How to get photos to an editor or second shooter in real time
On bigger jobs the photographer and the editor are different people, and the editor is dead in the water until the cards come off the camera. By the time selects reach them, the moment — and often the deadline — has passed.
Decouple shooting from editing
If the editor can see frames as you take them, the two jobs run in parallel instead of in sequence. That's the difference between delivering at the end of the night and delivering as the event unfolds — and it's only possible if the photos leave the camera in real time.
Stream into a shared space
CloudTether tethers your camera and uploads each shot to a shared destination the moment you fire: a Dropbox or Google Drive folder the editor is watching, or a Slack channel where selects appear in the editor's feed as you shoot. They pull, cull and process while you keep working.
Great for press, sports and live events
A photographer on the field and an editor at the desk is the classic newsroom setup. With frames landing in a watched folder or an FTP pipeline within seconds, the editor can file to the wire while the game is still on — no waiting for a card run.
One shoot, multiple recipients
On the Pro plan you can deliver to more than one destination at once — for example a Slack channel for the editor and a Dropbox folder for the archive — so everyone who needs the frames gets them from the same session.
FAQ
Can my editor start working before I finish shooting?
Yes — that's the point. Frames land in the shared folder or channel within seconds of capture, so the editor can cull and process while you're still on the job.
Can I send to Slack and a cloud folder at the same time?
Yes. CloudTether's Pro plan supports delivering each shot to multiple destinations at once, so an editor's Slack channel and an archive folder both stay current.
Solve it with CloudTether
Tether your camera to your phone over USB or Wi-Fi and deliver every shot to the cloud, live as you shoot — no laptop.