Changelog - Wet Plate

Browser editor and expanded photographic processes

Run the editor in a browser with local processing, interactive previews and full-resolution TIFF, JPEG and lossless JPEG XL exports.
Explore sixteen presets in Browse; build an active stack from the effects palette, preview on hover, randomize and undo.
Expanded plate and paper models, procedural aging, hand coating, split toning, light leaks and multiple exposure effects.
Petzval lens character with tangential blur and highlight bokeh; improved preview caching and refinement.
Updated egui and JPEG XL dependencies, plus an experimental Windows x64 portable build.

Coverage boundary redesign, grain, and performance

Redesign coverage boundary: perimeter-based simplex noise for smooth organic undulations on all edges, rounded rectangle SDF for natural corners, sigmoid falloff with no visible banding
Add plate rotation parameter for hand-loading misalignment
Add grain effect with character control (fine/tight silver-like to soft/blobby Polaroid-like), density-dependent midtone peaking, works on all output modes
Add brush tidiness slider: 0 = natural bristle fraying, 1 = blunt marker-like edges
Decouple paper texture and grain from toning strength slider
Rename “Output Toning” to “Output Styling”, “Strength” to “Toning Strength”
Fix overlap=0 to mean actual edge-to-edge spacing
Fix gold toning overshooting into blue at low paper warmth
Fix edge bead discontinuity in coverage boundary transition
Parallelize brush stroke rendering for 5–11x speedup

Brush-coated emulsion edges

Add brush-painted emulsion edge mask for salt prints — simulates hand-coated sensitizer with organic, painterly borders
Emulsion edge controls: brush width, margin, roughness, wobble, overlap, and seed
Stroke endings narrow and break into individual bristle groups for realistic brush character
Simplify toning to a single Gold Toning slider (0 = off)
Add preset update button to overwrite a saved preset with current values

Print & substrate modes

Initial release