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What's best for sharing RAW files
I have started offering post production editing services and have a client who wants to send a large number (500+) of RAW images to me for editing and culling in LR - basic adjustments. What is the best program for her to send the large number of RAW files to me for editing? I normally recommend drop box however she doesn't think she can send this many. What do you all use to receive and send client files other than drop box? I will be keeping files in RAW format when sending back. Is there another format I need to use? Any help is greatly appreciated  Jan 06 13 08:59 pm Link Blank Slate Photography wrote: I have dedicated servers, so I just set up FTP accounts for uploads and downloads (not retouching - but for other needs). Not sure what others use, but I seem to hear most people say dropbox. Jan 06 13 09:02 pm Link FTP server might be a good choice but 500 + of RAW's. Is this wedding retouching or something like that? If so and he absolutely has to sending it online, I would maybe suggest to send Hi-Res JPEG's and the critical ones as RAW's. Or better yet to the new losssy DNG format. Better than JPEG and much smaller than RAW. Depending on what kind of work needs to be done it could be good option. Or even better way if he is in the same country, would be to send it via post office as package. You said 500 + RAW's, so that is what aprox 10 MB x 500 = 5000 MB or 5 GB. That can be send by two DVD's for a day or two. Also if he converts them to (lossless) DNG, he might get 30% smaller files all together. Fits to one DVD. So lets say that what 3.5 or 4 GB. You can send that over FTP server or use two DropBox accounts depending on how much storage you have or you can use something like DropBox maybe GoogleDrive, it can get you 5 GB for free. Also I like to use https://www.filemail.com/ free large mail service. It offers sending up to 2 GB for free. Maybe send two emails than. Jan 06 13 09:11 pm Link Yes, it's wedding  I have absolutely no clue on how to set up an FTP account but thinking burning to a DVD will probably be the best bet then. I've only got 5GBs avail on drop box.Jan 06 13 09:37 pm Link Get a 16gb thumb drive, or have her get one. I think I paid $39 for this last one. Mail it back and forth. Jan 06 13 09:39 pm Link Could someone tell me what and how XMP delivery works? Jan 06 13 09:57 pm Link UltimateAppeal wrote: Like. Jan 06 13 11:16 pm Link For a low tech client best bet is Physical media and Express shipping 16GB pen drives can be had for $10 or less 32GB under $20 Dual Layer DVD can hold 8GB Jan 06 13 11:33 pm Link UltimateAppeal wrote: +1 Jan 08 13 07:27 am Link https://www.dropbox.com/ They just need to buy the larger option. Jan 08 13 08:05 am Link Try wetransfer.com, 2 GB per upload, unlimited uploads free of charge. i use it for a few years and with great satisfaction. The risk with USBsticks is...not readable or virusses. Jan 08 13 08:13 am Link +1 we transfer works great Jan 08 13 08:18 am Link https://www.wetransfer.com Let's you upload 2MB so you may have to do it three times? It takes a while to upload but it doesn't cost anything. They send an email to who you want to with a link which others have had no problems downloading. PS. The two posts above me sneaked in while I was writing this post Jan 08 13 11:06 am Link I'm doing video editing and color grading for a project being shot on the west coast. Terabytes of data. We just ship a hard drive back and forth making sure there are backups along the way. Jan 08 13 12:12 pm Link You can set up your home computer as an FTP server so you can give them the link and they can pull down the files themself. This way, you don't have to muck about with uploading to a 3rd party server and then downloading. Cuuts the transfer time in half, effectively. Jan 12 13 09:14 pm Link |
