diff --git a/PLAY_RELEASE_NOTES.md b/PLAY_RELEASE_NOTES.md
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+# Play release notes
+
+Text for Google Play Console → Release → "What's new". One entry per version, newest
+first. Plain text only (the Console renders no markdown), 500 characters max per
+language — each block below is measured and fits. Paragraphs are one line each so a
+copy-paste lands in the Console unwrapped.
+
+Release name field: `1.2.5 (7)`
+
+## 1.2.5 (versionCode 7)
+
+```
+Film simulations are now pure colour and tone: each one is the stock's own colour matrix and curve, with no grain, clarity, exposure or saturation baked in - those are your edits to make.
+LC STREETLIFE VIVID keeps its brightness from the stock itself, so the EXPOSURE slider stays at 0 while the shot comes out lifted.
+```
+
+Artifact: `android/app/build/outputs/bundle/liteRelease/app-lite-release.aab`
+(appId `com.locphamtran.recipescamera`, versionCode 7, versionName 1.2.5).
+The pro APK built from the same commit is `app-pro-release.apk`, versionName
+`1.2.5-pro` - it is the paid build handed out directly, not uploaded here.
+
+## 1.2.4 (versionCode 6)
+
+```
+HSL selective colour is here: eight hue bands (red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, purple, magenta), each with its own HUE, SAT and LUM, plus HUE/SAT/LUM IMAGE knobs that move every colour at once.
+In the library, tap PICK and touch any colour on the photo: a panel opens on that spot with the three knobs of the band it belongs to.
+The tool rail is reordered: presets, favorites, white balance, light, effects, HSL, frame.
+```
+
+427 characters (1.2.4).
+
+Artifact: `android/app/build/outputs/bundle/liteRelease/app-lite-release.aab`
+(appId `com.locphamtran.recipescamera`, versionCode 6, versionName 1.2.4).
+The pro APK built from the same commit is `app-pro-release.apk`, versionName
+`1.2.4-pro` — it is the paid build handed out directly, not uploaded here.
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
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+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Release notes
 
+## 1.2.5 (versionCode 7)
+
+Presets
+- A film sim is a stock, not an edit: every entry in FILM_SIMS now carries the neutral defaults verbatim, and its whole look comes from the stock's own colour matrix plus its FILM_TONE curve. The effects that had been riding along are gone - grain on ACRIPES, clarity+grain on LC STREETLIFE CLASSIC, and exposure/saturation/clarity/shadow/highlight on LC STREETLIFE VIVID.
+- LC STREETLIFE VIVID is brighter because the stock is brighter, not because a slider was moved: the +2 exposure lives in STOCK_EXPOSURE (colorUtils.ts), keyed by baseFilter, where the preview and both exporters already read it. It never reaches the panel, so EXPOSURE still reads 0 on that sim.
+- The naming rule is recorded in the FILM_SIMS header: colour and tone only, plus a reference table of the real stock each sim stands for. Reference only - the UI keeps the sim names.
+- Measured against the compiled tables: a mid grey goes 0.5000 -> 0.5435 under LC STREETLIFE VIVID, a ratio of 1.1008 against exposure +2's own 1.1000, while the sim's own exposure value stays 0.
+
 ## 1.2.4 (versionCode 6)
 
 HSL
diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 8db343c..0d327b2 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ android {
         applicationId 'com.locphamtran.recipescamera'
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 6
-        versionName "1.2.4"
+        versionCode 7
+        versionName "1.2.5"
 
         buildConfigField "String", "REACT_NATIVE_RELEASE_LEVEL", "\"${findProperty('reactNativeReleaseLevel') ?: 'stable'}\""
 
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 8e15ff3..ee50c75 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "expo": {
   "name": "RecipesCam",
   "slug": "recipescamera",
-  "version": "1.2.4",
+  "version": "1.2.5",
   "orientation": "portrait",
   "icon": "./RecipesCamIcon.png",
   "userInterfaceStyle": "light",