x)?;
+        let y = product.get_mut(..c.cout * n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short product storage"))?;
+        multiply(&c.weight, x, y, c.cout, k, n)?;
+        for ((row, &bias), out) in y.chunks_exact(n).zip(&c.bias).zip(dest.chunks_exact_mut(pixels)) {
+            let to = out.get_mut(start..start + n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short convolution output"))?;
+            for (d, &v) in to.iter_mut().zip(row) {
+                *d = activate(v, bias, c.leaky);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+fn up(c: &crate::net::ConvT2, a: &[f32], side: usize, dest: &mut [f32], weights: &[f32], scratch: &mut [f32], product: &mut [f32]) -> Result<()> {
+    let pixels = side * side;
+    let out_side = 2 * side;
+    for start in (0..pixels).step_by(BLOCK) {
+        let n = BLOCK.min(pixels - start);
+        let x = scratch.get_mut(..c.cin * n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short up input storage"))?;
+        for (to, from) in x.chunks_exact_mut(n).zip(a.chunks_exact(pixels)) {
+            to.copy_from_slice(from.get(start..start + n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short up input"))?);
+        }
+        let y = product.get_mut(..c.cout * 4 * n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short up product storage"))?;
+        multiply(weights, x, y, c.cout * 4, c.cin, n)?;
+        for (co, (&bias, out)) in c.bias.iter().zip(dest.chunks_exact_mut(4 * pixels)).enumerate() {
+            for d in 0..4 {
+                let row = y.get((4 * co + d) * n..(4 * co + d + 1) * n).ok_or_else(|| bad("short up product"))?;
+                for (j, &v) in row.iter().enumerate() {
+                    let p = start + j;
+                    let at = (2 * (p / side) + d / 2) * out_side + 2 * (p % side) + d % 2;
+                    *out.get_mut(at).ok_or_else(|| bad("short up output"))? = activate(v, bias, c.leaky);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+fn pool(a: &[f32], side: usize, dest: &mut [f32]) -> Result<()> {
+    let s = side / 2;
+    for (input, out) in a.chunks_exact(side * side).zip(dest.chunks_exact_mut(s * s)) {
+        for (y, row) in out.chunks_exact_mut(s).enumerate() {
+            let lo = input.get(2 * y * side..(2 * y + 1) * side).ok_or_else(|| bad("short pool input"))?;
+            let hi = input.get((2 * y + 1) * side..(2 * y + 2) * side).ok_or_else(|| bad("short pool input"))?;
+            for ((d, lo), hi) in row.iter_mut().zip(lo.as_chunks::<2>().0).zip(hi.as_chunks::<2>().0) {
+                let [a, b] = *lo;
+                let [c, e] = *hi;
+                *d = a.max(b).max(c).max(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+fn shuffle(a: &[f32], side: usize, dest: &mut [f32]) -> Result<()> {
+    let pixels = side * side;
+    for (input, out) in a.chunks_exact(4 * pixels).zip(dest.chunks_exact_mut(4 * pixels)) {
+        for d in 0..4 {
+            let plane = input.get(d * pixels..(d + 1) * pixels).ok_or_else(|| bad("short shuffle input"))?;
+            for (y, row) in plane.chunks_exact(side).enumerate() {
+                let at = (2 * y + d / 2) * 2 * side;
+                let to = out.get_mut(at..at + 2 * side).ok_or_else(|| bad("short shuffle output"))?;
+                for (to, &v) in to.as_chunks_mut::<2>().0.iter_mut().zip(row) {
+                    if let Some(t) = to.get_mut(d % 2) {
+                        *t = v;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+use super::*;
+use crate::{
+    net::{Conv, ConvT2},
+    reference, synthetic,
+};
+
+fn random(n: usize, seed: u32) -> Vec<f32> {
+    let mut s = seed | 1;
+    (0..n)
+        .map(|_| {
+            s ^= s << 13;
+            s ^= s >> 17;
+            s ^= s << 5;
+            (s >> 8) as f32 / (1u32 << 23) as f32 - 1.0
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+fn net(tile: usize, ch: u64, depth: usize, seed: u64) -> Net {
+    let p = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-purecpu-{}-{tile}-{ch}-{depth}-{seed}.onnx", std::process::id()));
+    std::fs::write(&p, synthetic::unet_onnx(tile as u64, ch, depth, seed)).unwrap();
+    let n = crate::onnx::read(&p).unwrap();
+    std::fs::remove_file(p).unwrap();
+    n
+}
+fn agree(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) {
+    assert_eq!(a.len(), b.len());
+    assert!(a.iter().chain(b).all(|v| v.is_finite()));
+    let scale = b.iter().fold(1e-6f32, |m, v| m.max(v.abs()));
+    let error = a.iter().zip(b).fold(0f32, |m, (a, b)| m.max((a - b).abs())) / scale;
+    assert!(error <= 1e-3, "relative maximum error {error:e}");
+}
+#[test]
+fn all_operators_match_scalar_on_random_nets_and_odd_and_tiny_shapes() {
+    for (t, ch, d) in [(1, 3, 0), (3, 5, 0), (5, 7, 0), (6, 3, 1), (20, 5, 2), (36, 9, 2), (64, 8, 3)] {
+        for seed in [1, 73] {
+            let n = net(t, ch, d, seed);
+            let r = NetRunner::new(&n, t).unwrap();
+            let x = random(4 * t * t, seed as u32);
+            let want = reference::run(&n, t, &x).unwrap();
+            agree(&r.run(&x).unwrap(), &want);
+            assert_eq!(r.run(&x).unwrap(), r.run(&x).unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_values_fail_before_execution_and_workspace_sizes_are_bounded() {
+    let mut n = net(4, 3, 1, 11);
+    for t in [0, 1, 3, usize::MAX, 4096] {
+        assert!(NetRunner::new(&n, t).is_err());
+    }
+    for ch in [0, 3, usize::MAX] {
+        n.in_channels = ch;
+        assert!(NetRunner::new(&n, 4).is_err());
+    }
+    let n = Net::new(
+        4,
+        vec![
+            Op::Conv(Conv { src: 0, src2: None, cin: 4, cout: 4096, k: 1, weight: vec![0.1; 4 * 4096], bias: vec![0.0; 4096], leaky: None }),
+            Op::Conv(Conv { src: 1, src2: None, cin: 4096, cout: 12, k: 1, weight: vec![0.1; 4096 * 12], bias: vec![0.0; 12], leaky: None }),
+            Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 2 },
+        ],
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(NetRunner::new(&n, 2048).is_err());
+    let ops = (0..100).map(|i| Op::MaxPool2 { src: i }).collect();
+    let n = Net::new(4, ops).unwrap();
+    assert!(NetRunner::new(&n, 16).is_err());
+    let c = Conv { src: 0, src2: None, cin: 4, cout: 12, k: 1, weight: vec![0.25; 48], bias: vec![0.0; 12], leaky: None };
+    for mode in 0..6 {
+        let mut bad = c.clone();
+        match mode {
+            0 => bad.src = usize::MAX,
+            1 => bad.weight.pop().map(|_| ()).unwrap(),
+            2 => bad.bias[0] = f32::NAN,
+            3 => bad.leaky = Some(f32::INFINITY),
+            4 => bad.cout = usize::MAX,
+            _ => bad.k = usize::MAX,
+        }
+        assert!(Net::new(4, vec![Op::Conv(bad), Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 1 }]).is_err());
+    }
+}
+#[test]
+fn bad_tiles_and_arithmetic_overflow_are_errors_and_do_not_poison_reuse() {
+    let c = Conv { src: 0, src2: None, cin: 4, cout: 12, k: 1, weight: vec![f32::MAX; 48], bias: vec![0.0; 12], leaky: None };
+    let n = Net::new(4, vec![Op::Conv(c), Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 1 }]).unwrap();
+    let r = NetRunner::new(&n, 1).unwrap();
+    assert!(r.run(&[]).is_err());
+    assert!(r.run(&[f32::NAN; 4]).is_err());
+    assert!(r.run(&[f32::INFINITY; 4]).is_err());
+    assert_eq!(r.idle.lock().unwrap().len(), 0, "invalid input never allocates a workspace");
+    assert!(r.run(&[2.0; 4]).is_err());
+    assert_eq!(r.run(&[0.0; 4]).unwrap(), vec![0.0; 12]);
+    // Matrix shape checks are the boundary in front of the dependency's asserting constructors.
+    assert!(multiply(&[], &[], &mut [], usize::MAX, 2, 2).is_err());
+}
+#[test]
+fn shared_runner_serves_concurrent_tiles_without_cross_contamination() {
+    let n = net(12, 5, 1, 97);
+    let r = NetRunner::new(&n, 12).unwrap();
+    let inputs: Vec<_> = (0..8).map(|s| random(4 * 12 * 12, s)).collect();
+    let answers: Vec<_> = inputs.iter().map(|x| reference::run(&n, 12, x).unwrap()).collect();
+    std::thread::scope(|scope| {
+        let mut handles = Vec::new();
+        for (x, want) in inputs.iter().zip(&answers) {
+            let r = &r;
+            handles.push(scope.spawn(move || {
+                for _ in 0..3 {
+                    agree(&r.run(x).unwrap(), want);
+                }
+            }));
+        }
+        for h in handles {
+            h.join().unwrap();
+        }
+    });
+}
+#[test]
+fn join_may_read_the_same_tensor_twice_and_leaky_up_convolution_is_supported() {
+    let c = ConvT2 { src: 0, cin: 4, cout: 3, weight: random(48, 2), bias: vec![0.1, -0.1, 0.0], leaky: Some(0.13) };
+    let n = Net::new(
+        4,
+        vec![
+            Op::ConvT2(c),
+            Op::Conv(Conv { src: 1, src2: Some(1), cin: 6, cout: 3, k: 3, weight: random(162, 3), bias: vec![0.0; 3], leaky: Some(0.0) }),
+        ],
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let x = random(4 * 3 * 3, 7);
+    agree(&NetRunner::new(&n, 3).unwrap().run(&x).unwrap(), &reference::run(&n, 3, &x).unwrap());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn reused_im2col_clears_all_edge_padding_between_images() {
+    for t in [1, 3, 5, 36] {
+        let n = net(t, 5, 0, 121);
+        let r = NetRunner::new(&n, t).unwrap();
+        for x in [vec![1.0; 4 * t * t], vec![0.0; 4 * t * t], random(4 * t * t, 9)] {
+            agree(&r.run(&x).unwrap(), &reference::run(&n, t, &x).unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+}
+#[test]
+#[ignore = "needs LC_DENOISE_MODEL; one tile with LIGHTCRAFT_PROFILE=1"]
+fn profile_one_real_tile() {
+    let model = std::env::var_os("LC_DENOISE_MODEL").expect("set LC_DENOISE_MODEL");
+    let m = crate::known::find("rawnind-bayer").unwrap().manifest;
+    let r = crate::runtime::CpuRunner::load(std::path::Path::new(&model), &m).unwrap();
+    println!("workspace {:.1} MB", r.bytes_per_tile() as f64 / 1e6);
+    r.run(&crate::runtime::check_tile(512)).unwrap();
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//! AI denoise for LightCraft, as a step between the sensor and the demosaic that the rest of the develop
+//! pipeline never sees: the raw file stays untouched, the denoised picture is cached data that can always be
+//! made again, and the amount is an ordinary develop setting.
+//!
+//! - [`manifest`]: what a denoise model takes and gives, and who may use it (untrusted JSON, validated).
+//! - [`known`] and [`archive`]: the models LightCraft can fetch, and taking the model file out of the `.zip` it comes in.
+//! - [`bayer`]: Bayer layouts and the packing of a mosaic into the four planes a model takes.
+//! - [`tiles`] and [`run`]: cutting a picture into overlapping tiles for a fixed-size model, bringing each tile's
+//!   output scale back to the input's, keeping clipped highlights as they were, and blending the tiles together.
+//!   The model itself is a [`run::TileRunner`], so all of this is tested without one.
+//! - [`product`]: the cache file the denoised picture is kept in (half floats, compressed in strips) and the
+//!   blend with the plain demosaic that the Amount slider controls.
+//! - [`cpu`] and [`runtime`]: a single-thread pure-Rust CPU runner and its installation self-test.
+//! - [`net`] and [`onnx`]: checked plain network data and bounded ONNX decoding, shared by CPU and GPU.
+//!
+//! Everything here treats model files, manifests and cache files as hostile input: sizes are capped, numbers must
+//! be finite, and a malformed file is an error, never a panic.
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
+
+#[cfg(feature = "runtime")]
+pub mod cpu;
+
+pub mod net;
+pub mod onnx;
+mod onnx_proto;
+
+pub mod reference;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "runtime")]
+pub mod runtime;
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub mod synthetic;
+
+pub use lightcraft_denoise_core::*;
+
+pub mod synthetic_proto;
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+//! A denoise network as plain data: the handful of layer kinds a U-Net denoiser is made of, with their weights.
+//!
+//! [`onnx`](crate::onnx) reads the file into this description, shared by the pure-Rust CPU and GPU runners.
+//! Unsupported operators, groups, dilation or activations are reported as errors when loading the model.
+//!
+//! The description is checked ([`Net::new`]) because it comes from a stranger's file: channel counts must chain,
+//! weights must have the sizes the shapes need and be finite, and the depth must stay small.
+
+/// Most layers a network may have.
+pub const MAX_OPS: usize = 512;
+/// Most channels a layer may have.
+pub const MAX_CHANNELS: usize = 4096;
+/// Most weights (numbers) a network may have in all.
+pub const MAX_WEIGHTS: usize = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum NetError {
+    /// The model uses something this denoise network description cannot express.
+    #[error("not supported by the denoise runners: {0}")]
+    Unsupported(String),
+    /// The model is not a well-formed network.
+    #[error("not a valid network: {0}")]
+    Invalid(String),
+}
+
+fn invalid<T>(why: impl Into<String>) -> Result<T, NetError> {
+    Err(NetError::Invalid(why.into()))
+}
+
+/// A tensor is named by its number: 0 is the network's input, and layer `i` makes tensor `i + 1`.
+pub type TensorId = usize;
+
+/// A convolution with stride 1 and "same" padding (`k` is 1 or 3), over one tensor or two joined along the channels
+/// (`src` first), then a bias and optionally a leaky ReLU.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Conv {
+    pub src: TensorId,
+    /// A second source, whose channels follow `src`'s (a skip connection's concatenation).
+    pub src2: Option<TensorId>,
+    pub cin: usize,
+    pub cout: usize,
+    pub k: usize,
+    /// `[cout][cin][k][k]`, as ONNX has it.
+    pub weight: Vec<f32>,
+    pub bias: Vec<f32>,
+    /// `Some(alpha)`: a leaky ReLU with this slope follows.
+    pub leaky: Option<f32>,
+}
+
+/// A transposed convolution with a 2 × 2 kernel and stride 2: every input pixel becomes a 2 × 2 block.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ConvT2 {
+    pub src: TensorId,
+    pub cin: usize,
+    pub cout: usize,
+    /// `[cin][cout][2][2]`, as ONNX has it.
+    pub weight: Vec<f32>,
+    pub bias: Vec<f32>,
+    pub leaky: Option<f32>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Op {
+    Conv(Conv),
+    ConvT2(ConvT2),
+    /// 2 × 2 maximum, stride 2.
+    MaxPool2 {
+        src: TensorId,
+    },
+    /// Depth-to-space with block size 2 in "CRD" order: output channel `c` at `(2y + dy, 2x + dx)` is input channel
+    /// `4c + 2dy + dx` at `(y, x)`.
+    DepthToSpace2 {
+        src: TensorId,
+    },
+}
+
+/// What a tensor looks like: its channels, and its resolution as a power of two below the input's (a negative
+/// level is above it).
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Shape {
+    pub channels: usize,
+    pub level: i32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Net {
+    pub in_channels: usize,
+    ops: Vec<Op>,
+    shapes: Vec<Shape>,
+}
+
+impl Net {
+    /// Check `ops` (layer `i` makes tensor `i + 1`) over an input of `in_channels` and describe every tensor.
+    pub fn new(in_channels: usize, ops: Vec<Op>) -> Result<Net, NetError> {
+        if in_channels == 0 || in_channels > MAX_CHANNELS {
+            return invalid("the input has no channels or too many");
+        }
+        if ops.is_empty() || ops.len() > MAX_OPS {
+            return invalid("the network has no layers or too many");
+        }
+        let mut shapes = vec![Shape { channels: in_channels, level: 0 }];
+        let mut weights = 0usize;
+        for (i, op) in ops.iter().enumerate() {
+            let shape_of = |t: TensorId| {
+                shapes
+                    .get(t)
+                    .copied()
+                    .filter(|_| t <= i)
+                    .ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid(format!("layer {i} reads tensor {t}, which does not exist yet")))
+            };
+            let out = match op {
+                Op::Conv(c) => {
+                    let a = shape_of(c.src)?;
+                    let (cin, level) = match c.src2 {
+                        Some(s2) => {
+                            let b = shape_of(s2)?;
+                            if b.level != a.level {
+                                return invalid(format!("layer {i} joins tensors of different resolutions"));
+                            }
+                            (a.channels + b.channels, a.level)
+                        }
+                        None => (a.channels, a.level),
+                    };
+                    if c.cin != cin || c.cout == 0 || c.cout > MAX_CHANNELS || !(c.k == 1 || c.k == 3) {
+                        return invalid(format!(
+                            "layer {i}: a convolution of {} to {} channels with a {}-wide kernel does not fit",
+                            c.cin, c.cout, c.k
+                        ));
+                    }
+                    check_weights(
+                        i,
+                        &c.weight,
+                        c.cout.checked_mul(cin).and_then(|n| n.checked_mul(c.k * c.k)),
+                        &c.bias,
+                        c.cout,
+                        c.leaky,
+                        &mut weights,
+                    )?;
+                    Shape { channels: c.cout, level }
+                }
+                Op::ConvT2(c) => {
+                    let a = shape_of(c.src)?;
+                    if c.cin != a.channels || c.cout == 0 || c.cout > MAX_CHANNELS {
+                        return invalid(format!("layer {i}: a transposed convolution of {} to {} channels does not fit", c.cin, c.cout));
+                    }
+                    check_weights(i, &c.weight, c.cin.checked_mul(c.cout).and_then(|n| n.checked_mul(4)), &c.bias, c.cout, c.leaky, &mut weights)?;
+                    Shape { channels: c.cout, level: a.level - 1 }
+                }
+                Op::MaxPool2 { src } => {
+                    let a = shape_of(*src)?;
+                    Shape { channels: a.channels, level: a.level + 1 }
+                }
+                Op::DepthToSpace2 { src } => {
+                    let a = shape_of(*src)?;
+                    if !a.channels.is_multiple_of(4) {
+                        return invalid(format!("layer {i}: depth-to-space needs a multiple of 4 channels"));
+                    }
+                    Shape { channels: a.channels / 4, level: a.level - 1 }
+                }
+            };
+            shapes.push(out);
+        }
+        Ok(Net { in_channels, ops, shapes })
+    }
+
+    /// The layers: layer `i` makes tensor `i + 1`.
+    pub fn ops(&self) -> &[Op] {
+        &self.ops
+    }
+
+    /// The shape of tensor `t` (0 is the input).
+    pub fn shape(&self, t: TensorId) -> Option<Shape> {
+        self.shapes.get(t).copied()
+    }
+
+    /// The tensor the network gives (the last layer's).
+    pub fn output(&self) -> TensorId {
+        self.ops.len()
+    }
+
+    pub fn out_channels(&self) -> usize {
+        self.shapes.last().map_or(0, |s| s.channels)
+    }
+
+    /// The deepest resolution level: a tile must be a multiple of `2^this` cells wide.
+    pub fn depth(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.shapes.iter().map(|s| s.level.max(0) as u32).max().unwrap_or(0)
+    }
+
+    /// Can the network run on a `tile × tile` input and give `[out_channels, 2·tile, 2·tile]`? (Pooling must divide
+    /// the tile, and the output must be one level above the input.)
+    pub fn fits_tile(&self, tile: usize) -> bool {
+        let Some(multiple) = 1usize.checked_shl(self.depth()) else { return false };
+        tile > 0 && tile.is_multiple_of(multiple) && self.shapes.last().is_some_and(|s| s.level == -1)
+    }
+
+    /// Multiply-adds for one tile, for estimating time.
+    pub fn macs(&self, tile: usize) -> u64 {
+        let pixels = |level: i32| -> u64 {
+            let side = if level >= 0 {
+                tile.checked_shr(level as u32).unwrap_or(0)
+            } else {
+                tile.saturating_mul(1usize.checked_shl(level.unsigned_abs()).unwrap_or(usize::MAX))
+            };
+            (side as u64).saturating_mul(side as u64)
+        };
+        self.ops
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(|(i, op)| {
+                let out = self.shapes.get(i + 1).map_or(0, |s| pixels(s.level));
+                match op {
+                    Op::Conv(c) => out.saturating_mul((c.cin * c.cout * c.k * c.k) as u64),
+                    // every input pixel makes a 2 × 2 block: as many multiply-adds as the 2 × 2-wide kernel has weights
+                    Op::ConvT2(c) => pixels(self.shapes.get(c.src).map_or(0, |s| s.level)).saturating_mul((c.cin * c.cout * 4) as u64),
+                    _ => 0,
+                }
+            })
+            .fold(0u64, u64::saturating_add)
+    }
+}
+
+fn check_weights(
+    layer: usize,
+    weight: &[f32],
+    want: Option<usize>,
+    bias: &[f32],
+    cout: usize,
+    leaky: Option<f32>,
+    total: &mut usize,
+) -> Result<(), NetError> {
+    if want != Some(weight.len()) || bias.len() != cout {
+        return invalid(format!("layer {layer}: the weights are not the size its shape needs"));
+    }
+    *total = total.saturating_add(weight.len()).saturating_add(bias.len());
+    if *total > MAX_WEIGHTS {
+        return invalid("the network has too many weights");
+    }
+    if weight.iter().chain(bias).any(|v| !v.is_finite()) || leaky.is_some_and(|a| !a.is_finite()) {
+        return invalid(format!("layer {layer}: a weight is not a finite number"));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn conv(src: TensorId, src2: Option<TensorId>, cin: usize, cout: usize, k: usize) -> Op {
+        Op::Conv(Conv { src, src2, cin, cout, k, weight: vec![0.1; cout * cin * k * k], bias: vec![0.0; cout], leaky: Some(0.2) })
+    }
+
+    fn convt(src: TensorId, cin: usize, cout: usize) -> Op {
+        Op::ConvT2(ConvT2 { src, cin, cout, weight: vec![0.1; cin * cout * 4], bias: vec![0.0; cout], leaky: None })
+    }
+
+    /// A two-level network of the shape the denoisers have: 4 → 8 channels, pool, 16 channels, up, join, 12, and the
+    /// 1 × 1 convolution to the colours.
+    fn unet() -> Vec<Op> {
+        vec![
+            conv(0, None, 4, 8, 3),       // 1: 8 ch, level 0
+            Op::MaxPool2 { src: 1 },      // 2: level 1
+            conv(2, None, 8, 16, 3),      // 3: 16 ch, level 1
+            convt(3, 16, 8),              // 4: 8 ch, level 0
+            conv(4, Some(1), 16, 8, 3),   // 5: join [up, skip]
+            conv(5, None, 8, 12, 1),      // 6: 12 ch
+            Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 6 }, // 7: 3 ch, level -1
+        ]
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deep_networks_and_huge_cost_queries_never_overflow_or_truncate_depth() {
+        let n = Net::new(4, unet()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(n.macs(usize::MAX), u64::MAX);
+        assert_eq!(n.macs(0), 0);
+        let mut ops = Vec::new();
+        for i in 0..21 {
+            ops.push(Op::MaxPool2 { src: i });
+        }
+        for i in 21..42 {
+            ops.push(convt(i, 4, 4));
+        }
+        ops.push(conv(42, None, 4, 12, 1));
+        ops.push(Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 43 });
+        let n = Net::new(4, ops).unwrap();
+        assert!(!n.fits_tile(1 << 20));
+        assert!(n.fits_tile(1 << 21));
+        let _ = n.macs(16);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_u_net_is_described_with_its_shapes_and_costs() {
+        let net = Net::new(4, unet()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(net.out_channels(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(net.shape(3), Some(Shape { channels: 16, level: 1 }));
+        assert_eq!(net.shape(7), Some(Shape { channels: 3, level: -1 }));
+        assert_eq!(net.depth(), 1);
+        assert!(net.fits_tile(64) && !net.fits_tile(63) && !net.fits_tile(0));
+        // 64 × 64 cells: layer 1 = 4096·4·8·9, and so on; just check it is the sum of what the layers cost
+        let t = 64u64;
+        let want = t * t * 4 * 8 * 9 + (t / 2) * (t / 2) * 8 * 16 * 9 + (t / 2) * (t / 2) * 16 * 8 * 4 + t * t * 16 * 8 * 9 + t * t * 8 * 12;
+        assert_eq!(net.macs(64), want);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_network_that_does_not_chain_is_refused() {
+        // wrong input channel count for the first convolution
+        assert!(Net::new(3, unet()).is_err());
+        // a layer reading a tensor that does not exist yet
+        let mut ops = unet();
+        ops[2] = conv(9, None, 8, 16, 3);
+        assert!(Net::new(4, ops).is_err());
+        // joining tensors of different resolutions
+        let mut ops = unet();
+        ops[4] = conv(3, Some(1), 24, 8, 3);
+        assert!(Net::new(4, ops).is_err());
+        // weights of the wrong size, and not finite
+        let mut ops = unet();
+        if let Op::Conv(c) = &mut ops[0] {
+            c.weight.pop();
+        }
+        assert!(Net::new(4, ops).is_err());
+        let mut ops = unet();
+        if let Op::Conv(c) = &mut ops[0] {
+            c.bias[0] = f32::NAN;
+        }
+        assert!(Net::new(4, ops).is_err());
+        // a kernel that is neither 1 nor 3 wide, no layers, depth-to-space on a channel count it cannot split
+        let mut ops = unet();
+        if let Op::Conv(c) = &mut ops[0] {
+            c.k = 5;
+        }
+        assert!(Net::new(4, ops).is_err());
+        assert!(Net::new(4, vec![]).is_err());
+        assert!(Net::new(4, vec![Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 0 }]).is_ok());
+        assert!(Net::new(4, vec![Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 0 }, Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 1 }]).is_err());
+        assert!(Net::new(2, vec![Op::DepthToSpace2 { src: 0 }]).is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_network_that_does_not_end_one_level_up_does_not_fit_a_tile() {
+        let net = Net::new(4, unet()[..6].to_vec()).unwrap();
+        assert!(!net.fits_tile(64), "no depth-to-space: the output is not at twice the resolution");
+    }
+}
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+//! Reading an `.onnx` file into a [`Net`] with bounded, pure-Rust protobuf decoding.
+//!
+//! Only what the denoise U-Nets are made of is understood: `Conv` (3 × 3 "same" or 1 × 1, stride 1, no groups, no
+//! dilation) optionally followed by `LeakyRelu`, `ConvTranspose` (2 × 2, stride 2) likewise, `MaxPool` (2 × 2, stride 2),
+//! a two-input `Concat` on the channels that feeds a convolution, and a final `DepthToSpace` (2, `CRD`). Any other
+//! operator or attribute is [`NetError::Unsupported`], which is reported to the user by both runners.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use crate::onnx_proto::{self, AttributeProto, NodeProto, TensorProto, ValueInfoProto};
+use std::io::Read;
+
+use crate::net::{Conv, ConvT2, MAX_WEIGHTS, Net, NetError, Op, TensorId};
+
+fn unsupported<T>(why: impl Into<String>) -> Result<T, NetError> {
+    Err(NetError::Unsupported(why.into()))
+}
+
+fn invalid<T>(why: impl Into<String>) -> Result<T, NetError> {
+    Err(NetError::Invalid(why.into()))
+}
+
+/// Read the model at `path`.
+pub fn read(path: &Path) -> Result<Net, NetError> {
+    let file = std::fs::File::open(path).map_err(|e| NetError::Invalid(e.to_string()))?;
+    let size = usize::try_from(file.metadata().map_err(|e| NetError::Invalid(e.to_string()))?.len())
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|&n| n <= onnx_proto::MAX_BYTES)
+        .ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("model file too large".into()))?;
+    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+    bytes.try_reserve_exact(size).map_err(|_| NetError::Invalid("not enough memory to load the model".into()))?;
+    file.take(onnx_proto::MAX_BYTES as u64 + 1).read_to_end(&mut bytes).map_err(|e| NetError::Invalid(e.to_string()))?;
+    read_bytes(&bytes)
+}
+
+fn read_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Net, NetError> {
+    let graph = onnx_proto::decode(bytes)?;
+
+    let initialisers: HashMap<&str, &TensorProto> = graph.initializer.iter().map(|t| (t.name.as_str(), t)).collect();
+    if initialisers.len() != graph.initializer.len() {
+        return invalid("duplicate initializer names");
+    }
+    let inputs: Vec<_> = graph.input.iter().filter(|i| !initialisers.contains_key(i.name.as_str())).collect();
+    let ([input], [output]) = (inputs.as_slice(), graph.output.as_slice()) else { return unsupported("not one input and one output") };
+    let in_channels = match channel_dim(input) {
+        Some(c) => c,
+        None => return unsupported("the input's channel count is not written in the file"),
+    };
+
+    // how many nodes read each name (a graph output counts as a reader)
+    let mut readers: HashMap<&str, usize> = HashMap::new();
+    for n in &graph.node {
+        for i in &n.input {
+            *readers.entry(i.as_str()).or_default() += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    *readers.entry(output.name.as_str()).or_default() += 1;
+
+    let mut ids: HashMap<String, TensorId> = HashMap::new();
+    ids.insert(input.name.clone(), 0);
+    // a Concat is not a layer of its own: the convolution that reads it takes both sources
+    let mut joins: HashMap<String, (TensorId, TensorId)> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut ops: Vec<Op> = Vec::new();
+    let mut weights_total = 0usize;
+
+    let nodes = &graph.node;
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < nodes.len() {
+        let Some(node) = nodes.get(i) else { break };
+        i += 1;
+        if node.output.len() != 1 || node.output.first().is_none_or(|n| n.is_empty() || ids.contains_key(n) || joins.contains_key(n)) {
+            return invalid("a layer has missing, repeated or multiple outputs");
+        }
+        let allowed: &[&str] = match node.op_type.as_str() {
+            "Conv" => &["kernel_shape", "pads", "strides", "dilations", "group", "auto_pad"],
+            "ConvTranspose" => &["kernel_shape", "pads", "strides", "dilations", "group", "output_padding", "auto_pad"],
+            "MaxPool" => &["kernel_shape", "pads", "strides", "dilations", "ceil_mode", "storage_order", "auto_pad"],
+            "Concat" => &["axis"],
+            "DepthToSpace" => &["blocksize", "mode"],
+            _ => &[],
+        };
+        if node.attribute.iter().any(|a| !allowed.contains(&a.name.as_str())) {
+            return unsupported("an unknown operator attribute");
+        }
+        let this = ops.len() + 1;
+        let lookup = |name: &str| -> Result<TensorId, NetError> {
+            ids.get(name).copied().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid(format!("`{}` reads `{name}`, which nothing makes", node.op_type)))
+        };
+        // a LeakyRelu straight after this layer, which nothing else reads, is part of it
+        let mut fuse_leaky = |out: &str| -> Result<(Option<f32>, String), NetError> {
+            if let Some(next) = nodes.get(i)
+                && next.op_type == "LeakyRelu"
+                && next.input.first().map(String::as_str) == Some(out)
+                && readers.get(out).copied() == Some(1)
+            {
+                if next.input.len() != 1 || next.output.len() != 1 || next.attribute.iter().any(|a| a.name != "alpha") {
+                    return invalid("malformed LeakyRelu");
+                }
+                let alpha = attr(next, "alpha").map_or(0.01, |a| a.f);
+                i += 1;
+                let name = next.output.first().cloned().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("LeakyRelu without an output".into()))?;
+                return Ok((Some(alpha), name));
+            }
+            Ok((None, out.to_string()))
+        };
+        match node.op_type.as_str() {
+            "Concat" => {
+                if attr(node, "axis").map(|a| a.i) != Some(1) {
+                    return unsupported("Concat on another axis than the channels");
+                }
+                let [a, b] = node.input.as_slice() else { return unsupported("Concat of other than two tensors") };
+                let out = node.output.first().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("Concat without an output".into()))?;
+                if readers.get(out.as_str()).copied() != Some(1) {
+                    return unsupported("a Concat that is read by more than one layer");
+                }
+                joins.insert(out.clone(), (lookup(a)?, lookup(b)?));
+            }
+            "Conv" => {
+                let (w, b) = weights_of(node, &initialisers, &mut weights_total)?;
+                let (cout, cin, kh, kw) = four(&w.0)?;
+                let b = if b.is_empty() { vec![0.0; cout] } else { b };
+                if kh != kw || !(kh == 1 || kh == 3) {
+                    return unsupported(format!("a {kh} × {kw} convolution"));
+                }
+                if ints_or(node, "strides", &[1, 1]) != [1, 1]
+                    || ints_or(node, "dilations", &[1, 1]) != [1, 1]
+                    || attr(node, "group").is_some_and(|a| a.i != 1)
+                {
+                    return unsupported("a convolution with strides, dilation or groups");
+                }
+                if attr(node, "kernel_shape").is_some_and(|a| a.ints != [kh as i64, kw as i64]) {
+                    return invalid("kernel shape does not match the weights");
+                }
+                let pad = (kh as i64 - 1) / 2;
+                if ints_or(node, "pads", &[0; 4]) != [pad; 4] || attr(node, "auto_pad").is_some_and(|a| !a.s.is_empty() && a.s != b"NOTSET") {
+                    return unsupported("a convolution that is not padded to keep its size");
+                }
+                let src_name = node.input.first().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("Conv without an input".into()))?;
+                let (src, src2) = match joins.remove(src_name) {
+                    Some((a, b)) => (a, Some(b)),
+                    None => (lookup(src_name)?, None),
+                };
+                let out = node.output.first().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("Conv without an output".into()))?;
+                let (leaky, out_name) = fuse_leaky(out)?;
+                ids.insert(out_name, this);
+                ops.push(Op::Conv(Conv { src, src2, cin, cout, k: kh, weight: w.1, bias: b, leaky }));
+            }
+            "ConvTranspose" => {
+                let (w, b) = weights_of(node, &initialisers, &mut weights_total)?;
+                let (cin, cout, kh, kw) = four(&w.0)?;
+                let b = if b.is_empty() { vec![0.0; cout] } else { b };
+                if (kh, kw) != (2, 2)
+                    || ints_or(node, "strides", &[1, 1]) != [2, 2]
+                    || ints_or(node, "pads", &[0; 4]) != [0; 4]
+                    || ints_or(node, "dilations", &[1, 1]) != [1, 1]
+                    || attr(node, "group").is_some_and(|a| a.i != 1)
+                    || attr(node, "output_padding").is_some_and(|a| a.ints.iter().any(|&v| v != 0))
+                {
+                    return unsupported("a transposed convolution other than 2 × 2 with stride 2");
+                }
+                if attr(node, "auto_pad").is_some_and(|a| !a.s.is_empty() && a.s != b"NOTSET") {
+                    return unsupported("transposed convolution auto padding");
+                }
+                if attr(node, "kernel_shape").is_some_and(|a| a.ints != [2, 2]) {
+                    return invalid("transposed kernel shape does not match the weights");
+                }
+                let src = lookup(node.input.first().map_or("", String::as_str))?;
+                let out = node.output.first().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("ConvTranspose without an output".into()))?;
+                let (leaky, out_name) = fuse_leaky(out)?;
+                ids.insert(out_name, this);
+                ops.push(Op::ConvT2(ConvT2 { src, cin, cout, weight: w.1, bias: b, leaky }));
+            }
+            "MaxPool" => {
+                if ints_or(node, "kernel_shape", &[]) != [2, 2]
+                    || ints_or(node, "strides", &[1, 1]) != [2, 2]
+                    || ints_or(node, "pads", &[0; 4]) != [0; 4]
+                    || ints_or(node, "dilations", &[1, 1]) != [1, 1]
+                    || attr(node, "ceil_mode").is_some_and(|a| a.i != 0)
+                    || attr(node, "storage_order").is_some_and(|a| a.i != 0)
+                    || attr(node, "auto_pad").is_some_and(|a| !a.s.is_empty() && a.s != b"NOTSET")
+                {
+                    return unsupported("a max-pool other than 2 × 2 with stride 2");
+                }
+                let src = lookup(node.input.first().map_or("", String::as_str))?;
+                let out = node.output.first().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("MaxPool without an output".into()))?;
+                ids.insert(out.clone(), this);
+                ops.push(Op::MaxPool2 { src });
+            }
+            "DepthToSpace" => {
+                if attr(node, "blocksize").map(|a| a.i) != Some(2) || attr(node, "mode").map(|a| a.s.as_slice()) != Some(&b"CRD"[..]) {
+                    return unsupported("depth-to-space other than block size 2 in CRD order");
+                }
+                let src = lookup(node.input.first().map_or("", String::as_str))?;
+                let out = node.output.first().ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("DepthToSpace without an output".into()))?;
+                ids.insert(out.clone(), this);
+                ops.push(Op::DepthToSpace2 { src });
+            }
+            other => return unsupported(format!("the `{other}` operator")),
+        }
+    }
+    if !joins.is_empty() {
+        return unsupported("a Concat whose result no convolution reads");
+    }
+    if ids.get(output.name.as_str()) != Some(&ops.len()) {
+        return unsupported("the output is not the last layer");
+    }
+    Net::new(in_channels, ops)
+}
+
+fn attr<'a>(n: &'a NodeProto, name: &str) -> Option<&'a AttributeProto> {
+    n.attribute.iter().find(|a| a.name == name)
+}
+
+/// The integer list attribute `name`, or `default` when the node does not have it.
+fn ints_or(n: &NodeProto, name: &str, default: &[i64]) -> Vec<i64> {
+    attr(n, name).map_or_else(|| default.to_vec(), |a| a.ints.clone())
+}
+
+fn four(dims: &[i64]) -> Result<(usize, usize, usize, usize), NetError> {
+    match dims {
+        [a, b, c, d] if dims.iter().all(|&v| v > 0 && v <= 1 << 20) => Ok((*a as usize, *b as usize, *c as usize, *d as usize)),
+        _ => invalid("a weight tensor that is not four-dimensional"),
+    }
+}
+
+type Weights = ((Vec<i64>, Vec<f32>), Vec<f32>);
+
+/// The weight and bias initialisers of a convolution node.
+fn weights_of(node: &NodeProto, initialisers: &HashMap<&str, &TensorProto>, total: &mut usize) -> Result<Weights, NetError> {
+    let mut get = |idx: usize| -> Result<(Vec<i64>, Vec<f32>), NetError> {
+        let name = node.input.get(idx).ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid(format!("`{}` without its weights", node.op_type)))?;
+        let t = initialisers.get(name.as_str()).ok_or_else(|| NetError::Unsupported(format!("weights that are computed (`{name}`)")))?;
+        let values = floats(t)?;
+        *total = total.saturating_add(values.len());
+        if *total > MAX_WEIGHTS {
+            return invalid("the network has too many weights");
+        }
+        Ok((t.dims.clone(), values))
+    };
+    let w = get(1)?;
+    let b = if node.input.len() > 2 {
+        let (dims, values) = get(2)?;
+        if dims.len() != 1 || values.is_empty() {
+            return invalid("a bias tensor must be a nonempty vector");
+        }
+        values
+    } else {
+        Vec::new()
+    };
+    Ok((w, b))
+}
+
+fn floats(t: &TensorProto) -> Result<Vec<f32>, NetError> {
+    if t.data_type != 1 {
+        return unsupported("weights that are not 32-bit floats");
+    }
+    let want: usize = t
+        .dims
+        .iter()
+        .try_fold(1usize, |n, &d| usize::try_from(d).ok().and_then(|d| n.checked_mul(d)))
+        .ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("a tensor with a negative or huge size".into()))?;
+    if want > MAX_WEIGHTS {
+        return invalid("a tensor with too many numbers");
+    }
+    if !t.raw_data.is_empty() && (!t.float_data.is_empty() || !t.raw_data.len().is_multiple_of(4)) {
+        return invalid("ambiguous or truncated tensor data");
+    }
+    let actual = if t.raw_data.is_empty() { t.float_data.len() } else { t.raw_data.len() / 4 };
+    if actual != want {
+        return invalid("tensor data does not match its dimensions");
+    }
+    let mut values = Vec::new();
+    values.try_reserve_exact(want).map_err(|_| NetError::Invalid("not enough memory for weights".into()))?;
+    if !t.raw_data.is_empty() {
+        values.extend(t.raw_data.as_chunks::<4>().0.iter().map(|b| f32::from_le_bytes(*b)));
+    } else {
+        values.extend_from_slice(&t.float_data);
+    }
+    if values.len() != want {
+        return invalid(format!("tensor `{}` has {} numbers, not the {want} its shape says", t.name, values.len()));
+    }
+    Ok(values)
+}
+
+/// The channel count in an input's declared shape `[batch, channels, …]`.
+fn channel_dim(v: &ValueInfoProto) -> Option<usize> {
+    v.channels
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::synthetic::unet_onnx;
+
+    fn temp_model(name: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        let p = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-denoise-onnx-{name}-{}.onnx", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::write(&p, bytes).unwrap();
+        p
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_u_net_is_read_with_its_layers_fused() {
+        let (tile, depth) = (32usize, 2usize);
+        let p = temp_model("unet", &unet_onnx(tile as u64, 8, depth, 7));
+        let net = read(&p).unwrap();
+        // per level two convolutions; a pool per level but the last; going up a transposed convolution and two convolutions
+        // per level (the join is part of the first); then the 1 × 1 convolution and depth-to-space
+        assert_eq!(net.ops().len(), 2 * (depth + 1) + depth + depth * 3 + 2);
+        assert!(matches!(net.ops().last(), Some(crate::net::Op::DepthToSpace2 { .. })));
+        assert!(net.ops().iter().any(|o| matches!(o, crate::net::Op::Conv(c) if c.src2.is_some())), "the joins became two-source convolutions");
+        assert!(
+            net.ops().iter().all(|o| !matches!(o, crate::net::Op::Conv(c) if c.leaky.is_none() && c.k == 3)),
+            "every 3 × 3 convolution has its activation"
+        );
+        assert_eq!((net.in_channels, net.out_channels(), net.depth()), (4, 3, 2));
+        assert!(net.fits_tile(tile) && !net.fits_tile(30));
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_explicit_empty_or_nonvector_bias_is_not_treated_as_missing() {
+        let w = TensorProto { name: "w".into(), dims: vec![12, 4, 1, 1], data_type: 1, float_data: vec![0.1; 48], ..Default::default() };
+        let n = NodeProto { input: vec!["data".into(), "w".into(), "b".into()], ..Default::default() };
+        for dims in [vec![0], vec![3, 4]] {
+            let b = TensorProto {
+                name: "b".into(),
+                float_data: vec![0.0; dims.iter().product::<i64>() as usize],
+                dims,
+                data_type: 1,
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            let inits = HashMap::from([("w", &w), ("b", &b)]);
+            assert!(weights_of(&n, &inits, &mut 0).is_err());
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn truncated_and_mutated_protobuf_is_bounded_and_never_panics() {
+        let good = unet_onnx(4, 3, 1, 7);
+        for n in (0..good.len()).step_by(31) {
+            let _ = read_bytes(&good[..n]);
+        }
+        for at in (0..good.len()).step_by(37) {
+            let mut bad = good.clone();
+            bad[at] ^= 0xff;
+            let _ = read_bytes(&bad);
+        }
+        assert!(read_bytes(&[0x3a, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7f]).is_err());
+        assert!(read_bytes(&[0x3a, 0, 0x3a, 0]).is_err());
+    }
+    proptest::proptest! {
+        #[test]
+        fn arbitrary_model_bytes_never_panic(bytes in proptest::collection::vec(proptest::prelude::any::<u8>(), 0..4096)) {
+            let _ = read_bytes(&bytes);
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn what_the_description_cannot_say_is_unsupported_and_garbage_is_an_error() {
+        // not a model
+        let p = temp_model("junk", b"this is not an onnx file");
+        assert!(matches!(read(&p), Err(NetError::Invalid(_)) | Err(NetError::Unsupported(_))));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+        // a missing file
+        assert!(read(Path::new("/does/not/exist.onnx")).is_err());
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+//! Bounded, borrowed decoding of the ONNX fields used by denoise, from the public Apache-2.0 schema:
+//! https://github.com/onnx/onnx/blob/main/onnx/onnx.proto3
+//! No generated code, protoc, recursive graph decoding, or external tensor files.
+
+use crate::net::{MAX_OPS, MAX_WEIGHTS, NetError};
+
+const MAX_ITEMS: usize = MAX_OPS * 4;
+const MAX_STRING: usize = 4096;
+pub(super) const MAX_BYTES: usize = MAX_WEIGHTS * 4 + 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, NetError>;
+fn bad() -> NetError {
+    NetError::Invalid("malformed or oversized ONNX protobuf".into())
+}
+
+struct Fields<'a> {
+    rest: &'a [u8],
+    count: usize,
+}
+enum Wire<'a> {
+    Int(u64),
+    Bytes(&'a [u8]),
+    F32(f32),
+    Other,
+}
+
+fn varint(rest: &mut &[u8]) -> Result<u64> {
+    let mut value = 0u64;
+    for shift in (0..70).step_by(7) {
+        let (b, tail) = rest.split_first().ok_or_else(bad)?;
+        *rest = tail;
+        if shift == 63 && *b > 1 {
+            return Err(bad());
+        }
+        value |= u64::from(*b & 127) << shift;
+        if b & 128 == 0 {
+            return Ok(value);
+        }
+    }
+    Err(bad())
+}
+
+impl<'a> Fields<'a> {
+    fn new(rest: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
+        Self { rest, count: 0 }
+    }
+    fn take(&mut self, n: usize) -> Result<&'a [u8]> {
+        let out = self.rest.get(..n).ok_or_else(bad)?;
+        self.rest = self.rest.get(n..).ok_or_else(bad)?;
+        Ok(out)
+    }
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Result<Option<(u32, Wire<'a>)>> {
+        if self.rest.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+        self.count += 1;
+        if self.count > MAX_WEIGHTS {
+            return Err(bad());
+        }
+        let tag = varint(&mut self.rest)?;
+        let number = u32::try_from(tag >> 3).map_err(|_| bad())?;
+        if number == 0 || number >= 1 << 29 {
+            return Err(bad());
+        }
+        let wire = match tag & 7 {
+            0 => Wire::Int(varint(&mut self.rest)?),
+            1 => {
+                self.take(8)?;
+                Wire::Other
+            }
+            2 => {
+                let n = usize::try_from(varint(&mut self.rest)?).map_err(|_| bad())?;
+                Wire::Bytes(self.take(n)?)
+            }
+            5 => {
+                let b: [u8; 4] = self.take(4)?.try_into().map_err(|_| bad())?;
+                Wire::F32(f32::from_le_bytes(b))
+            }
+            _ => return Err(bad()),
+        };
+        Ok(Some((number, wire)))
+    }
+}
+
+fn string(b: &[u8]) -> Result<String> {
+    if b.len() > MAX_STRING {
+        return Err(bad());
+    }
+    std::str::from_utf8(b).map(str::to_owned).map_err(|_| bad())
+}
+fn push<T>(v: &mut Vec<T>, value: T, cap: usize) -> Result<()> {
+    if v.len() >= cap {
+        return Err(bad());
+    }
+    v.try_reserve(1).map_err(|_| bad())?;
+    v.push(value);
+    Ok(())
+}
+fn ints(w: Wire<'_>, out: &mut Vec<i64>, cap: usize) -> Result<()> {
+    match w {
+        Wire::Int(v) => push(out, v as i64, cap),
+        Wire::Bytes(mut b) => {
+            while !b.is_empty() {
+                let v = varint(&mut b)?;
+                push(out, v as i64, cap)?;
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        _ => Err(bad()),
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(super) struct AttributeProto {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub f: f32,
+    pub i: i64,
+    pub s: Vec<u8>,
+    pub ints: Vec<i64>,
+}
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(super) struct NodeProto {
+    pub input: Vec<String>,
+    pub output: Vec<String>,
+    pub op_type: String,
+    pub attribute: Vec<AttributeProto>,
+}
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(super) struct TensorProto<'a> {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub dims: Vec<i64>,
+    pub data_type: i32,
+    pub raw_data: &'a [u8],
+    pub float_data: Vec<f32>,
+}
+pub(super) struct ValueInfoProto {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub channels: Option<usize>,
+}
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(super) struct Graph<'a> {
+    pub node: Vec<NodeProto>,
+    pub initializer: Vec<TensorProto<'a>>,
+    pub input: Vec<ValueInfoProto>,
+    pub output: Vec<ValueInfoProto>,
+}
+
+fn attribute(b: &[u8]) -> Result<AttributeProto> {
+    let mut a = AttributeProto::default();
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        match (n, w) {
+            (1, Wire::Bytes(b)) => a.name = string(b)?,
+            (2, Wire::F32(v)) => a.f = v,
+            (3, Wire::Int(v)) => a.i = v as i64,
+            (4, Wire::Bytes(b)) => {
+                if b.len() > MAX_STRING {
+                    return Err(bad());
+                }
+                a.s = b.to_vec();
+            }
+            (8, w) => ints(w, &mut a.ints, 16)?,
+            (20, Wire::Int(1 | 2 | 3 | 7)) => {}
+            _ => return Err(NetError::Unsupported("unknown attribute value".into())),
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(a)
+}
+fn node(b: &[u8]) -> Result<NodeProto> {
+    let mut a = NodeProto::default();
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        match (n, w) {
+            (1, Wire::Bytes(b)) => push(&mut a.input, string(b)?, 4)?,
+            (2, Wire::Bytes(b)) => push(&mut a.output, string(b)?, 2)?,
+            (4, Wire::Bytes(b)) => a.op_type = string(b)?,
+            (5, Wire::Bytes(b)) => push(&mut a.attribute, attribute(b)?, 16)?,
+            (7, Wire::Bytes(b)) if !b.is_empty() => return Err(NetError::Unsupported("a custom operator domain".into())),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(a)
+}
+fn tensor(b: &[u8]) -> Result<TensorProto<'_>> {
+    let mut a = TensorProto::default();
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        match (n, w) {
+            (1, w) => ints(w, &mut a.dims, 8)?,
+            (2, Wire::Int(v)) => a.data_type = i32::try_from(v).map_err(|_| bad())?,
+            (4, Wire::F32(v)) => push(&mut a.float_data, v, MAX_WEIGHTS)?,
+            (4, Wire::Bytes(b)) => {
+                if !b.len().is_multiple_of(4) {
+                    return Err(bad());
+                }
+                for chunk in b.as_chunks::<4>().0 {
+                    push(&mut a.float_data, f32::from_le_bytes(*chunk), MAX_WEIGHTS)?;
+                }
+            }
+            (8, Wire::Bytes(b)) => a.name = string(b)?,
+            (9, Wire::Bytes(b)) => {
+                if b.len() > MAX_WEIGHTS * 4 {
+                    return Err(bad());
+                }
+                a.raw_data = b;
+            }
+            (13, _) | (14, Wire::Int(1..)) => return Err(NetError::Unsupported("external tensor data".into())),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(a)
+}
+fn channel_shape(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<usize>> {
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    let mut dim = 0;
+    let mut channels = None;
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        if let (1, Wire::Bytes(b)) = (n, w) {
+            if dim >= 8 {
+                return Err(bad());
+            }
+            let mut df = Fields::new(b);
+            while let Some((n, w)) = df.next()? {
+                if let (1, Wire::Int(v)) = (n, w)
+                    && dim == 1
+                {
+                    channels = usize::try_from(v).ok().filter(|&v| v > 0);
+                }
+            }
+            dim += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(channels)
+}
+fn channel_type(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Option<usize>> {
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        if let (1, Wire::Bytes(b)) = (n, w) {
+            let mut tf = Fields::new(b);
+            let (mut elem, mut channels) = (0, None);
+            while let Some((n, w)) = tf.next()? {
+                match (n, w) {
+                    (1, Wire::Int(v)) => elem = v,
+                    (2, Wire::Bytes(b)) => channels = channel_shape(b)?,
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+            return Ok(if elem == 1 { channels } else { None });
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(None)
+}
+fn value_info(b: &[u8]) -> Result<ValueInfoProto> {
+    let mut out = ValueInfoProto { name: String::new(), channels: None };
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        match (n, w) {
+            (1, Wire::Bytes(b)) => out.name = string(b)?,
+            (2, Wire::Bytes(b)) => out.channels = channel_type(b)?,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+fn graph(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Graph<'_>> {
+    let mut out = Graph::default();
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        match (n, w) {
+            (1, Wire::Bytes(b)) => push(&mut out.node, node(b)?, MAX_ITEMS)?,
+            (5, Wire::Bytes(b)) => push(&mut out.initializer, tensor(b)?, MAX_ITEMS)?,
+            (11, Wire::Bytes(b)) => push(&mut out.input, value_info(b)?, MAX_ITEMS)?,
+            (12, Wire::Bytes(b)) => push(&mut out.output, value_info(b)?, 1)?,
+            (15, _) => return Err(NetError::Unsupported("sparse initializers".into())),
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(out)
+}
+pub(super) fn decode(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Graph<'_>> {
+    if b.len() > MAX_BYTES {
+        return Err(bad());
+    }
+    let mut fields = Fields::new(b);
+    let mut out = None;
+    while let Some((n, w)) = fields.next()? {
+        if let (7, Wire::Bytes(b)) = (n, w) {
+            if out.is_some() {
+                return Err(bad());
+            }
+            out = Some(graph(b)?);
+        }
+    }
+    out.ok_or_else(bad)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+//! A plain-loop interpreter of a [`Net`], slow and obviously right: the reference the parser and the GPU runner are
+//! tested against (tract's answer on the real model is the other). It is not used on photos.
+
+use crate::net::{Net, NetError, Op, TensorId};
+use crate::run::{Error, TileRunner};
+
+/// A tensor in `[channels][side][side]` order.
+struct T {
+    channels: usize,
+    side: usize,
+    data: Vec<f32>,
+}
+
+/// Run `net` on `input` (`in_channels` planes of `tile × tile`).
+pub fn run(net: &Net, tile: usize, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, NetError> {
+    if !net.fits_tile(tile) || input.len() != net.in_channels * tile * tile {
+        return Err(NetError::Invalid("the tile does not fit the network".into()));
+    }
+    let mut tensors: Vec<T> = vec![T { channels: net.in_channels, side: tile, data: input.to_vec() }];
+    let get = |tensors: &[T], id: TensorId| -> Result<usize, NetError> {
+        if id < tensors.len() { Ok(id) } else { Err(NetError::Invalid("a layer reads a tensor that does not exist yet".into())) }
+    };
+    for op in net.ops() {
+        let out = match op {
+            Op::Conv(c) => {
+                let a = get(&tensors, c.src)?;
+                let b = c.src2.map(|s| get(&tensors, s)).transpose()?;
+                let side = tensors[a].side;
+                let pad = (c.k - 1) / 2;
+                let mut data = vec![0f32; c.cout * side * side];
+                // the input channels in order: the first source's, then the second's
+                let planes: Vec<&[f32]> =
+                    std::iter::once(&tensors[a]).chain(b.map(|b| &tensors[b])).flat_map(|t| t.data.chunks(side * side)).collect();
+                for co in 0..c.cout {
+                    for y in 0..side {
+                        for x in 0..side {
+                            let mut sum = c.bias[co];
+                            for (ci, plane) in planes.iter().enumerate() {
+                                for ky in 0..c.k {
+                                    for kx in 0..c.k {
+                                        let (yy, xx) = ((y + ky) as isize - pad as isize, (x + kx) as isize - pad as isize);
+                                        if yy < 0 || xx < 0 || yy >= side as isize || xx >= side as isize {
+                                            continue;
+                                        }
+                                        sum += plane[yy as usize * side + xx as usize] * c.weight[((co * c.cin + ci) * c.k + ky) * c.k + kx];
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            data[(co * side + y) * side + x] = leaky(sum, c.leaky);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                T { channels: c.cout, side, data }
+            }
+            Op::ConvT2(c) => {
+                let a = get(&tensors, c.src)?;
+                let side = tensors[a].side;
+                let out_side = 2 * side;
+                let mut data = vec![0f32; c.cout * out_side * out_side];
+                for co in 0..c.cout {
+                    for y in 0..side {
+                        for x in 0..side {
+                            for dy in 0..2 {
+                                for dx in 0..2 {
+                                    let mut sum = c.bias[co];
+                                    for ci in 0..c.cin {
+                                        sum += tensors[a].data[(ci * side + y) * side + x] * c.weight[((ci * c.cout + co) * 2 + dy) * 2 + dx];
+                                    }
+                                    data[(co * out_side + 2 * y + dy) * out_side + 2 * x + dx] = leaky(sum, c.leaky);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                T { channels: c.cout, side: out_side, data }
+            }
+            Op::MaxPool2 { src } => {
+                let a = get(&tensors, *src)?;
+                let (channels, side) = (tensors[a].channels, tensors[a].side / 2);
+                let mut data = vec![0f32; channels * side * side];
+                for ch in 0..channels {
+                    for y in 0..side {
+                        for x in 0..side {
+                            let at = |dy: usize, dx: usize| tensors[a].data[(ch * 2 * side + 2 * y + dy) * 2 * side + 2 * x + dx];
+                            data[(ch * side + y) * side + x] = at(0, 0).max(at(0, 1)).max(at(1, 0)).max(at(1, 1));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                T { channels, side, data }
+            }
+            Op::DepthToSpace2 { src } => {
+                let a = get(&tensors, *src)?;
+                let (channels, side) = (tensors[a].channels / 4, tensors[a].side);
+                let out_side = 2 * side;
+                let mut data = vec![0f32; channels * out_side * out_side];
+                for ch in 0..channels {
+                    for y in 0..side {
+                        for x in 0..side {
+                            for dy in 0..2 {
+                                for dx in 0..2 {
+                                    data[(ch * out_side + 2 * y + dy) * out_side + 2 * x + dx] =
+                                        tensors[a].data[((4 * ch + 2 * dy + dx) * side + y) * side + x];
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                T { channels, side: out_side, data }
+            }
+        };
+        tensors.push(out);
+    }
+    tensors.pop().map(|t| t.data).ok_or_else(|| NetError::Invalid("no layers".into()))
+}
+
+fn leaky(v: f32, alpha: Option<f32>) -> f32 {
+    match alpha {
+        Some(a) if v < 0.0 => v * a,
+        _ => v,
+    }
+}
+
+/// The reference as a [`TileRunner`] (for tests of the code around the model).
+pub struct ReferenceRunner {
+    pub net: Net,
+    pub tile: usize,
+}
+
+impl TileRunner for ReferenceRunner {
+    fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+        run(&self.net, self.tile, input).map_err(|e| Error::Runtime(e.to_string()))
+    }
+}
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+//! Model loading, a shared installation self-test, and deterministic test tiles.
+//! `CpuRunner` is the pure-Rust executor; scalar operator tests live in `reference`.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use web_time::Instant;
+
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+use crate::manifest::{DenoiserManifest, Gain};
+use crate::run::{Error, TileRunner};
+
+/// What `self_test` found.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct SelfTest {
+    pub ok: bool,
+    /// Milliseconds to load and optimise the model.
+    pub load_ms: f64,
+    /// Median milliseconds to run one tile.
+    pub tile_ms: f64,
+    /// Megapixels of picture one tile covers, for estimating a whole photo's time.
+    pub tile_megapixels: f64,
+    /// The model's output scale relative to its input on the test picture (what `Gain::MatchMean` takes out).
+    pub scale: f64,
+    /// Each check: what was checked and whether it held.
+    pub checks: Vec<(String, bool)>,
+}
+
+/// The default pure-Rust CPU model, with the same manifest and installation self-test as the reference.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct CpuRunner {
+    runner: crate::cpu::NetRunner,
+    manifest: DenoiserManifest,
+    load_ms: f64,
+}
+impl CpuRunner {
+    pub fn load(path: &Path, manifest: &DenoiserManifest) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        crate::manifest::validate(manifest).map_err(|e| Error::Load(e.to_string()))?;
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let net = crate::onnx::read(path).map_err(|e| Error::Load(e.to_string()))?;
+        let runner = crate::cpu::NetRunner::new(&net, manifest.tile as usize).map_err(|e| Error::Load(e.to_string()))?;
+        Ok(Self { runner, manifest: manifest.clone(), load_ms: started.elapsed().as_secs_f64() * 1e3 })
+    }
+    pub fn manifest(&self) -> &DenoiserManifest {
+        &self.manifest
+    }
+    pub fn net(&self) -> &crate::net::Net {
+        self.runner.net()
+    }
+    pub fn bytes_per_tile(&self) -> usize {
+        self.runner.bytes_per_tile()
+    }
+    pub fn self_test(&self) -> SelfTest {
+        self_test(self, &self.manifest, self.load_ms)
+    }
+}
+impl TileRunner for CpuRunner {
+    fn run(&self, input: &[f32]) -> Result<Vec<f32>, Error> {
+        self.runner.run(input)
+    }
+}
+fn self_test(runner: &dyn TileRunner, manifest: &DenoiserManifest, load_ms: f64) -> SelfTest {
+    let t = manifest.tile as usize;
+    let mut checks: Vec<(String, bool)> = Vec::new();
+    let (input, base) = test_tile(t);
+    let (mut times, mut scale) = (Vec::new(), 0.0f64);
+    let mut run = || {
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let r = runner.run(&input);
+        times.push(started.elapsed().as_secs_f64() * 1000.0);
+        r
+    };
+    let (a, b) = (run(), run());
+    match (&a, &b) {
+        (Ok(a), Ok(b)) => {
+            checks.push((format!("gives {} finite numbers per tile", a.len()), true));
+            checks.push((
+                "gives the same answer for the same tile".into(),
+                a.iter().zip(b).all(|(x, y)| (x - y).abs() <= 1e-4 * x.abs().max(y.abs()).max(1e-9)),
+            ));
+            let side = 2 * t;
+            let mean_in = base.iter().map(|&v| f64::from(v)).sum::<f64>() / base.len().max(1) as f64;
+            let mean_out = a.iter().map(|&v| f64::from(v)).sum::<f64>() / a.len().max(1) as f64;
+            scale = if mean_in > 0.0 { mean_out / mean_in } else { 0.0 };
+            if let Gain::MatchMean { nominal, max_deviation } = manifest.gain {
+                let ratio = scale / f64::from(nominal);
+                let tolerance = f64::from(max_deviation).max(0.05) * 4.0;
+                checks.push((format!("its scale is the {nominal:.3e} the description says (found {scale:.3e})"), (ratio - 1.0).abs() <= tolerance));
+            }
+            // noise left after bringing the answer back to the input's scale, against the noise that went in
+            let g = if scale > 0.0 { 1.0 / scale } else { 1.0 };
+            let (mut noise_in, mut noise_out, mut n_in, mut n_out) = (0.0f64, 0.0f64, 0usize, 0usize);
+            for (i, (&v, &s)) in input.iter().zip(base.iter().cycle()).enumerate() {
+                // centre of each plane only: edges are the model's guess
+                let (x, y) = ((i % (t * t)) % t, (i % (t * t)) / t);
+                if x >= t / 4 && x < 3 * t / 4 && y >= t / 4 && y < 3 * t / 4 {
+                    noise_in += f64::from(v - s).powi(2);
+                    n_in += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            for c in 0..3 {
+                for y in side / 4..3 * side / 4 {
+                    for x in side / 4..3 * side / 4 {
+                        if let (Some(&o), Some(&s)) = (a.get(c * side * side + y * side + x), base.get((y / 2) * t + x / 2)) {
+                            noise_out += (f64::from(o) * g - f64::from(s)).powi(2);
+                            n_out += 1;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            let (rms_in, rms_out) = ((noise_in / n_in.max(1) as f64).sqrt(), (noise_out / n_out.max(1) as f64).sqrt());
+            checks.push((format!("takes noise down (from {rms_in:.4} to {rms_out:.4})"), rms_out < 0.8 * rms_in));
+        }
+        (Err(e), _) | (_, Err(e)) => checks.push((format!("runs: {e}"), false)),
+    }
+    times.sort_by(|x, y| x.total_cmp(y));
+    SelfTest {
+        ok: !checks.is_empty() && checks.iter().all(|(_, ok)| *ok),
+        load_ms,
+        tile_ms: times.get(times.len() / 2).copied().unwrap_or(0.0),
+        tile_megapixels: (2 * t * 2 * t) as f64 / 1e6,
+        scale,
+        checks,
+    }
+}
+
+/// A deterministic test tile: four planes of a smooth gradient with noise on top, and the gradient alone for one
+/// plane (`tile × tile`).
+pub fn test_tile(t: usize) -> (Vec<f32>, Vec<f32>) {
+    if t == 0 || t > 2048 {
+        return (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    }
+    let mut seed = 0x2545_f491u32;
+    let mut next = move || {
+        seed ^= seed << 13;
+        seed ^= seed >> 17;
+        seed ^= seed << 5;
+        (seed >> 8) as f32 / (1u32 << 24) as f32
+    };
+    let base: Vec<f32> = (0..t * t).map(|i| 0.12 + 0.3 * (((i % t) + (i / t)) as f32 / (2 * t) as f32)).collect();
+    let input = (0..4 * t * t)
+        .map(|i| {
+            // sum of four uniforms: close to Gaussian, deviation 0.0577 × 2 before scaling
+            let n = next() + next() + next() + next() - 2.0;
+            base.get(i % (t * t)).copied().unwrap_or(0.0) + 0.05 * n
+        })
+        .collect();
+    (input, base)
+}
+
+/// A tile for checking that two runners of one model agree: the whole range a raw photo has rather than the test tile's
+/// mid-greys — a noisy ramp from black to white across the tile, a flat black corner and a clipped white one (four
+/// planes of `tile × tile`).
+pub fn check_tile(t: usize) -> Vec<f32> {
+    if t == 0 || t > 2048 {
+        return Vec::new();
+    }
+    let mut seed = 0x9e37_79b9u32;
+    let mut next = move || {
+        seed ^= seed << 13;
+        seed ^= seed >> 17;
+        seed ^= seed << 5;
+        (seed >> 8) as f32 / (1u32 << 24) as f32
+    };
+    let (edge, span) = ((t / 8).max(1), (2 * t).saturating_sub(2).max(1) as f32);
+    (0..4 * t * t)
+        .map(|i| {
+            let (x, y) = ((i % (t * t)) % t, (i % (t * t)) / t);
+            let n = next() + next() + next() + next() - 2.0;
+            if x < edge && y < edge {
+                0.0
+            } else if x + edge >= t && y + edge >= t {
+                1.0
+            } else {
+                ((x + y) as f32 / span + 0.05 * n).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+            }
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::licence::Licence;
+    use crate::manifest::Domain;
+    use crate::synthetic_proto::{len_field, value_info_bytes};
+
+    fn varint(mut v: u64, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        loop {
+            let b = (v & 0x7f) as u8;
+            v >>= 7;
+            if v == 0 {
+                out.push(b);
+                return;
+            }
+            out.push(b | 0x80);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn varint_field(n: u64, v: u64, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        varint(n << 3, out);
+        varint(v, out);
+    }
+
+    fn node(op: &str, inputs: &[&str], output: &str, ints: &[(&str, i64)]) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut n = Vec::new();
+        for i in inputs {
+            len_field(1, i.as_bytes(), &mut n);
+        }
+        len_field(2, output.as_bytes(), &mut n);
+        len_field(4, op.as_bytes(), &mut n);
+        for (name, value) in ints {
+            let mut a = Vec::new();
+            len_field(1, name.as_bytes(), &mut a);
+            varint_field(3, *value as u64, &mut a);
+            varint_field(20, 2, &mut a);
+            len_field(5, &a, &mut n);
+        }
+        n
+    }
+
+    fn tensor(name: &str, dims: &[u64], values: &[f32]) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut t = Vec::new();
+        for d in dims {
+            varint_field(1, *d, &mut t);
+        }
+        varint_field(2, 1, &mut t);
+        len_field(8, name.as_bytes(), &mut t);
+        let raw: Vec<u8> = values.iter().flat_map(|v| v.to_le_bytes()).collect();
+        len_field(9, &raw, &mut t);
+        t
+    }
+
+    /// A tiny working denoiser-shaped network: `[1, 4, t, t]` → a 1 × 1 convolution to 12 channels (each output
+    /// channel is `scale` times one input plane, so the scale is known) → depth-to-space → `[1, 3, 2t, 2t]`.
+    fn tiny_model(t: u64, scale: f32) -> Vec<u8> {
+        tiny_model_with(t, scale, 12)
+    }
+
+    /// The same with another number of convolution channels; only 12 can be arranged into the three colours.
+    fn tiny_model_with(t: u64, scale: f32, channels: u64) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut graph = Vec::new();
+        len_field(1, &node("Conv", &["data", "w"], if channels == 12 { "c" } else { "rgb" }, &[("group", 1)]), &mut graph);
+        if channels == 12 {
+            let mut depth_to_space = node("DepthToSpace", &["c"], "rgb", &[("blocksize", 2)]);
+            let mut mode = Vec::new();
+            len_field(1, b"mode", &mut mode);
+            len_field(4, b"CRD", &mut mode);
+            varint_field(20, 3, &mut mode);
+            len_field(5, &mode, &mut depth_to_space);
+            len_field(1, &depth_to_space, &mut graph);
+        }
+        // CRD output channel colour·4 + dy·2 + dx reads input plane [R, G1, B] of the tile.
+        let mut w = vec![0f32; channels as usize * 4];
+        for oc in 0..channels as usize {
+            let colour = (oc / 4).min(2);
+            let plane = [0, 1, 3][colour];
+            w[oc * 4 + plane] = scale;
+        }
+        len_field(5, &tensor("w", &[channels, 4, 1, 1], &w), &mut graph);
+        len_field(11, &value_info_bytes("data", 1, &[Ok(1), Ok(4), Ok(t), Ok(t)]), &mut graph);
+        len_field(12, &value_info_bytes("rgb", 1, &[Ok(1), Ok(3), Ok(2 * t), Ok(2 * t)]), &mut graph);
+        let mut ops = Vec::new();
+        len_field(1, b"", &mut ops);
+        varint_field(2, 13, &mut ops);
+        let mut model = Vec::new();
+        varint_field(1, 8, &mut model);
+        len_field(7, &graph, &mut model);
+        len_field(8, &ops, &mut model);
+        model
+    }
+
+    fn manifest(tile: u32, nominal: f32) -> DenoiserManifest {
+        DenoiserManifest {
+            id: "tiny".into(),
+            name: "Tiny".into(),
+            version: "1".into(),
+            licence: Licence::default(),
+            source: None,
+            sha256: None,
+            size_bytes: None,
+            provenance: String::new(),
+            domain: Domain::BayerToRgb,
+            tile,
+            overlap: 16,
+            gain: Gain::MatchMean { nominal, max_deviation: 0.05 },
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn temp_model(name: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        let p = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-denoise-runtime-{name}-{}.onnx", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::write(&p, bytes).unwrap();
+        p
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_working_model_loads_runs_and_has_the_scale_it_says() {
+        let p = temp_model("ok", &tiny_model(64, 1000.0));
+        let r = CpuRunner::load(&p, &manifest(64, 1000.0)).unwrap();
+        let input: Vec<f32> = (0..4 * 64 * 64).map(|i| (i % 97) as f32 / 97.0).collect();
+        let out = r.run(&input).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(out.len(), 3 * 128 * 128);
+        // output (colour c, pixel (2y+dy, 2x+dx)) = scale × input plane [R, G1, B][c] at (y, x)
+        for (c, plane) in [0usize, 1, 3].into_iter().enumerate() {
+            let (y, x) = (5usize, 9usize);
+            assert!((out[c * 128 * 128 + (2 * y + 1) * 128 + 2 * x] - 1000.0 * input[plane * 64 * 64 + y * 64 + x]).abs() < 1e-2);
+        }
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_self_test_checks_scale_and_noise() {
+        // a model that only multiplies cannot take noise down: it must fail that check but pass the others
+        let p = temp_model("selftest", &tiny_model(64, 1000.0));
+        let t = CpuRunner::load(&p, &manifest(64, 1000.0)).unwrap().self_test();
+        assert!(!t.ok, "{t:?}");
+        assert!(t.checks.iter().any(|(c, ok)| c.contains("same answer") && *ok), "{t:?}");
+        assert!(t.checks.iter().any(|(c, ok)| c.contains("scale") && *ok), "{t:?}");
+        assert!(t.checks.iter().any(|(c, ok)| c.contains("noise") && !*ok), "{t:?}");
+        // and one that claims the wrong scale fails that check
+        let q = CpuRunner::load(&p, &manifest(64, 5.0)).unwrap().self_test();
+        assert!(q.checks.iter().any(|(c, ok)| c.contains("scale") && !*ok), "{q:?}");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn wrong_sizes_and_broken_files_are_errors() {
+        let p = temp_model("sizes", &tiny_model(64, 1.0));
+        let r = CpuRunner::load(&p, &manifest(64, 1.0)).unwrap();
+        assert!(matches!(r.run(&[0.0; 10]), Err(Error::Input(_))));
+        // a fully convolutional model works at whatever tile size the manifest asks for
+        let wide = CpuRunner::load(&p, &manifest(128, 1.0)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(wide.run(&vec![0.5; 4 * 128 * 128]).unwrap().len(), 3 * 256 * 256);
+        // a model that gives another number of values than the manifest promises is an error
+        let q = temp_model("channels", &tiny_model_with(64, 1.0, 8));
+        assert!(CpuRunner::load(&q, &manifest(64, 1.0)).is_err(), "shape is refused before execution");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(q);
+        for (name, bytes) in [("junk", b"nonsense".to_vec()), ("empty", Vec::new())] {
+            let q = temp_model(name, &bytes);
+            assert!(CpuRunner::load(&q, &manifest(64, 1.0)).is_err(), "{name}");
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(q);
+        }
+        assert!(CpuRunner::load(&std::env::temp_dir().join("does-not-exist.onnx"), &manifest(64, 1.0)).is_err());
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(p);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_check_tile_covers_black_to_white() {
+        for t in [1, 2, 7, 64] {
+            let c = check_tile(t);
+            assert_eq!(c.len(), 4 * t * t);
+            assert!(c.iter().all(|v| (0.0..=1.0).contains(v)), "{t}");
+        }
+        let c = check_tile(64);
+        let near = |lo: f32, hi: f32| c.iter().filter(|v| (lo..=hi).contains(*v)).count();
+        assert!(near(0.0, 0.0) >= 4 * 8 * 8 && near(1.0, 1.0) >= 4 * 8 * 8, "a flat black and a clipped white corner");
+        for band in 0..10 {
+            let lo = band as f32 / 10.0;
+            assert!(near(lo, lo + 0.1) > 100, "values around {lo}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(check_tile(64), c, "the same tile every time");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn truncated_and_corrupted_models_never_panic() {
+        let good = tiny_model(64, 1.0);
+        for n in (0..good.len()).step_by(5) {
+            let q = temp_model("trunc", &good[..n]);
+            let _ = CpuRunner::load(&q, &manifest(64, 1.0));
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(q);
+        }
+        for at in (0..good.len()).step_by(7) {
+            let mut bad = good.clone();
+            if let Some(b) = bad.get_mut(at) {
+                *b = b.wrapping_add(0x55);
+            }
+            let q = temp_model("flip", &bad);
+            if let Ok(r) = CpuRunner::load(&q, &manifest(64, 1.0)) {
+                let _ = r.run(&vec![0.5; 4 * 64 * 64]);
+            }
+            let _ = std::fs::remove_file(q);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Opt-in: `LC_DENOISE_MODEL=<model_bayer.onnx> cargo test -p lightcraft-denoise --release
+    /// -- --ignored --nocapture` self-tests a real model (RawNIND's Bayer model: tile 512, scale about 1e6).
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "needs a real model file: set LC_DENOISE_MODEL"]
+    fn a_real_model_passes_the_self_test() {
+        let Some(path) = std::env::var_os("LC_DENOISE_MODEL") else { return };
+        let m = manifest(512, 1.0e6);
+        let r = CpuRunner::load(Path::new(&path), &m).unwrap();
+        let t = r.self_test();
+        println!("load {:.0} ms | {:.0} ms per tile | scale {:.4e} | {:?}", t.load_ms, t.tile_ms, t.scale, t.checks);
+        assert!(t.ok);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod cpu_tests {
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn manifest_and_test_tile_sizes_are_checked_without_tract() {
+        for t in [0, 2049, usize::MAX] {
+            assert!(test_tile(t).0.is_empty());
+            assert!(check_tile(t).is_empty());
+        }
+        let path = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-cpu-load-{}.onnx", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::write(&path, crate::synthetic::unet_onnx(64, 5, 1, 7)).unwrap();
+        let mut m = DenoiserManifest {
+            id: "synthetic".into(),
+            name: "Synthetic".into(),
+            version: "1".into(),
+            licence: Default::default(),
+            source: None,
+            sha256: None,
+            size_bytes: None,
+            provenance: "synthetic test".into(),
+            domain: crate::manifest::Domain::BayerToRgb,
+            tile: 64,
+            overlap: 16,
+            gain: Gain::None,
+        };
+        let r = CpuRunner::load(&path, &m).unwrap();
+        let x = check_tile(64);
+        assert_eq!(r.run(&x).unwrap(), r.run(&x).unwrap());
+        assert!(r.self_test().checks.iter().any(|(text, ok)| text.contains("same answer") && *ok));
+        m.tile = u32::MAX;
+        assert!(CpuRunner::load(&path, &m).is_err());
+        std::fs::remove_file(path).unwrap();
+    }
+}
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+//! A small ONNX U-Net built in memory, for tests of the layers that read and run denoise networks (here, in the GPU
+//! runner and in the engine): the same layer kinds and wiring as the real denoisers, with deterministic random weights.
+//! Nothing here is a model anyone would use.
+
+use crate::synthetic_proto::{len_field, value_info_bytes};
+
+fn varint(mut v: u64, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    loop {
+        let b = (v & 0x7f) as u8;
+        v >>= 7;
+        if v == 0 {
+            out.push(b);
+            return;
+        }
+        out.push(b | 0x80);
+    }
+}
+
+fn varint_field(n: u64, v: u64, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    varint(n << 3, out);
+    varint(v, out);
+}
+
+enum A<'a> {
+    Int(i64),
+    Ints(&'a [i64]),
+    Float(f32),
+    Str(&'a str),
+}
+
+fn node(op: &str, inputs: &[&str], output: &str, attrs: &[(&str, A)]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut n = Vec::new();
+    for i in inputs {
+        len_field(1, i.as_bytes(), &mut n);
+    }
+    len_field(2, output.as_bytes(), &mut n);
+    len_field(4, op.as_bytes(), &mut n);
+    for (name, value) in attrs {
+        let mut a = Vec::new();
+        len_field(1, name.as_bytes(), &mut a);
+        match value {
+            A::Int(v) => {
+                varint_field(3, *v as u64, &mut a);
+                varint_field(20, 2, &mut a);
+            }
+            A::Ints(vs) => {
+                for v in *vs {
+                    varint_field(8, *v as u64, &mut a);
+                }
+                varint_field(20, 7, &mut a);
+            }
+            A::Float(v) => {
+                varint((2 << 3) | 5, &mut a);
+                a.extend_from_slice(&v.to_le_bytes());
+                varint_field(20, 1, &mut a);
+            }
+            A::Str(s) => {
+                len_field(4, s.as_bytes(), &mut a);
+                varint_field(20, 3, &mut a);
+            }
+        }
+        len_field(5, &a, &mut n);
+    }
+    n
+}
+
+fn tensor(name: &str, dims: &[u64], values: &[f32]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut t = Vec::new();
+    for d in dims {
+        varint_field(1, *d, &mut t);
+    }
+    varint_field(2, 1, &mut t);
+    len_field(8, name.as_bytes(), &mut t);
+    let raw: Vec<u8> = values.iter().flat_map(|v| v.to_le_bytes()).collect();
+    len_field(9, &raw, &mut t);
+    t
+}
+
+struct Rng(u64);
+
+impl Rng {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> f32 {
+        self.0 ^= self.0 >> 12;
+        self.0 ^= self.0 << 25;
+        self.0 ^= self.0 >> 27;
+        ((self.0.wrapping_mul(0x2545_f491_4f6c_dd1d) >> 40) as f32 / (1u64 << 24) as f32) * 2.0 - 1.0
+    }
+}
+
+struct Builder {
+    nodes: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    inits: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    rng: Rng,
+    n: usize,
+}
+
+impl Builder {
+    fn name(&mut self, kind: &str) -> String {
+        self.n += 1;
+        format!("{kind}{}", self.n)
+    }
+
+    /// Random weights scaled so activations keep a sane size through the layers.
+    fn weights(&mut self, name: &str, dims: &[u64], fan_in: usize) -> String {
+        let count: u64 = dims.iter().product();
+        let scale = (3.0 / fan_in as f32).sqrt();
+        let values: Vec<f32> = (0..count).map(|_| self.rng.next() * scale).collect();
+        self.inits.push(tensor(name, dims, &values));
+        name.to_string()
+    }
+
+    fn bias(&mut self, name: &str, n: u64) -> String {
+        let values: Vec<f32> = (0..n).map(|_| self.rng.next() * 0.1).collect();
+        self.inits.push(tensor(name, &[n], &values));
+        name.to_string()
+    }
+
+    /// `Conv` (+ `LeakyRelu` when `leaky`); gives the name of the tensor that results.
+    fn conv(&mut self, src: &str, cin: u64, cout: u64, k: u64, leaky: bool) -> String {
+        let (w, b, out) = (self.name("w"), self.name("b"), self.name("conv"));
+        let w = self.weights(&w, &[cout, cin, k, k], (cin * k * k) as usize);
+        let b = self.bias(&b, cout);
+        let pad = (k as i64 - 1) / 2;
+        self.nodes.push(node(
+            "Conv",
+            &[src, &w, &b],
+            &out,
+            &[("kernel_shape", A::Ints(&[k as i64, k as i64])), ("pads", A::Ints(&[pad; 4])), ("strides", A::Ints(&[1, 1])), ("group", A::Int(1))],
+        ));
+        if !leaky {
+            return out;
+        }
+        let act = self.name("act");
+        self.nodes.push(node("LeakyRelu", &[&out], &act, &[("alpha", A::Float(0.2))]));
+        act
+    }
+
+    fn pool(&mut self, src: &str) -> String {
+        let out = self.name("pool");
+        self.nodes.push(node(
+            "MaxPool",
+            &[src],
+            &out,
+            &[("kernel_shape", A::Ints(&[2, 2])), ("strides", A::Ints(&[2, 2])), ("pads", A::Ints(&[0; 4]))],
+        ));
+        out
+    }
+
+    fn up(&mut self, src: &str, cin: u64, cout: u64) -> String {
+        let (w, b, out) = (self.name("uw"), self.name("ub"), self.name("up"));
+        let w = self.weights(&w, &[cin, cout, 2, 2], (cin * 4) as usize);
+        let b = self.bias(&b, cout);
+        self.nodes.push(node(
+            "ConvTranspose",
+            &[src, &w, &b],
+            &out,
+            &[("kernel_shape", A::Ints(&[2, 2])), ("strides", A::Ints(&[2, 2])), ("pads", A::Ints(&[0; 4]))],
+        ));
+        out
+    }
+
+    fn concat(&mut self, a: &str, b: &str) -> String {
+        let out = self.name("cat");
+        self.nodes.push(node("Concat", &[a, b], &out, &[("axis", A::Int(1))]));
+        out
+    }
+}
+
+/// A denoiser-shaped U-Net as ONNX bytes: `[1, 4, tile, tile]` → `[1, 3, 2·tile, 2·tile]`, with `depth` poolings
+/// (so `tile` must be a multiple of `2^depth`) and `ch` channels on the first level, doubling on each (every count a
+/// multiple of 4). Each level is two 3 × 3 convolutions with a leaky ReLU, as in the real networks; the output is a
+/// 1 × 1 convolution to 12 channels and depth-to-space.
+pub fn unet_onnx(tile: u64, ch: u64, depth: usize, seed: u64) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut b = Builder { nodes: Vec::new(), inits: Vec::new(), rng: Rng(seed | 1), n: 0 };
+    let mut skips: Vec<(String, u64)> = Vec::new();
+    let (mut cur, mut c_in, mut c) = ("data".to_string(), 4u64, ch);
+    for level in 0..=depth {
+        let x = b.conv(&cur, c_in, c, 3, true);
+        let x = b.conv(&x, c, c, 3, true);
+        if level < depth {
+            skips.push((x.clone(), c));
+            cur = b.pool(&x);
+            c_in = c;
+            c *= 2;
+        } else {
+            cur = x;
+        }
+    }
+    for (skip, sc) in skips.into_iter().rev() {
+        let up = b.up(&cur, c, sc);
+        let joined = b.concat(&up, &skip);
+        let x = b.conv(&joined, 2 * sc, sc, 3, true);
+        cur = b.conv(&x, sc, sc, 3, true);
+        c = sc;
+    }
+    let rgb = b.conv(&cur, c, 12, 1, false);
+    b.nodes.push(node("DepthToSpace", &[&rgb], "rgb", &[("blocksize", A::Int(2)), ("mode", A::Str("CRD"))]));
+
+    let mut graph = Vec::new();
+    for n in &b.nodes {
+        len_field(1, n, &mut graph);
+    }
+    for t in &b.inits {
+        len_field(5, t, &mut graph);
+    }
+    len_field(11, &value_info_bytes("data", 1, &[Ok(1), Ok(4), Ok(tile), Ok(tile)]), &mut graph);
+    len_field(12, &value_info_bytes("rgb", 1, &[Ok(1), Ok(3), Ok(2 * tile), Ok(2 * tile)]), &mut graph);
+    let mut ops = Vec::new();
+    len_field(1, b"", &mut ops);
+    varint_field(2, 13, &mut ops);
+    let mut model = Vec::new();
+    varint_field(1, 8, &mut model);
+    len_field(7, &graph, &mut model);
+    len_field(8, &ops, &mut model);
+    model
+}
+
+/// A tiny smoothing network for installing a real CPU model in setup-flow tests.
+/// It averages a 3 × 3 neighborhood of the four Bayer planes and returns three identical channels.
+pub fn smoothing_onnx() -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut graph = Vec::new();
+    len_field(1, &node("Conv", &["data", "weights"], "samples", &[("kernel_shape", A::Ints(&[3, 3])), ("pads", A::Ints(&[1, 1, 1, 1]))]), &mut graph);
+    len_field(1, &node("DepthToSpace", &["samples"], "rgb", &[("blocksize", A::Int(2)), ("mode", A::Str("CRD"))]), &mut graph);
+    len_field(5, &tensor("weights", &[12, 4, 3, 3], &[1.0 / 36.0; 12 * 4 * 3 * 3]), &mut graph);
+    len_field(11, &value_info_bytes("data", 1, &[Ok(1), Ok(4), Ok(64), Ok(64)]), &mut graph);
+    len_field(12, &value_info_bytes("rgb", 1, &[Ok(1), Ok(3), Ok(128), Ok(128)]), &mut graph);
+    let mut model = Vec::new();
+    varint_field(1, 8, &mut model);
+    len_field(7, &graph, &mut model);
+    let mut ops = Vec::new();
+    varint_field(2, 13, &mut ops);
+    len_field(8, &ops, &mut model);
+    model
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+pub(crate) fn varint(mut v: u64, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    loop {
+        let b = (v & 0x7f) as u8;
+        v >>= 7;
+        if v == 0 {
+            out.push(b);
+            return;
+        }
+        out.push(b | 0x80);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn len_field(n: u64, body: &[u8], out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    varint(n << 3 | 2, out);
+    varint(body.len() as u64, out);
+    out.extend_from_slice(body);
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn varint_field(n: u64, v: u64, out: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    varint(n << 3, out);
+    varint(v, out);
+}
+
+/// A graph input or output: `Ok(n)` is a fixed dimension, `Err(name)` a named (dynamic) one.
+pub fn value_info_bytes(name: &str, elem: u64, dims: &[std::result::Result<u64, &str>]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut shape = Vec::new();
+    for d in dims {
+        let mut dim = Vec::new();
+        match d {
+            Ok(v) => varint_field(1, *v, &mut dim),
+            Err(p) => len_field(2, p.as_bytes(), &mut dim),
+        }
+        len_field(1, &dim, &mut shape);
+    }
+    let mut tensor = Vec::new();
+    varint_field(1, elem, &mut tensor);
+    len_field(2, &shape, &mut tensor);
+    let mut ty = Vec::new();
+    len_field(1, &tensor, &mut ty);
+    let mut vi = Vec::new();
+    len_field(1, name.as_bytes(), &mut vi);
+    len_field(2, &ty, &mut vi);
+    vi
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+//! Opt-in end-to-end check of the real RawNIND Bayer model on real mosaics with noise added:
+//!
+//! ```text
+//! LC_DENOISE_MODEL=<model_bayer.onnx> LC_DENOISE_MOSAICS=<folder> LC_DENOISE_OUT=<folder> \
+//!   cargo test --release -p lightcraft-denoise --features runtime --test real_model -- --ignored --nocapture
+//! ```
+//!
+//! `LC_DENOISE_MOSAICS` holds `<name>.mosaic.f32` (little-endian f32, normalised: black 0, white 1, not white
+//! balanced), `<name>.rgb.f32` (a clean demosaic of it, camera RGB, interleaved) and `<name>.txt` (`width`,
+//! `height`, `cfa`, `wb` lines). Noise is Poisson-Gaussian, made here. Optional: `LC_DENOISE_PARALLEL` (tiles at
+//! once, default 8), `LC_DENOISE_ONLY` (one name), `LC_DENOISE_ISO` (noise strength, default 1.0; 0 adds none),
+//! `LC_DENOISE_FULL` (the whole frame instead of a 2048 × 1536 crop).
+
+#![cfg(feature = "runtime")]
+
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+use lightcraft_denoise::bayer::Layout;
+use lightcraft_denoise::manifest::{DenoiserManifest, Domain, Gain};
+use lightcraft_denoise::run::{Control, Params, denoise_bayer};
+use lightcraft_denoise::runtime::CpuRunner;
+
+struct Rng(u64);
+impl Rng {
+    fn next(&mut self) -> f64 {
+        self.0 ^= self.0 >> 12;
+        self.0 ^= self.0 << 25;
+        self.0 ^= self.0 >> 27;
+        ((self.0.wrapping_mul(0x2545_f491_4f6c_dd1d) >> 11) as f64 + 0.5) / (1u64 << 53) as f64
+    }
+    fn gauss(&mut self) -> f64 {
+        (-2.0 * self.next().ln()).sqrt() * (std::f64::consts::TAU * self.next()).cos()
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_f32(path: &Path) -> Vec<f32> {
+    std::fs::read(path).unwrap().as_chunks::<4>().0.iter().map(|b| f32::from_le_bytes(*b)).collect()
+}
+
+struct Dump {
+    width: usize,
+    height: usize,
+    layout: Layout,
+    wb: [f32; 3],
+    mosaic: Vec<f32>,
+    rgb: Vec<f32>,
+}
+
+fn load(dir: &Path, name: &str) -> Dump {
+    let text = std::fs::read_to_string(dir.join(format!("{name}.txt"))).unwrap();
+    let field = |k: &str| text.lines().find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix(k).map(|v| v.trim().to_string())).unwrap();
+    let cell = match field("cfa").as_str() {
+        "RGGB" => [0, 1, 1, 2],
+        "BGGR" => [2, 1, 1, 0],
+        "GRBG" => [1, 0, 2, 1],
+        "GBRG" => [1, 2, 0, 1],
+        other => panic!("cfa {other}"),
+    };
+    let wb: Vec<f32> = field("wb").split_whitespace().map(|v| v.parse().unwrap()).collect();
+    Dump {
+        width: field("width").parse().unwrap(),
+        height: field("height").parse().unwrap(),
+        layout: Layout::from_cell(cell).unwrap(),
+        wb: [wb[0], wb[1], wb[2]],
+        mosaic: read_f32(&dir.join(format!("{name}.mosaic.f32"))),
+        rgb: read_f32(&dir.join(format!("{name}.rgb.f32"))),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Crop with an even origin so the Bayer phase is kept.
+fn crop(d: &Dump, x0: usize, y0: usize, w: usize, h: usize) -> (Vec<f32>, Vec<f32>) {
+    let mut m = Vec::with_capacity(w * h);
+    let mut c = Vec::with_capacity(w * h * 3);
+    for y in y0..y0 + h {
+        m.extend_from_slice(&d.mosaic[y * d.width + x0..y * d.width + x0 + w]);
+        c.extend_from_slice(&d.rgb[(y * d.width + x0) * 3..(y * d.width + x0 + w) * 3]);
+    }
+    (m, c)
+}
+
+/// 0 = red, 1 = green, 2 = blue at a mosaic position.
+fn site(layout: Layout, x: usize, y: usize) -> usize {
+    match ((x + layout.dx) % 2, (y + layout.dy) % 2) {
+        (0, 0) => 0,
+        (1, 1) => 2,
+        _ => 1,
+    }
+}
+
+/// The simplest demosaic (each missing colour is the mean of the same-coloured samples in the 3 × 3 around),
+/// as the baseline a user would get from the noisy picture without AI.
+fn bilinear(m: &[f32], w: usize, h: usize, layout: Layout) -> Vec<f32> {
+    let mut out = vec![0f32; w * h * 3];
+    for y in 0..h {
+        for x in 0..w {
+            let mut sum = [0f32; 3];
+            let mut n = [0f32; 3];
+            for yy in y.saturating_sub(1)..(y + 2).min(h) {
+                for xx in x.saturating_sub(1)..(x + 2).min(w) {
+                    let c = site(layout, xx, yy);
+                    sum[c] += m[yy * w + xx];
+                    n[c] += 1.0;
+                }
+            }
+            for c in 0..3 {
+                out[(y * w + x) * 3 + c] = if n[c] > 0.0 { sum[c] / n[c] } else { 0.0 };
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Signal-to-error ratio in dB of `got` against `want` (both interleaved RGB), ignoring a border.
+fn snr(got: &[f32], want: &[f32], w: usize, h: usize, border: usize) -> f64 {
+    let (mut sig, mut err) = (0f64, 0f64);
+    for y in border..h - border {
+        for x in border..w - border {
+            for c in 0..3 {
+                let (g, t) = (f64::from(got[(y * w + x) * 3 + c]), f64::from(want[(y * w + x) * 3 + c]));
+                sig += t * t;
+                err += (g - t).powi(2);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    10.0 * (sig / err.max(1e-30)).log10()
+}
+
+fn crc32(data: &[u8]) -> u32 {
+    let mut c = !0u32;
+    for &b in data {
+        c ^= u32::from(b);
+        for _ in 0..8 {
+            c = if c & 1 != 0 { 0xedb8_8320 ^ (c >> 1) } else { c >> 1 };
+        }
+    }
+    !c
+}
+
+/// A viewable PNG of interleaved camera-RGB panels side by side: white balanced, one exposure for all, gamma.
+fn write_png(path: &Path, panels: &[&[f32]], w: usize, h: usize, wb: [f32; 3], exposure: f32) {
+    let total_w = w * panels.len();
+    let mut raw = Vec::with_capacity((total_w * 3 + 1) * h);
+    for y in 0..h {
+        raw.push(0u8);
+        for p in panels {
+            for x in 0..w {
+                for c in 0..3 {
+                    let v = (p[(y * w + x) * 3 + c] * wb[c] * exposure).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
+                    raw.push((v.powf(1.0 / 2.2) * 255.0 + 0.5) as u8);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    let z = miniz_oxide::deflate::compress_to_vec_zlib(&raw, 6);
+    let mut png = b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n".to_vec();
+    let mut chunk = |kind: &[u8; 4], body: &[u8]| {
+        png.extend_from_slice(&(body.len() as u32).to_be_bytes());
+        let mut k = kind.to_vec();
+        k.extend_from_slice(body);
+        png.extend_from_slice(&k);
+        png.extend_from_slice(&crc32(&k).to_be_bytes());
+    };
+    let mut ihdr = Vec::new();
+    ihdr.extend_from_slice(&(total_w as u32).to_be_bytes());
+    ihdr.extend_from_slice(&(h as u32).to_be_bytes());
+    ihdr.extend_from_slice(&[8, 2, 0, 0, 0]);
+    chunk(b"IHDR", &ihdr);
+    chunk(b"IDAT", &z);
+    chunk(b"IEND", &[]);
+    std::fs::write(path, png).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[ignore = "needs a real model and mosaics: see the module docs"]
+fn the_real_model_denoises_real_mosaics() {
+    let (Some(model), Some(dir)) = (std::env::var_os("LC_DENOISE_MODEL"), std::env::var_os("LC_DENOISE_MOSAICS")) else { return };
+    let dir = PathBuf::from(dir);
+    let out_dir = std::env::var_os("LC_DENOISE_OUT").map(PathBuf::from);
+    let parallel: usize = std::env::var("LC_DENOISE_PARALLEL").ok().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(8);
+    let iso: f64 = std::env::var("LC_DENOISE_ISO").ok().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(1.0);
+    let names: Vec<String> = match std::env::var("LC_DENOISE_ONLY") {
+        Ok(n) => vec![n],
+        Err(_) => ["arw-sony-a7m3-compressed", "cr2-canon-6d", "nef-nikon-d5100-lossless", "dng-google-pixel2xl", "pef-pentax-k3"]
+            .map(String::from)
+            .to_vec(),
+    };
+    let manifest = DenoiserManifest {
+        id: "rawnind-bayer".into(),
+        name: "RawNIND Bayer".into(),
+        version: "1".into(),
+        licence: Default::default(),
+        source: None,
+        sha256: None,
+        size_bytes: None,
+        provenance: String::new(),
+        domain: Domain::BayerToRgb,
+        tile: 512,
+        overlap: 64,
+        gain: Gain::MatchMean { nominal: 1.0e6, max_deviation: 0.05 },
+    };
+    let runner = CpuRunner::load(Path::new(&model), &manifest).unwrap();
+    let params = Params { tile: 512, overlap: 64, gain: manifest.gain, clip: Some(1.0), parallel };
+    for name in names {
+        let d = load(&dir, &name);
+        // a crop of about 2 × 1.5 tiles, away from the edges, even origin
+        let full = std::env::var_os("LC_DENOISE_FULL").is_some();
+        let (w, h) = if full { (d.width & !1, d.height & !1) } else { (2048usize, 1536usize) };
+        let (x0, y0) = (((d.width - w) / 3) & !1, ((d.height - h) / 2) & !1);
+        let (clean, reference) = crop(&d, x0, y0, w, h);
+        // Poisson-Gaussian noise: variance a·signal + b, as a sensor at high ISO
+        let (a, b) = (1.5e-3 * iso, (4.0e-3 * iso.sqrt()).powi(2));
+        let mut rng = Rng(0x9e37_79b9_7f4a_7c15 ^ name.len() as u64);
+        let noisy: Vec<f32> = clean
+            .iter()
+            .map(|&v| {
+                let v = f64::from(v);
+                let sigma = (a * v.max(0.0) + b).sqrt();
+                ((v + sigma * rng.gauss()) as f32).min(1.0)
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let started = Instant::now();
+        let done = std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0);
+        let progress = |n: usize, total: usize| done.store(n * 1000 / total, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        let denoised = denoise_bayer(&noisy, w, h, d.layout, &runner, &params, &Control { cancel: None, progress: Some(&progress) }).unwrap();
+        let secs = started.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
+        let baseline = bilinear(&noisy, w, h, d.layout);
+        let clean_bilinear = bilinear(&clean, w, h, d.layout);
+        let den: Vec<f32> = denoised.data.iter().flat_map(|p| p.iter().copied()).collect();
+        let (s_noisy, s_den) = (snr(&baseline, &reference, w, h, 64), snr(&den, &reference, w, h, 64));
+        let s_floor = snr(&clean_bilinear, &reference, w, h, 64);
+        println!(
+            "{name}: {w}×{h} crop, {} tiles, parallel {parallel}, {secs:.1} s | SNR vs clean demosaic: noisy bilinear {s_noisy:.2} dB, denoised {s_den:.2} dB (clean bilinear {s_floor:.2} dB)",
+            lightcraft_denoise::run::tile_count(w, h, d.layout, 512, 64)
+        );
+        if let Some(out) = &out_dir {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(out).unwrap();
+            let mean = reference.iter().map(|&v| f64::from(v)).sum::<f64>() / reference.len() as f64;
+            let exposure = (0.18 / mean.max(1e-6)) as f32;
+            // three panels, a 512 × 384 window each, at 1:1
+            let (pw, ph, px, py) = (512usize, 384usize, 700usize, 500usize);
+            let window =
+                |buf: &[f32]| -> Vec<f32> { (0..ph).flat_map(|y| buf[((py + y) * w + px) * 3..((py + y) * w + px + pw) * 3].to_vec()).collect() };
+            write_png(&out.join(format!("{name}.png")), &[&window(&baseline), &window(&den), &window(&reference)], pw, ph, d.wb, exposure);
+        }
+        if iso >= 4.0 {
+            assert!(s_den > s_noisy + 2.0, "{name}: denoised {s_den:.2} dB is not clearly better than noisy {s_noisy:.2} dB");
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ controls! {
    "light.shadows" => light.shadows, "Shadows", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
    "light.whites" => light.whites, "Whites", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
    "light.blacks" => light.blacks, "Blacks", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
+    "hdr.maxEv" => hdr.max_ev, "HDR Headroom", Light, 0, 5, 3, 0.1, 1, Plain;
+    "hdr.sdrBrightness" => hdr.sdr_brightness, "SDR Brightness", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
+    "hdr.sdrContrast" => hdr.sdr_contrast, "SDR Contrast", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
+    "hdr.sdrHighlights" => hdr.sdr_highlights, "SDR Highlights", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
+    "hdr.sdrShadows" => hdr.sdr_shadows, "SDR Shadows", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
+    "hdr.sdrWhites" => hdr.sdr_whites, "SDR Whites", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
+    "hdr.sdrClarity" => hdr.sdr_clarity, "SDR Clarity", Light, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
    "curve.highlights" => curve.highlights, "Highlights", Curve, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
    "curve.lights" => curve.lights, "Lights", Curve, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
    "curve.darks" => curve.darks, "Darks", Curve, -100, 100, 0, 1, 0, Centered;
@@ -207,6 +214,7 @@ controls! {
    "grain.amount" => grain.amount, "Grain", Grain, 0, 100, 0, 1, 0, Plain;
    "grain.size" => grain.size, "Size", Grain, 0, 100, 25, 1, 0, Plain;
    "grain.roughness" => grain.roughness, "Roughness", Grain, 0, 100, 50, 1, 0, Plain;
+    "enhance.denoise" => enhance.denoise, "Amount", Detail, 0, 100, 0, 1, 0, Plain;
    "detail.sharpenAmount" => detail.sharpen_amount, "Sharpening", Detail, 0, 150, 0, 1, 0, Plain;
    "detail.sharpenRadius" => detail.sharpen_radius, "Radius", Detail, 0.5, 3, 1, 0.1, 1, Plain;
    "detail.sharpenDetail" => detail.sharpen_detail, "Detail", Detail, 0, 100, 25, 1, 0, Plain;
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
        h
    }

-    /// True if nothing differs from a fresh default (ignoring white balance "as shot" values).
+    /// True if nothing differs from a fresh default (ignoring white balance "as shot" values, and
+    /// the rendering process: that is not an edit).
    pub fn is_unedited(&self) -> bool {
        let mut a = self.clone();
        let d = DevelopSettings::default();
        a.wb = d.wb;
+        a.process = d.process;
        a == d
    }

@@ -68,6 +70,39 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
        !self.disabled_sections.iter().any(|s| s == section)
    }

+    /// The settings as rendered: an Edit-panel section whose eye is off contributes nothing (issue
+    /// #316). Light (with its tone curve), Color (white balance, presence, the mixers, colour grading
+    /// and point colour) and Detail are reset to their defaults here; Effects, Optics, Geometry and
+    /// Calibration the pipeline switches off where it applies them. Borrowed when every section is on.
+    pub fn effective(&self) -> std::borrow::Cow<'_, DevelopSettings> {
+        let off = |section: &str| !self.section_enabled(section);
+        if !(off("light") || off("color") || off("detail")) {
+            return std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(self);
+        }
+        let mut d = self.clone();
+        if off("light") {
+            d.reset_section(Section::Light);
+            d.reset_section(Section::Curve);
+        }
+        if off("color") {
+            for section in [Section::Color, Section::Mixer, Section::BwMix, Section::Grading, Section::PointColor] {
+                d.reset_section(section);
+            }
+            d.point_colors.clear();
+        }
+        if off("detail") {
+            d.reset_section(Section::Detail);
+        }
+        std::borrow::Cow::Owned(d)
+    }
+
+    /// How much of the AI-denoised picture to mix in, 0 (none) to 1 (all of it): the Denoise amount, unless the Detail
+    /// section is switched off or the value is not a number.
+    pub fn denoise_amount(&self) -> f32 {
+        let a = self.enhance.denoise;
+        if a.is_finite() && self.enhance.denoise_enabled() && self.section_enabled("detail") { (a / 100.0).clamp(0.0, 1.0) as f32 } else { 0.0 }
+    }
+
    pub fn set_section_enabled(&mut self, section: &str, on: bool) {
        self.disabled_sections.retain(|s| s != section);
        if !on {
@@ -86,6 +121,7 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
                self.curve = d;
            }
            Section::Color => self.wb.mode = WbMode::AsShot,
+            Section::Detail => self.enhance.denoise_on = None,
            _ => {}
        }
    }
@@ -96,6 +132,9 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
    }
 }

+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests_process;
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
    use super::*;
@@ -128,6 +167,27 @@ mod tests {
        assert_ne!(back.hash64(), DevelopSettings::default().hash64());
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn default_hdr_is_not_serialized_so_existing_hashes_stay() {
+        let s = DevelopSettings::default();
+        assert!(s.to_json().get("hdr").is_none(), "HDR off must not change the settings JSON or hash64");
+        let mut on = s.clone();
+        on.hdr.enabled = true;
+        assert!(on.to_json().get("hdr").is_some());
+        assert_ne!(on.hash64(), s.hash64());
+        assert_eq!(DevelopSettings::from_json(&on.to_json()).unwrap(), on);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hdr_peak_is_finite_for_a_non_finite_headroom() {
+        let mut h = Hdr { enabled: true, max_ev: f64::NAN, ..Hdr::default() };
+        assert_eq!(h.peak(), (Hdr::DEFAULT_MAX_EV as f32).exp2());
+        h.max_ev = f64::INFINITY;
+        assert_eq!(h.peak(), (Hdr::DEFAULT_MAX_EV as f32).exp2());
+        h.max_ev = -3.0;
+        assert_eq!(h.peak(), 1.0);
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn missing_fields_take_defaults_and_unknown_ignored() {
        let s = DevelopSettings::from_json(&json!({"light": {"exposure": 0.5}, "futureThing": 3})).unwrap();
@@ -167,4 +227,40 @@ mod tests {
        s.set_section_enabled("effects", true);
        assert!(s.section_enabled("effects"));
    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_denoise_amount_is_a_slider_and_follows_the_detail_section() {
+        let mut s = DevelopSettings::default();
+        assert_eq!(s.denoise_amount(), 0.0);
+        assert!(controls::set(&mut s, "enhance.denoise", 60.0));
+        assert_eq!(controls::get(&s, "enhance.denoise"), Some(60.0));
+        assert!((s.denoise_amount() - 0.6).abs() < 1e-6);
+        // the slider's range is 0 to 100; values outside it are brought in
+        controls::set(&mut s, "enhance.denoise", 500.0);
+        assert_eq!(s.denoise_amount(), 1.0);
+        controls::set(&mut s, "enhance.denoise", -5.0);
+        assert_eq!(s.denoise_amount(), 0.0);
+        // switching the Detail section off switches the denoise off with it; a settings file with a bad number does nothing
+        controls::set(&mut s, "enhance.denoise", 80.0);
+        s.set_section_enabled("detail", false);
+        assert_eq!(s.denoise_amount(), 0.0);
+        s.set_section_enabled("detail", true);
+        s.enhance.denoise = f64::NAN;
+        assert_eq!(s.denoise_amount(), 0.0);
+        // it is part of Detail: a reset of the section clears it
+        controls::set(&mut s, "enhance.denoise", 40.0);
+        s.reset_section(Section::Detail);
+        assert_eq!(s.enhance.denoise, 0.0);
+        // The later independent switch preserves Amount when off, and can be on at zero.
+        controls::set(&mut s, "enhance.denoise", 75.0);
+        s.enhance.denoise_on = Some(false);
+        assert_eq!(s.denoise_amount(), 0.0);
+        assert_eq!(s.enhance.denoise, 75.0);
+        s.enhance.denoise_on = Some(true);
+        assert_eq!(s.denoise_amount(), 0.75);
+        controls::set(&mut s, "enhance.denoise", 0.0);
+        assert!(s.enhance.denoise_enabled());
+        s.reset_section(Section::Detail);
+        assert_eq!(s.enhance.denoise_on, None);
+    }
 }
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 //! A preset is a *partial* settings object (JSON) — only the groups it includes. Applying merges it
 //! into the photo's settings; `amount` (0..200 %) interpolates numeric values between the current
 //! settings and the preset's. Copy/paste/sync use the same group selection ([`SettingsGroup`]).
+//!
+//! The rendering process ([`crate::ProcessVersion`]) is in no group: copy, paste, sync and presets
+//! made from a photo never carry it, so the photos they change keep their own. A partial that names
+//! `process` itself (Apply Settings JSON) sets it like any other field.

 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{Map, Value};
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ impl SettingsGroup {
            SettingsGroup::Profile => &["profile"],
            SettingsGroup::Treatment => &["treatment"],
            SettingsGroup::WhiteBalance => &["wb"],
-            SettingsGroup::Light => &["light"],
+            SettingsGroup::Light => &["light", "hdr"],
            SettingsGroup::ToneCurve => &["curve"],
            SettingsGroup::Color => &["color"],
            SettingsGroup::ColorMixer => &["mixer", "bw_mix", "point_colors"],
@@ -162,7 +166,9 @@ fn scale_patch(base: &Value, patch: &Value, t: f64) -> Value {
            }
            Value::Object(out)
        }
-        (Value::Number(b), Value::Number(p)) => {
+        // Integer fields (the grain seed, ids) are discrete like strings: an interpolated seed would
+        // not deserialize as an integer, and the whole preset would silently not apply.
+        (Value::Number(b), Value::Number(p)) if b.is_f64() || p.is_f64() => {
            let (b, p) = (b.as_f64().unwrap_or(0.0), p.as_f64().unwrap_or(0.0));
            serde_json::Number::from_f64(b + (p - b) * t).map(Value::Number).unwrap_or(Value::Null)
        }
@@ -267,6 +273,25 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(lots.light.exposure, 5.0);
    }

+    /// A preset with the Grain group (its seed is an integer) used to do nothing at any amount
+    /// other than 100 %: the interpolated seed failed to deserialize and the preset was dropped.
+    #[test]
+    fn amount_keeps_integer_fields_whole() {
+        let mut a = DevelopSettings::default();
+        a.light.exposure = 1.0;
+        a.grain.amount = 40.0;
+        a.grain.seed = 12345;
+        let p = Preset::from_settings("p", "P", "User", &a, &SettingsGroup::default_copy());
+        assert!(p.settings.pointer("/grain/seed").is_some_and(Value::is_u64), "the default copy groups include the grain seed");
+        let base = DevelopSettings::default();
+        for (amount, seed) in [(0.3, 0), (0.5, 12345), (1.5, 12345), (2.0, 12345)] {
+            let out = p.apply(&base, amount);
+            assert!((out.light.exposure - amount.min(5.0)).abs() < 1e-9, "{amount}: exposure {}", out.light.exposure);
+            assert!((out.grain.amount - (40.0 * amount).min(100.0)).abs() < 1e-9, "{amount}: grain {}", out.grain.amount);
+            assert_eq!(out.grain.seed, seed, "{amount}: seed");
+        }
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn deep_merge_objects() {
        let mut a = json!({"x": {"a": 1, "b": 2}, "y": [1]});
@@ -1,19 +1,118 @@
 //! The develop settings schema. Every field has a neutral default; serde uses `#[serde(default)]` so
-//! older/newer files load (unknown fields are ignored, missing fields take defaults).
+//! older/newer files load (unknown fields are ignored, missing fields take defaults). The one
+//! exception is `process`: missing (or unreadable), it is V1, the rendering those older files were
+//! made with.

 use lightcraft_geom::{CropGeometry, Homography, Orientation, Point};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

 pub const SCHEMA_VERSION: u32 = 1;

+/// The rendering process a photo's settings are interpreted by (what Lightroom calls the process
+/// version). A change that would alter how existing settings render ships as a new process, so a
+/// photo keeps its look until someone updates it (`develop.updateProcess`). See
+/// `docs/process-versions.md`.
+///
+/// Stored as a plain number: one written by a newer LightCraft loads, is kept as it is, and
+/// renders with the newest process this build knows ([`ProcessVersion::process`]). Reading is
+/// lenient: a whole number from 0 to 2^32 - 1 (also written as `2.0`) is that process; anything
+/// else (negative, fractional, too large, text, null, a list…) reads as V1, like a missing field,
+/// so a damaged value never costs the rest of the settings.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Serialize)]
+#[serde(transparent)]
+pub struct ProcessVersion(pub u32);
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ProcessVersion {
+    fn deserialize<D: serde::Deserializer<'de>>(d: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        #[serde(untagged)]
+        enum Wire {
+            Whole(u64),
+            Number(f64),
+            Other(serde::de::IgnoredAny),
+        }
+        Ok(match Wire::deserialize(d)? {
+            Wire::Whole(n) => u32::try_from(n).map_or_else(|_| ProcessVersion::legacy(), ProcessVersion),
+            Wire::Number(x) if x.fract() == 0.0 && (0.0..=f64::from(u32::MAX)).contains(&x) => ProcessVersion(x as u32),
+            Wire::Number(_) | Wire::Other(_) => ProcessVersion::legacy(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl ProcessVersion {
+    /// The first process: LightCraft's rendering from before process versions existed. Frozen.
+    pub const V1: ProcessVersion = Process::V1.version();
+    /// The process new photos and Reset get.
+    pub const LATEST: ProcessVersion = Process::LATEST.version();
+
+    /// The process of settings saved without one (catalogs, snapshots, XMP sidecars and browser
+    /// libraries written before process versions existed): V1, whatever [`Self::LATEST`] becomes.
+    pub fn legacy() -> ProcessVersion {
+        ProcessVersion::V1
+    }
+
+    /// Saved settings leave the field out for V1, so files and preview-cache keys of settings made
+    /// before process versions existed stay byte for byte what they were.
+    pub fn is_legacy(&self) -> bool {
+        *self == ProcessVersion::legacy()
+    }
+
+    /// The process this build renders with: the newest one it knows that isn't newer than this
+    /// number (a number from a newer LightCraft renders with [`Process::LATEST`]; one below V1,
+    /// which no LightCraft writes, with V1).
+    pub fn process(self) -> Process {
+        Process::ALL.into_iter().rev().find(|p| p.version() <= self).unwrap_or(Process::V1)
+    }
+
+    /// A process this build implements.
+    pub fn is_known(self) -> bool {
+        Process::ALL.iter().any(|p| p.version() == self)
+    }
+
+    /// Older than [`Self::LATEST`]: Update to Current Process applies.
+    pub fn is_outdated(self) -> bool {
+        self < ProcessVersion::LATEST
+    }
+}
+
+/// A rendering process this build implements. Matches on it are exhaustive, so adding a process
+/// makes the compiler point at every stage whose behaviour depends on it.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub enum Process {
+    /// The rendering of LightCraft before process versions existed (2026-10).
+    V1,
+}
+
+impl Process {
+    /// Every process, oldest first.
+    pub const ALL: [Process; 1] = [Process::V1];
+    pub const LATEST: Process = Process::V1;
+
+    pub const fn version(self) -> ProcessVersion {
+        match self {
+            Process::V1 => ProcessVersion(1),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct DevelopSettings {
+    /// Schema version of this structure (not the rendering process, see `process`).
    pub version: u32,
+    /// The rendering process ([`ProcessVersion`]): the latest for new settings, V1 for settings
+    /// saved without the field (the field-level default: not the struct's `Default`) or with a
+    /// value that isn't a process number.
+    #[serde(default = "ProcessVersion::legacy", skip_serializing_if = "ProcessVersion::is_legacy")]
+    pub process: ProcessVersion,
    pub profile: Profile,
    pub treatment: Treatment,
    pub wb: WhiteBalance,
    pub light: Light,
+    /// HDR editing: highlights above SDR white, and the SDR rendition derived from them. Not written while it is
+    /// the default, so settings without HDR keep their JSON and `hash64` (and every cached preview stays valid).
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Hdr::is_default")]
+    pub hdr: Hdr,
    pub curve: ToneCurve,
    pub color: ColorAdj,
    pub mixer: Mixer,
@@ -44,10 +143,12 @@ impl Default for DevelopSettings {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self {
            version: SCHEMA_VERSION,
+            process: ProcessVersion::LATEST,
            profile: Profile::default(),
            treatment: Treatment::Color,
            wb: WhiteBalance::default(),
            light: Light::default(),
+            hdr: Hdr::default(),
            curve: ToneCurve::default(),
            color: ColorAdj::default(),
            mixer: Mixer::default(),
@@ -88,11 +189,16 @@ pub struct Profile {
    pub id: String,
    /// Creative profile amount 0..200 (%).
    pub amount: f64,
+    /// Render the raw's own local tone mapping (DNG `ProfileGainTableMap`, Apple ProRAW), as the
+    /// camera does. Off: rendered as Lightroom Classic does, without it. Omitted when off, so
+    /// settings without it keep their JSON (and hash).
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "std::ops::Not::not")]
+    pub camera_local_tone: bool,
 }

 impl Default for Profile {
    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { id: "lc.color".into(), amount: 100.0 }
+        Self { id: "lc.color".into(), amount: 100.0, camera_local_tone: false }
    }
 }

@@ -915,6 +1021,89 @@ pub struct LensBlur {
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Enhance {
    pub denoise: f64,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub denoise_on: Option<bool>,
    pub raw_details: bool,
    pub super_resolution: bool,
 }
+
+impl Enhance {
+    pub fn denoise_enabled(&self) -> bool {
+        self.denoise_on.unwrap_or(self.denoise > 0.0)
+    }
+}
+
+/// HDR editing. When enabled, an HDR render ([`Hdr::peak`]) keeps highlights above SDR white (1.0)
+/// up to `2^max_ev`; every SDR render (previews on SDR displays, 8/16-bit exports and a gain map's
+/// base image) uses the SDR rendition ([`DevelopSettings::sdr_rendition`]): the same edit with the
+/// `sdr_*` offsets applied.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct Hdr {
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    /// Headroom limit: stops above SDR white the HDR render may reach.
+    pub max_ev: f64,
+    /// SDR rendition offsets (−100..100): brightness (±1 EV), then added to the matching sliders.
+    pub sdr_brightness: f64,
+    pub sdr_contrast: f64,
+    pub sdr_highlights: f64,
+    pub sdr_shadows: f64,
+    pub sdr_whites: f64,
+    pub sdr_clarity: f64,
+}
+
+impl Default for Hdr {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            enabled: false,
+            max_ev: Hdr::DEFAULT_MAX_EV,
+            sdr_brightness: 0.0,
+            sdr_contrast: 0.0,
+            sdr_highlights: 0.0,
+            sdr_shadows: 0.0,
+            sdr_whites: 0.0,
+            sdr_clarity: 0.0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Hdr {
+    pub const DEFAULT_MAX_EV: f64 = 3.0;
+    pub const MAX_EV_LIMIT: f64 = 5.0;
+
+    /// Whether these are the default HDR settings (HDR off, nothing changed).
+    pub fn is_default(&self) -> bool {
+        *self == Hdr::default()
+    }
+
+    /// Peak linear value of an HDR render relative to SDR white (1.0 when HDR is off). A non-finite headroom
+    /// (a damaged file or argument) falls back to the default, so the peak is always finite and at least 1.
+    pub fn peak(&self) -> f32 {
+        if !self.enabled {
+            return 1.0;
+        }
+        let ev = if self.max_ev.is_finite() { self.max_ev } else { Hdr::DEFAULT_MAX_EV };
+        (ev.clamp(0.0, Hdr::MAX_EV_LIMIT) as f32).exp2()
+    }
+}
+
+impl DevelopSettings {
+    /// The settings an SDR render uses: unchanged when HDR is off; otherwise HDR off and the
+    /// SDR rendition offsets applied to exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, clarity.
+    pub fn sdr_rendition(&self) -> std::borrow::Cow<'_, DevelopSettings> {
+        if !self.hdr.enabled {
+            return std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(self);
+        }
+        let h = self.hdr;
+        let mut s = self.clone();
+        s.hdr.enabled = false;
+        let add = |v: f64, d: f64| (v + d).clamp(-100.0, 100.0);
+        s.light.exposure = (s.light.exposure + h.sdr_brightness / 100.0).clamp(-5.0, 5.0);
+        s.light.contrast = add(s.light.contrast, h.sdr_contrast);
+        s.light.highlights = add(s.light.highlights, h.sdr_highlights);
+        s.light.shadows = add(s.light.shadows, h.sdr_shadows);
+        s.light.whites = add(s.light.whites, h.sdr_whites);
+        s.effects.clarity = add(s.effects.clarity, h.sdr_clarity);
+        std::borrow::Cow::Owned(s)
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+//! Process versions: settings saved before they existed stay on V1, new settings get the latest,
+//! and numbers this build doesn't know load without harm.
+
+use serde_json::{Value, json};
+
+use crate::*;
+
+/// Complete settings as LightCraft wrote them before process versions existed (main at 8f924a9:
+/// `serde_json::to_string` of a raw photo with tone, colour, curve, grading, effects and a radial
+/// mask), one top-level key per line. There is no `process` field.
+const LEGACY: &str = r#"
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "profile": {"id": "lc.color", "amount": 100.0},
+  "treatment": "color",
+  "wb": {"mode": "asShot", "temp": 5200.0, "tint": 4.0},
+  "light": {"exposure": 0.4, "contrast": 30.0, "highlights": -60.0, "shadows": 40.0, "whites": 15.0, "blacks": -20.0},
+  "curve": {"highlights": -10.0, "lights": 0.0, "darks": 10.0, "shadows": 0.0, "split_shadows": 25.0, "split_mid": 50.0, "split_highlights": 75.0, "master": [{"x": 0.0, "y": 0.05}, {"x": 0.5, "y": 0.55}, {"x": 1.0, "y": 0.95}], "red": [], "green": [], "blue": [], "refine_saturation": 100.0},
+  "color": {"vibrance": 20.0, "saturation": -5.0},
+  "mixer": {"red": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}, "orange": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 15.0}, "yellow": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}, "green": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}, "aqua": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}, "blue": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": -30.0, "lum": 0.0}, "purple": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}, "magenta": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}},
+  "point_colors": [],
+  "bw_mix": {"red": 0.0, "orange": 0.0, "yellow": 0.0, "green": 0.0, "aqua": 0.0, "blue": 0.0, "purple": 0.0, "magenta": 0.0},
+  "grading": {"shadows": {"hue": 220.0, "sat": 20.0, "lum": -5.0}, "midtones": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}, "highlights": {"hue": 40.0, "sat": 15.0, "lum": 5.0}, "global": {"hue": 0.0, "sat": 0.0, "lum": 0.0}, "blending": 50.0, "balance": 0.0},
+  "effects": {"texture": 20.0, "clarity": 25.0, "dehaze": 15.0},
+  "vignette": {"amount": -25.0, "midpoint": 50.0, "roundness": 0.0, "feather": 50.0, "highlights": 0.0, "style": "highlightPriority"},
+  "grain": {"amount": 20.0, "size": 25.0, "roughness": 50.0, "seed": 0},
+  "detail": {"sharpen_amount": 40.0, "sharpen_radius": 1.0, "sharpen_detail": 25.0, "sharpen_masking": 0.0, "nr_luminance": 20.0, "nr_detail": 50.0, "nr_contrast": 0.0, "nr_color": 25.0, "nr_color_detail": 50.0, "nr_color_smoothness": 50.0},
+  "optics": {"remove_ca": false, "lens_profile": false, "profile_distortion": 100.0, "profile_vignetting": 100.0, "defringe_purple_amount": 0.0, "defringe_purple_hue_lo": 30.0, "defringe_purple_hue_hi": 70.0, "defringe_green_amount": 0.0, "defringe_green_hue_lo": 40.0, "defringe_green_hue_hi": 60.0, "distortion": 0.0, "vignetting": 0.0, "vignetting_midpoint": 50.0, "ca_red": 0.0, "ca_blue": 0.0},
+  "geometry": {"upright": "off", "guides": [], "upright_transform": null, "vertical": 0.0, "horizontal": 0.0, "rotate": 0.0, "aspect": 0.0, "scale": 100.0, "offset_x": 0.0, "offset_y": 0.0, "constrain_crop": false},
+  "crop": {"geometry": {"rect": {"x0": 0.0, "y0": 0.0, "x1": 1.0, "y1": 1.0}, "angle": 0.0}, "aspect": null, "flip_h": false, "flip_v": false},
+  "orientation": "Normal",
+  "masks": [{"id": 1, "name": "Mask 1", "visible": true, "invert": false, "components": [{"op": "add", "invert": false, "shape": {"kind": "radial", "center": {"x": 0.4, "y": 0.5}, "rx": 0.3, "ry": 0.2, "angle": 15.0, "feather": 60.0, "invert": false}}], "adjust": {"temp": 10.0, "tint": 0.0, "exposure": 0.5, "contrast": 0.0, "highlights": 0.0, "shadows": 0.0, "whites": 0.0, "blacks": 0.0, "texture": 0.0, "clarity": 30.0, "dehaze": 0.0, "hue": 0.0, "saturation": 0.0, "sharpness": 0.0, "noise": 0.0, "moire": 0.0, "defringe": 0.0, "color_hue": 0.0, "color_sat": 0.0, "amount": 100.0}}],
+  "spots": [],
+  "red_eye": [],
+  "lens_blur": {"enabled": false, "amount": 0.0, "focal_distance": 0.0, "focal_range": 0.0},
+  "enhance": {"denoise": 0.0, "raw_details": false, "super_resolution": false},
+  "calibration": {"shadows_tint": 0.0, "red_hue": 0.0, "red_sat": 0.0, "green_hue": 0.0, "green_sat": 0.0, "blue_hue": 0.0, "blue_sat": 0.0},
+  "disabled_sections": []
+}
+"#;
+
+fn legacy() -> Value {
+    serde_json::from_str(LEGACY).unwrap()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn settings_saved_before_process_versions_load_as_v1() {
+    let v = legacy();
+    assert!(v.get("process").is_none(), "the fixture predates the field");
+    let s = DevelopSettings::from_json(&v).unwrap();
+    // V1 as a number, not `LATEST`: once a newer process is the latest, this is what keeps every
+    // existing catalog, sidecar and preset on the rendering it was made with
+    assert_eq!(s.process, ProcessVersion(1));
+    assert_eq!(s.process, ProcessVersion::legacy());
+    assert_eq!((s.light.exposure, s.light.highlights, s.masks.len(), s.detail.sharpen_amount), (0.4, -60.0, 1, 40.0));
+    // the smallest legacy file too, and settings nested in other records (history, versions)
+    assert_eq!(DevelopSettings::from_json(&json!({})).unwrap().process, ProcessVersion(1));
+    let nested: Vec<DevelopSettings> = serde_json::from_value(json!([{}, {"light": {"exposure": 1.0}}])).unwrap();
+    assert!(nested.iter().all(|s| s.process == ProcessVersion(1)));
+    // saved again, they gain no field: files and preview-cache keys (`hash64`) stay as they were
+    assert!(s.to_json().get("process").is_none());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn new_settings_get_the_latest_process() {
+    assert_eq!(DevelopSettings::default().process, ProcessVersion::LATEST);
+    assert_eq!(DevelopSettings::for_raw(5200.0, 4.0).process, ProcessVersion::LATEST);
+    assert_eq!(ProcessVersion::LATEST, Process::LATEST.version());
+    assert_eq!(ProcessVersion::V1, ProcessVersion(1));
+    // the processes are listed oldest first, the latest last, each with its own number
+    let versions: Vec<u32> = Process::ALL.iter().map(|p| p.version().0).collect();
+    assert!(versions.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] < w[1]), "{versions:?}");
+    assert_eq!(Process::ALL.last(), Some(&Process::LATEST));
+    assert!(Process::ALL.iter().all(|p| p.version().process() == *p && p.version().is_known()));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn v1_is_left_out_when_saving_and_other_processes_are_kept() {
+    let mut s = DevelopSettings::from_json(&legacy()).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.to_json().get("process").is_none());
+    let before = s.hash64();
+    s.process = ProcessVersion(2);
+    let v = s.to_json();
+    assert_eq!(v["process"], json!(2));
+    assert_eq!(DevelopSettings::from_json(&v).unwrap().process, ProcessVersion(2));
+    assert_ne!(s.hash64(), before, "another process is another preview");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn unknown_process_numbers_load_and_render_with_the_newest_known() {
+    // written by a newer LightCraft: kept as it is, rendered with the latest process this build has
+    let s = DevelopSettings::from_json(&json!({"process": 7, "light": {"exposure": 0.5}})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.process, ProcessVersion(7));
+    assert_eq!(s.process.process(), Process::LATEST);
+    assert!(!s.process.is_known());
+    assert!(!s.process.is_outdated(), "never downgraded by Update to Current Process");
+    assert_eq!(s.to_json()["process"], json!(7));
+    assert_eq!(s.merged(&json!({"light": {"exposure": 1.0}})).unwrap().process, ProcessVersion(7));
+    // below V1 (no LightCraft writes it): rendered as V1, and updatable
+    let zero = DevelopSettings::from_json(&json!({"process": 0})).unwrap().process;
+    assert_eq!((zero.process(), zero.is_known(), zero.is_outdated()), (Process::V1, false, true));
+    let max = DevelopSettings::from_json(&json!({"process": u32::MAX})).unwrap().process;
+    assert_eq!(max.process(), Process::LATEST);
+    // a whole number written as a float is that number
+    assert_eq!(DevelopSettings::from_json(&json!({"process": 2.0})).unwrap().process, ProcessVersion(2));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_damaged_process_value_reads_as_v1_and_keeps_the_edits() {
+    let too_big = u64::from(u32::MAX) + 1;
+    for bad in [
+        json!(-1),
+        json!(1.5),
+        json!(-0.5),
+        json!(1e300),
+        json!(too_big),
+        json!(u64::MAX),
+        json!("2"),
+        json!(null),
+        json!(true),
+        json!([2]),
+        json!({"v": 2}),
+    ] {
+        let mut v = legacy();
+        v["process"] = bad.clone();
+        let s = DevelopSettings::from_json(&v).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{bad}: {e}"));
+        assert_eq!(s.process, ProcessVersion::V1, "{bad}");
+        assert_eq!((s.light.exposure, s.masks.len(), s.curve.master.len()), (0.4, 1, 3), "{bad}: the rest of the settings load");
+        // nested in other records too (history, versions, the catalog)
+        let nested: Vec<DevelopSettings> = serde_json::from_value(json!([v])).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(nested[0].process, ProcessVersion::V1);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_process_is_not_an_edit_nor_part_of_copied_settings() {
+    let mut s = DevelopSettings { process: ProcessVersion(LATEST_PLUS_ONE), ..Default::default() };
+    assert!(s.is_unedited(), "a photo on another process is not edited for that");
+    s.light.exposure = 1.0;
+    assert!(!s.is_unedited());
+    // resetting a section or a slider leaves the process alone
+    s.reset_section(Section::Light);
+    assert_eq!(s.process, ProcessVersion(LATEST_PLUS_ONE));
+    // copy / paste / sync / presets: no group carries the process, so the target keeps its own
+    assert!(SettingsGroup::ALL.iter().all(|g| !g.keys().contains(&"process")));
+    s.light.exposure = 1.0;
+    let copied = extract_groups(&s, &SettingsGroup::ALL);
+    assert!(copied.get("process").is_none());
+    let target = DevelopSettings::from_json(&legacy()).unwrap();
+    let pasted = apply_partial(&target, &copied, 1.0);
+    assert_eq!((pasted.process, pasted.light.exposure), (ProcessVersion(1), 1.0));
+    // (at another amount, without Grain: its integer seed doesn't survive scaling, a separate issue)
+    let groups: Vec<SettingsGroup> = SettingsGroup::ALL.into_iter().filter(|g| *g != SettingsGroup::Grain).collect();
+    let preset = Preset::from_settings("p", "P", "User", &s, &groups);
+    let half = preset.apply(&target, 0.5);
+    assert_eq!((half.process, half.light.exposure), (ProcessVersion(1), 0.7));
+    // a partial that names a process explicitly (Apply Settings JSON) sets it
+    assert_eq!(target.merged(&json!({"process": LATEST_PLUS_ONE})).unwrap().process, ProcessVersion(LATEST_PLUS_ONE));
+}
+
+/// A process other than the latest: a newer LightCraft's number (no older one than V1 exists).
+const LATEST_PLUS_ONE: u32 = ProcessVersion::LATEST.0 + 1;
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ web-time = { workspace = true }
 lightcraft-preview = { workspace = true }
 lightcraft-codecs = { workspace = true }
 lightcraft-raw = { workspace = true }
+lightcraft-denoise-core = { workspace = true }
+lightcraft-denoise = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 lightcraft-meta = { workspace = true }
+lightcraft-faces = { workspace = true }
 miniz_oxide = { workspace = true }
 lightcraft-merge = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
@@ -32,11 +35,21 @@ log = { workspace = true }
 ab_glyph = { workspace = true }
 # Apply the font’s vertical substitutions and origins to Japanese watermarks.
 harfrust = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+unicode-segmentation = "1.13"
 lightcraft-segment = { workspace = true, optional = true }

+# model downloads run natively only (the web build fetches no models)
+[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
+lightcraft-fetch = { workspace = true }
+
 [features]
 # AI masks with SAM 3 (Object / Describe). Off for the web and CLI builds.
 sam = ["dep:lightcraft-segment"]
+denoise = ["dep:lightcraft-denoise", "lightcraft-denoise/runtime", "lightcraft-gpu/denoise"]
+rawnind-model = ["denoise", "lightcraft-denoise/rawnind-model", "lightcraft-denoise-core/rawnind-model"]

 [dev-dependencies]
+# Lossless synthetic HEIC files (the import test; decoded when the codecs' `heif` feature is on).
+lightcraft-heif = { workspace = true, features = ["testdata"] }
 libc = { workspace = true }
+lightcraft-tiff = { workspace = true }
@@ -13,19 +13,22 @@ fn main() {
    println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
    println!("cargo::rerun-if-env-changed=CRAFT_FONTS_DIR");
    println!("cargo::rerun-if-env-changed=CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED");
+    let required = std::env::var_os("CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED").is_some();
    let mut src = String::from("pub static CRAFT_FONTS: &[CraftFont] = &[\n");
    let mut embedded = 0;
    if let Some(dir) = std::env::var_os("CRAFT_FONTS_DIR").map(PathBuf::from).map(resolve) {
-        match craft_fonts(&dir) {
+        match craft_fonts(&dir, required) {
            Ok(entries) => {
                embedded = entries.lines().count();
                src.push_str(&entries);
            }
-            Err(e) if std::env::var_os("CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED").is_some() => {
+            Err(e) if required => {
                println!("cargo::error=CRAFT_FONTS_DIR={}: {e}", dir.display());
            }
            Err(e) => println!("cargo::warning=building without craft-fonts: CRAFT_FONTS_DIR={}: {e}", dir.display()),
        }
+    } else if required {
+        println!("cargo::error=CRAFT_FONTS_REQUIRED is set but CRAFT_FONTS_DIR is missing");
    }
    src.push_str("];\n");
    // Without them the app still runs and every language still selectable, so Chinese and Japanese
@@ -58,17 +61,21 @@ fn resolve(dir: PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
 }

 /// One `CraftFont { .. }` initialiser per manifest line.
-fn craft_fonts(dir: &Path) -> Result<String, String> {
+fn craft_fonts(dir: &Path, required: bool) -> Result<String, String> {
    let manifest = dir.join("fonts/manifest.txt");
    println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed={}", manifest.display());
    let text = std::fs::read_to_string(&manifest).map_err(|e| format!("{}: {e}", manifest.display()))?;
    let wasm = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").is_ok_and(|a| a == "wasm32");
    let mut out = String::new();
+    let mut has_japanese_ui = false;
+    let mut has_chinese_ui = false;
    for line in text.lines().map(str::trim).filter(|l| !l.is_empty() && !l.starts_with('#')) {
        let f: Vec<&str> = line.split(" | ").map(str::trim).collect();
        let [family, style, file, scripts, ..] = f.as_slice() else {
            return Err(format!("malformed manifest line: {line}"));
        };
+        has_japanese_ui |= (*family, *style) == ("BIZ UDPGothic", "Regular");
+        has_chinese_ui |= (*family, *style) == ("Noto Sans CJK SC", "Regular") && scripts.split(',').any(|script| script.trim() == "Hans");
        if wasm && (*family, *style) != ("BIZ UDPGothic", "Regular") {
            continue;
        }
@@ -82,5 +89,11 @@ fn craft_fonts(dir: &Path) -> Result<String, String> {
            path.display().to_string(),
        );
    }
+    if required && !has_japanese_ui {
+        return Err("required Japanese UI face BIZ UDPGothic Regular is missing from fonts/manifest.txt".into());
+    }
+    if required && !wasm && !has_chinese_ui {
+        return Err("required Simplified Chinese UI face Noto Sans CJK SC Regular (Hans) is missing from fonts/manifest.txt".into());
+    }
    Ok(out)
 }
@@ -247,18 +247,20 @@ fn main() {
        }
    }
    if run("batch") && args.len() > 1 {
-        // full-size JPEG export of all the files given (decode + render + encode)
-        use lightcraft_engine::export::export_photo;
+        // full-size JPEG export of all the files given (decode + render + encode), as the Export
+        // dialog runs it: several photos side by side (`export_parallelism`), files discarded
+        use lightcraft_engine::export::{Destination, export_batch};
        let mut session = lightcraft_engine::Session::new().with_fs();
        let r = session.execute("library.import", &serde_json::json!({"paths": args})).expect("import");
        let ids: Vec<_> = r["imported"].as_array().expect("ids").iter().filter_map(|v| v.as_u64()).map(lightcraft_engine::catalog::PhotoId).collect();
-        let items: Vec<_> = ids.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, id)| (*id, i + 1)).collect();
        let o = ExportOptions::default();
-        row(&format!("batch export of {} files (decode+render+JPEG):", items.len()), &mut |g| {
+        let lanes = lightcraft_engine::export::export_parallelism(ids.len());
+        row(&format!("batch export of {} files, {lanes} at a time (decode+render+JPEG):", ids.len()), &mut |g| {
            lightcraft_engine::gpu::set_enabled(g);
-            for &(id, seq) in &items {
-                drop(export_photo(&mut session, id, &o, seq).expect("export"));
-                session.media.forget(id); // as in a batch: every original is decoded once
+            let files = export_batch(&mut session, &ids, &o, &Destination::default(), &mut |_, _| Ok(()), &|_| false).expect("export");
+            assert_eq!(files.len(), ids.len());
+            for &id in &ids {
+                session.media.forget(id); // every original is decoded once per run
            }
        });
        lightcraft_engine::gpu::set_enabled(true);
@@ -0,0 +1,391 @@
+//! Background tasks in flight (issue #345): imports, exports, preview builds, downloads, the face scan… Each one
+//! registers here while it runs, so every frontend can show them in one place (the desktop app's activity stack) and
+//! cancel the ones that can be cancelled (`activity.list`, `activity.cancel`).
+//!
+//! A job holds a [`TaskGuard`] for as long as it runs; dropping it — when the job ends, fails or its thread unwinds
+//! from a panic — removes the row, so a dead worker never leaves a stuck bar. Jobs keep the cancel flag they already
+//! check between files or photos: the guard adopts it ([`Cancel::Flag`]), so the stack's ✕, `activity.cancel` and the
+//! job's own Cancel all set the same atomic. Numbers are worded by the frontend from `done`, `total` and [`Unit`]; a
+//! detail set here is a name (a file, a model), never a sentence, so the frontend can translate everything else.
+
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU8, AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard, PoisonError};
+
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+/// The longest label or detail kept, in characters (a file name can be anything).
+const MAX_TEXT: usize = 200;
+
+/// The background tasks in flight. Cheap to clone (one `Arc`), so worker threads can hold it.
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub struct Activity {
+    inner: Arc<Inner>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Inner {
+    /// Oldest first.
+    tasks: Mutex<Vec<Arc<Entry>>>,
+    next: AtomicU64,
+}
+
+/// How a task can be cancelled.
+pub enum Cancel {
+    /// Not at all (no ✕): the face scan, AI Denoise.
+    No,
+    /// With a flag of its own ([`TaskGuard::cancel_flag`]).
+    Yes,
+    /// With the job's existing flag.
+    Flag(Arc<AtomicBool>),
+}
+
+/// How the frontend words `done` / `total`: "3 of 25", "12 of 340 MB", "40 %".
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum Unit {
+    #[default]
+    Count,
+    Bytes,
+    Percent,
+}
+
+impl Unit {
+    fn from_u8(v: u8) -> Unit {
+        match v {
+            1 => Unit::Bytes,
+            2 => Unit::Percent,
+            _ => Unit::Count,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn to_u8(self) -> u8 {
+        match self {
+            Unit::Count => 0,
+            Unit::Bytes => 1,
+            Unit::Percent => 2,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// One task as the frontends see it (`activity.list`).
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct TaskInfo {
+    pub id: u64,
+    /// A stable id: `import`, `export`, `scan`, `previews`, `smartPreviews`, `lightroom`, `merge`, `download`,
+    /// `faces`, `denoise`, `findMissing`.
+    pub kind: &'static str,
+    /// English; the frontend translates it.
+    pub label: String,
+    pub done: u64,
+    /// 0 while the amount of work isn't known yet (an indeterminate bar).
+    pub total: u64,
+    pub unit: Unit,
+    /// The file, photo or model being worked on, if any.
+    pub detail: String,
+    pub cancellable: bool,
+    /// Cancel was asked for; the job stops at its next check.
+    pub cancelling: bool,
+    pub age_ms: u64,
+}
+
+struct Entry {
+    id: u64,
+    kind: &'static str,
+    label: String,
+    started: web_time::Instant,
+    done: AtomicU64,
+    total: AtomicU64,
+    unit: AtomicU8,
+    detail: Mutex<String>,
+    cancel: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
+    cancellable: AtomicBool,
+}
+
+fn lock<T>(m: &Mutex<T>) -> MutexGuard<'_, T> {
+    m.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner)
+}
+
+fn capped(text: &str) -> String {
+    text.chars().take(MAX_TEXT).collect()
+}
+
+impl Entry {
+    fn is_cancellable(&self) -> bool {
+        self.cancel.is_some() && self.cancellable.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+
+    fn is_cancelled(&self) -> bool {
+        self.cancel.as_ref().is_some_and(|c| c.load(Ordering::Relaxed))
+    }
+
+    fn progress(&self, done: u64, total: u64) {
+        self.total.store(total, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.done.store(if total > 0 { done.min(total) } else { done }, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
+    fn detail(&self, text: &str) {
+        *lock(&self.detail) = capped(text);
+    }
+
+    fn info(&self) -> TaskInfo {
+        TaskInfo {
+            id: self.id,
+            kind: self.kind,
+            label: self.label.clone(),
+            done: self.done.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            total: self.total.load(Ordering::Relaxed),
+            unit: Unit::from_u8(self.unit.load(Ordering::Relaxed)),
+            detail: lock(&self.detail).clone(),
+            cancellable: self.is_cancellable(),
+            cancelling: self.is_cancelled(),
+            age_ms: u64::try_from(self.started.elapsed().as_millis()).unwrap_or(u64::MAX),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Activity {
+    /// Register a task; it is listed until the returned guard is dropped. `label` is English (the frontend
+    /// translates it).
+    pub fn start(&self, kind: &'static str, label: &str, cancel: Cancel) -> TaskGuard {
+        let id = self.inner.next.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed).saturating_add(1);
+        let cancel = match cancel {
+            Cancel::No => None,
+            Cancel::Yes => Some(Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false))),
+            Cancel::Flag(flag) => Some(flag),
+        };
+        let entry = Arc::new(Entry {
+            id,
+            kind,
+            label: capped(label),
+            started: web_time::Instant::now(),
+            done: AtomicU64::new(0),
+            total: AtomicU64::new(0),
+            unit: AtomicU8::new(Unit::Count.to_u8()),
+            detail: Mutex::new(String::new()),
+            cancellable: AtomicBool::new(cancel.is_some()),
+            cancel,
+        });
+        lock(&self.inner.tasks).push(entry.clone());
+        TaskGuard { activity: self.clone(), entry }
+    }
+
+    /// Every task in flight, oldest first.
+    pub fn list(&self) -> Vec<TaskInfo> {
+        lock(&self.inner.tasks).iter().map(|e| e.info()).collect()
+    }
+
+    /// Ask task `id` to stop (it stops at its next check). An unknown id (the task may have just ended) or a task
+    /// that can't be cancelled is an error.
+    pub fn cancel(&self, id: u64) -> Result<(), String> {
+        let tasks = lock(&self.inner.tasks);
+        let entry = tasks.iter().find(|e| e.id == id).ok_or_else(|| format!("no task {id}"))?;
+        match (&entry.cancel, entry.is_cancellable()) {
+            (Some(flag), true) => {
+                flag.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            _ => Err(format!("{} can't be cancelled", entry.label)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Ask every cancellable task to stop; returns how many were asked.
+    pub fn cancel_all(&self) -> usize {
+        let tasks = lock(&self.inner.tasks);
+        let mut n = 0;
+        for e in tasks.iter().filter(|e| e.is_cancellable()) {
+            if let Some(flag) = &e.cancel {
+                flag.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                n += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        n
+    }
+
+    /// Tasks that quitting would cut short: cancellable ones not already stopping.
+    pub fn running_cancellable(&self) -> Vec<TaskInfo> {
+        lock(&self.inner.tasks).iter().filter(|e| e.is_cancellable() && !e.is_cancelled()).map(|e| e.info()).collect()
+    }
+}
+
+/// A task's place in the list, held by whoever owns the job; dropping it removes the row.
+pub struct TaskGuard {
+    activity: Activity,
+    entry: Arc<Entry>,
+}
+
+impl TaskGuard {
+    pub fn id(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.entry.id
+    }
+
+    /// `done` of `total` (`total` 0 = not known yet). `done` is kept at most `total`.
+    pub fn progress(&self, done: u64, total: u64) {
+        self.entry.progress(done, total);
+    }
+
+    /// The file, photo or model being worked on (a name, not a sentence).
+    pub fn detail(&self, text: &str) {
+        self.entry.detail(text);
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_unit(&self, unit: Unit) {
+        self.entry.unit.store(unit.to_u8(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
+    /// A step that must not be cut short (the Lightroom import's commit) turns cancelling off for its duration.
+    pub fn set_cancellable(&self, yes: bool) {
+        self.entry.cancellable.store(yes, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
+    pub fn cancel_flag(&self) -> Option<Arc<AtomicBool>> {
+        self.entry.cancel.clone()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_cancelled(&self) -> bool {
+        self.entry.is_cancelled()
+    }
+
+    /// For progress from another thread; it does not keep the row.
+    pub fn handle(&self) -> TaskHandle {
+        TaskHandle { entry: self.entry.clone() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for TaskGuard {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let id = self.entry.id;
+        lock(&self.activity.inner.tasks).retain(|e| e.id != id);
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for TaskGuard {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("TaskGuard").field("id", &self.entry.id).field("kind", &self.entry.kind).finish()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Progress for a task from another thread (see [`TaskGuard::handle`]).
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct TaskHandle {
+    entry: Arc<Entry>,
+}
+
+impl TaskHandle {
+    pub fn progress(&self, done: u64, total: u64) {
+        self.entry.progress(done, total);
+    }
+
+    pub fn detail(&self, text: &str) {
+        self.entry.detail(text);
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_cancelled(&self) -> bool {
+        self.entry.is_cancelled()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn guard_drop_removes_the_row() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let g = a.start("export", "Exporting", Cancel::Yes);
+        assert_eq!(a.list().len(), 1);
+        drop(g);
+        assert!(a.list().is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn guard_drop_on_panic_unwind_removes_the_row() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let a2 = a.clone();
+        let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe(move || {
+            let _g = a2.start("import", "Importing", Cancel::Yes);
+            panic!("synthetic worker panic");
+        }));
+        assert!(r.is_err());
+        assert!(a.list().is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cancel_sets_the_adopted_flag() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let g = a.start("export", "Exporting", Cancel::Flag(flag.clone()));
+        a.cancel(g.id()).unwrap();
+        assert!(flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed) && g.is_cancelled());
+        assert!(a.list()[0].cancelling);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cancel_errors_instead_of_panicking() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        assert!(a.cancel(42).is_err());
+        let g = a.start("faces", "Finding faces", Cancel::No);
+        assert!(a.cancel(g.id()).is_err());
+        let h = a.start("lightroom", "Importing Lightroom catalog", Cancel::Yes);
+        h.set_cancellable(false);
+        assert!(a.cancel(h.id()).is_err());
+        assert!(!h.is_cancelled());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cancel_all_counts_only_cancellable() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let (_x, _y, _z) = (a.start("export", "E", Cancel::Yes), a.start("import", "I", Cancel::Yes), a.start("faces", "F", Cancel::No));
+        assert_eq!(a.cancel_all(), 2);
+        assert!(a.running_cancellable().is_empty());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn progress_is_clamped_and_detail_capped() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let g = a.start("export", "E", Cancel::Yes);
+        g.progress(12, 10);
+        g.detail(&"é".repeat(300));
+        let t = &a.list()[0];
+        assert_eq!((t.done, t.total), (10, 10));
+        assert_eq!(t.detail.chars().count(), 200);
+        g.progress(5, 0); // indeterminate keeps done as given
+        assert_eq!(a.list()[0].total, 0);
+        assert_eq!(a.list()[0].unit, Unit::Count);
+        g.set_unit(Unit::Bytes);
+        assert_eq!(a.list()[0].unit, Unit::Bytes);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ids_are_unique_and_list_is_oldest_first() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let (g1, g2) = (a.start("export", "A", Cancel::Yes), a.start("import", "B", Cancel::Yes));
+        assert!(g2.id() > g1.id());
+        assert_eq!(a.list().iter().map(|t| t.id).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![g1.id(), g2.id()]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn poisoned_lock_still_works() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let a2 = a.clone();
+        let _ = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let _held = a2.inner.tasks.lock().unwrap();
+            panic!("synthetic panic while holding the task list");
+        })
+        .join();
+        assert!(a.inner.tasks.is_poisoned());
+        let _g = a.start("export", "E", Cancel::Yes);
+        assert_eq!(a.list().len(), 1);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn handle_updates_from_another_thread() {
+        let a = Activity::default();
+        let g = a.start("previews", "Building previews", Cancel::Yes);
+        let h = g.handle();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || h.progress(3, 7)).join().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!((a.list()[0].done, a.list()[0].total), (3, 7));
+    }
+}