Changelog

Announcing v(Goldfinch-2026.03.01)

Project Kestrel receives a major workflow update with the new Culling Assistant and guided in-app tutorials.

Project Kestrel Culling Assistant
  • New Culling Assistant: Automatically organizes photos into Accept and Reject piles based on Kestrel's rating and analysis.
  • Faster review: Click any image to load a full-resolution preview and cull rapidly scene-by-scene.
  • Quick reassignment: Use Shift+Click to move a photo between Accept and Reject.
  • Autosave progress: Culling decisions are preserved automatically while you work.
  • Safe-by-design: Kestrel only moves rejected images into a dedicated rejects folder and does not delete your photos.
  • New In-App Tutorials: Click Tutorial for guided walkthroughs of both the main window and culling assistant.

Minor changes: New Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, updated usage data policy with optional advanced telemetry opt-in, plus bug fixes and UI improvements.

Coming soon: Video walkthrough on projectkestrel.org/tutorial and XMP sidecar export for Adobe Lightroom workflows.

Feedback wanted: We're especially interested in feedback on the culling threshold behavior (currently ratings below 4 stars default to reject). Share your ideas via projectkestrel.org/contact or the in-app feedback feature.

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