A note from the person who made it

I built Feathergrade.

I got tired of paying rent on my editor, and of watching generative fill leave a faint halo around whatever I'd asked it to change. It seemed reasonable to want a proper photo tool that I actually owned, with AI that matched the grain instead of sitting on top of it. So I made one.

Why I made it

The editors I liked had turned into subscriptions. Their AI was clever, and often looked pasted on: a patch that didn't share the photo's grain, focus or light. The lighter AI toys couldn't do the careful, layered work a real photograph needs. Feathergrade is the thing I wanted in the middle. Classic tools that run on your Mac, and generative edits that reconstruct from the image so the join disappears.

How I think about it

The interface should get out of the way so the photograph owns the colour. Tools should be quick with a mouse and better with a keyboard. And the software should be yours. Installed on your machine, editing files on your disk, talking to the AI provider you picked with a key you control.

The Feathergrade editor in infill mode on an architectural photo, with a real selection traced around the person walking through the atrium, the prompt 'remove the person walking through the atrium', and the Fill button enabled.
ink-toned chrome · the photograph is the loudest thing on screen

The rules I keep coming back to

The photograph owns the colour

Neutral, ink-toned chrome so your image is always the loudest thing on screen.

Two accents, no decoration

Sea Glass means selection and control. Coral means generation. Nothing is coloured for fun.

Own it, don't rent it

One licence, your keys, your files. No account required to open a photo.

Quiet chrome. Precise tools.

If that sounds like the editor you've been after, it's £39.99 in the UK or $49.99in the US — once, then it's yours. Twelve months of updates included; optional Update Pass after that. No subscription, no free trial.

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