What's New

The first public release of TETHER STUDIO. Everything you need for professional tethered photography on macOS. $99 one-time. No subscription.

Tethered Capture

• 2,900+ camera support via libgphoto2 — Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Leica, Hasselblad, Phase One
• USB and WiFi tethering — Sony WiFi via JSON-RPC, Canon WiFi via CCAPI, USB via PTP for all brands
• Sony Mode 300 protocol — full support for A7 IV, A7R V, A9 III, A1, and newer Sony bodies
• Remote shutter — Space bar or on-screen button. Interval timer for timelapse.
• Live View — real-time camera preview on screen

Smart Cull AI

• Blur detection — sharpness scoring 0–100 for every image
• Face focus scoring — MediaPipe-based eye sharpness analysis
• Exposure analysis — clipped highlights and crushed shadows flagging
• Duplicate grouping — perceptual hash clustering with best-pick highlighting
• Blink detection — automatic flagging of closed eyes
• 100% local processing — no cloud, no API fees, 0.5s/image on Apple Silicon

Art Director Mode

• Markup tools — pen, arrow, circle, rectangle, text annotations
• Numbered revision pins — track changes across iterations
• Export markups as JPEG — send annotated images to clients

Pro Export Engine

• Output formats — RAW passthrough, TIFF (8/16-bit), JPEG (quality 1–100), PNG
• ICC color profiles — sRGB, AdobeRGB, ProPhoto RGB, Display P3
• IPTC metadata embedding — creator, copyright, contact via exiftool
• Output sharpening — OpenCV unsharp mask with configurable radius/amount
• Resize — Lanczos algorithm, long edge or percentage
• Watermark — text overlay with position, opacity, size controls
• Rename templates — {date}, {time}, {camera}, {seq}, custom patterns
• Background batch — export continues while you keep shooting

Session Management

• Session templates — pre-configure client, folder, naming, metadata per job type
• Shot lists — track required shots, check off as you go
• Dual backup — simultaneous write to two locations
• Crash recovery — automatic session persistence, survives app crashes and power loss
• Compare view — side-by-side image comparison
• Focus stacking — automatic alignment and stacking
• XMP sidecar — metadata preserved in industry-standard format

Client View

• Full-screen presentation — clean view for on-set client review
• Network viewer — iPad viewing via local network, zero client install
• Approve/reject workflow — client can mark selects

Interface

• Dark native UI — forced dark titlebar on macOS, pure black workspace
• 48 keyboard shortcuts — full overlay with ? key
• Collapsible info bars — stars, labels, filename, Open In
• Configurable toolbar — LIST · CULL · STACK views
• Lights Out mode — dims everything except the image

Licensing

• $99 one-time perpetual license — no subscription
• 7-day free trial — all features, no card required
• 2 machines per license — laptop + desktop
• Works offline after initial activation
• macOS 11+ — Apple Silicon and Intel