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How to Share RAW Photo Files (Without Anything Touching Them)

RAW files are 25-80MB each, unviewable in most share UIs, and ruined by anything that 'optimizes' images. They need dumb, faithful file transfer.

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RAW workflow breaks most sharing tools: Google Photos wants to convert them, messaging apps reject or mangle them, and email caps mean two CR3 files max per message. What a photographer handing off to a retoucher (or delivering source files to a commercial client) needs is deliberately boring: bytes in, identical bytes out, at 25-80MB per frame and hundreds of frames per shoot. That's plain file hosting — the only decisions are batch packaging and link lifetime.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Cull first

    Nobody wants 2,000 frames. Deliver selects — it also keeps you comfortably inside storage tiers.

  2. 2

    Batch into Bulk Foldrs or a ZIP

    Up to 100 RAW files per Bulk Foldr, or ZIP by scene/look to preserve your folder structure. Sidecar .xmp files ride along fine either way.

  3. 3

    Upload at foldr.space

    Files are stored and served byte-identical — checksums match on the other side. No preview-generation pipeline rewrites anything.

  4. 4

    Send the link to your editor or client

    They download originals on any OS. For recurring collaborators, a shared Foldr Space (roles: Owner/Editor/Viewer) beats per-shoot links.

Frequently asked questions

Are RAW formats actually supported?

All of them — CR3/CR2 (Canon), NEF (Nikon), ARW (Sony), RAF (Fuji), ORF (OM/Olympus), DNG. Hosting doesn't parse the file; it faithfully stores and serves it, which is exactly what RAW needs.

How do I verify nothing was altered?

Compare checksums: shasum -a 256 file.cr3 before upload and after download. They match — that's the whole guarantee, testable.

A full wedding shoot is 60GB+. Feasible?

Deliver selects in batches (Bulk Foldrs), or use a Foldr Space sized for ongoing client work. For full-archive transfer of hundreds of GB, a physical SSD is honestly still the right tool; links are for the working set.

Should I send DNG instead of native RAW?

A workflow choice, not a transfer one — both transfer identically. Send what your retoucher asks for; include sidecars if you've already made adjustments.

Related how-tos

How to Send Photos at Full, Original QualityHow to Share a Batch of Photos With One LinkHow to Deliver Files to Clients Without Looking Amateur

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