For drone pilots and aerial crews
Footage delivery for drone pilots.
“Great footage. Can you send the raw clips too? Our editor wants them.” All 60 GB of them, by Friday.
Aerial jobs make big files for clients who are rarely video people: a builder, a roofer, a marketing team, an agent. Here the edit, the stills and the raw clips go on one link your client opens in a browser, and the full-size files download from it.
Free up to 5 GB. No card.
What your client does on the link.
Your client watches
Your client opens the link on a phone or a computer and watches the film, with the photos right beside it. No account, no app to install.
Your client points at what to change
Your client pauses and types, and the note sticks to that second of the film. On a photo or a PDF page, your client taps the exact spot, and can draw on it.
Your client approves
When it’s right, your client presses Approve and confirms once. The watermark comes off. On a job with photos and film, your client can approve each one separately.
Your client downloads the finals
The full-size files open for download on the same link, one by one or all at once. You don’t send anything new.
Big files, at full size.
The masters as you shot them
Upload the 4K files as they are. Your client watches a copy prepared for smooth playback and downloads the original.
Raw clips in their own folder
Put the edit up front and the raw clips in a folder beside it, so your client watches the cut and your client’s editor downloads the clips.
Stills and raw photos
JPEGs, DNG files and panoramas sit on the same page. Camera raw files are rendered so your client can look at them, and the originals download untouched.
Flat footage looks flat.
If you shoot in a log profile, your client sees those clips as they were recorded, low in contrast. Send the graded edit for review and the log clips as downloads, and say so in the folder name, so nobody leaves a note about the color of a file you never meant to grade.
A site you fly every month.
For a construction site or a long build, make the site one project and each flight a folder inside it. Your client keeps one link for the whole job, and each month’s footage lands in its own folder.
Notes on what your client means.
When your client wants a different pass or a tighter crop, they pause the film and type, or tap the spot on a still. You get the second or the spot, with your client’s name on the note.
Questions.
What’s the best way to send drone footage to a client?
A link your client opens in a browser, where the edit plays smoothly and the full-size files download without being compressed. Email can’t carry it, and a link that expires in a few days means sending it all again.
Can my client download the raw clips?
Yes. Put them in a folder on the same link. Turn on Downloads before approval if your client needs them before signing off on the edit.
How much footage fits?
Free holds 5 GB with 1 hour of video. Solo is $20 a month with 1 TB and 15 hours of video, and Studio is $59 with 2 TB and 50 hours. Every plan says its video hours beside its room.
Does the link expire?
Not unless you set an expiry date. A delivered project stays open, with its downloads, for as long as you keep it.
Does my client need an account?
No. Your client opens the link in any browser, on a phone or a computer, and types a name the first time they leave a note. There’s nothing to sign up for and no app to install.
Keep reading.
- Photo delivery for real estate photographers
- How to send large video files
- How to share raw photos with a client
- Compared with WeTransfer
- Client review for architectural photographers
- Video delivery for real estate videographers
New here? See what DropYourFiles does, or compare the plans.
Try it free on your next job.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Your client never makes an account.