Feather
High-Performance Photo Editor for Mac — Phone's Brain, Creator's Heart.

Feather is a native macOS photo editor built for speed and precision, featuring AI-powered SAM2 masking, focus stacking, color mixing, and generative canvas expansion. It runs all AI models locally on Apple Silicon without requiring cloud connectivity or subscriptions. The app is designed specifically for MacBook users with trackpad-centric navigation and sub-pixel alignment capabilities.
Feather runs AI models like SAM2 locally on Apple Silicon to provide instant masking, color grading, focus stacking, and generative fill, all optimized for trackpad-based navigation on macOS.
Photographers and creatives using Mac or MacBook who want a fast, native photo editing experience
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- one-time
Founders
- Luca Miglioli
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