diff --git a/pages/index.vue b/pages/index.vue
index 3322fce..e2d0006 100644
--- a/pages/index.vue
+++ b/pages/index.vue
@@ -6297,7 +6297,7 @@ async function generateExtension() {
 }
 
 function openClip(item: LibraryClip) {
-  studioMode.value = 'video'
+  // Preview only — never yank Video/Image workspace tabs.
   outputFocus.value = 'video'
   watchingLibrary.value = true
   ensureFamilyExpanded(item)
@@ -6316,7 +6316,7 @@ function openClip(item: LibraryClip) {
 }
 
 function openStill(still: LibraryStill) {
-  studioMode.value = inferStillPipeline(still) === 'imagev2' ? 'editv2' : 'edit'
+  // Preview only — never yank Video/Image workspace tabs.
   outputFocus.value = 'edit'
   browseFolderId.value = still.folderId
   editResultUrl.value = `/api/library/stills/${still.id}`
@@ -6336,13 +6336,14 @@ function applyStillSettings(still: LibraryStill) {
   folderId.value = still.folderId
   browseFolderId.value = still.folderId
   rememberInputSeed(settings?.seed)
-  applyPromptRestore(still.prompt || '', still)
-  // Non-image stills are video start frames — keep Video mode and only restore prompt parts.
-  if (!dest) {
-    studioMode.value = 'video'
-    outputFocus.value = 'video'
+  // Stay on the current Video/Image tab. On Video, only restore prompt for
+  // video-origin stills; image stills are start-frame pixels only.
+  if (!imageStudio.value) {
+    if (!dest) applyPromptRestore(still.prompt || '', still)
     return
   }
+  applyPromptRestore(still.prompt || '', still)
+  if (!dest) return
   if (dest === 'imagev2') {
     studioMode.value = 'editv2'
     outputFocus.value = 'edit'
@@ -6403,6 +6404,9 @@ async function loadStillAsEditRef(stillId: string) {
 }
 
 function stillUseAsInputMessage(still: LibraryStill) {
+  if (!imageStudio.value) {
+    return 'Loaded as start still. Stays on Video — switch to Image only if you want to edit it there.'
+  }
   const dest = inferStillPipeline(still)
   const mode = still.settings?.mode
   if (dest === 'imagev2' && mode === 'generate') return 'Generate settings loaded. Tweak and generate.'
diff --git a/pages/library.vue b/pages/library.vue
index 5001197..d574ea6 100644
--- a/pages/library.vue
+++ b/pages/library.vue
@@ -1054,16 +1054,15 @@ function openInStudio(entry: LibraryEntry) {
 
 function useInStudio(entry: LibraryEntry) {
   if (entry.kind === 'clip' && entry.group) {
-    navigateTo({ path: '/', query: { clip: focusedPartId.value || entry.group.head.id, use: '1', studio: 'video' } })
+    navigateTo({ path: '/', query: { clip: focusedPartId.value || entry.group.head.id, use: '1' } })
     return
   }
   if (entry.stillGroup) {
     const stillId = focusedPartId.value || entry.stillGroup.head.id
-    const still = stills.value.find(item => item.id === stillId) || entry.stillGroup.head
-    const imageStill = Boolean(still?.settings?.kind === 'imagev2' || still?.settings?.kind === 'image' || still?.settings?.mode)
+    // Do not force Video/Image — studio stays on whatever tab the user left it on.
     navigateTo({
       path: '/',
-      query: { still: stillId, use: '1', studio: imageStill ? 'image' : 'video' }
+      query: { still: stillId, use: '1' }
     })
   }
 }