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Facts

Name	Goldfinch
What it is	A Mac photo editor for getting a whole shoot looking good quickly, which Claude can work with through MCP.
Platform	macOS 12 Monterey or later; Apple silicon and Intel
Files	Canon CR3 RAW, JPEG, PNG. Previews and exports use the JPEG embedded in each RAW file (no full RAW decoding yet).
Price	$29 one-time, 2 Macs per license, free updates
Trial	Full app; first 20 exported photos free, no time limit
Website	usegoldfinch.com
Contact	hello@usegoldfinch.com
Release date	To be announced

In short

Goldfinch gives every photo in a shoot a careful Auto correction that understands people (it lifts backlit faces without losing the sky), then applies a look fitted to each photo, from everyday styles to a film and cinema set, or a style learned from the photographer's own edits.

It also helps with picking: it checks focus on each subject, flags closed eyes, dark or blown-out faces and tilted horizons, and groups bursts with the best frame marked.

Goldfinch includes an MCP server, so Claude can edit a shoot from a description, preview its own work and explain each change. Other AI apps that support MCP can connect too. RAW files are never modified: edits are readable recipes with a full undo history. Most analysis runs on the Mac with Apple's Vision and Core Image frameworks.