I used existing software to run the studio, but I needed a faster way to organise my workflow and share photos in one place.
CreateFu has all the features a commercial photographer needs, but is so simple your clients will just get it.
Yes. It's completely free for them and they only need a single account to receive photos from multiple photographers - so they may already have one.
When you share photos with a new client, they will receive an email with a link. Once they've entered their name and password they have can view the photos you sent them.
The next time you share with them, they will just receive a notification and can login to view the photos.
All plans include unlimited clients and sessions.
This depends on how large your files are. To give you an estimate, if your JPG files are 7MB, you could store:
Starter: 1400 photos
Solo: 14,000 photos
Studio: 142,000 photos + unlimited extra storage available at 2p/GB per month
Yes. Once you've shared the photos your client can reshare them with others, and save them to their devices.
If you're sharing with a company, your contact can set up a group and invite other employees to view your photos. This saves you maintaining a list of who can access each session.
The Studio plan allows multiple users.
If you have someone who deals with your scheduling, editing, or sharing, you can simply invite them to your account and let them work on your behalf.
Everything from the Studio plan is included, however storage is limited to 1TB. If you need more you will have to start a plan.
You'll get a great idea of whether CreateFu is for you during this time.
Your creator account will be paused. Your sessions, clients, and photos will remain stored for a short period, but you will not be able to access them, nor will anybody you've shared with.
Once you've signed up to a plan, your account will be back to normal.
Press share, then enter the person's email address. Done.
Doesn't matter if you are the creator of the photos or the client receiving them, sharing is always this straight forward.
Yes. You can remove a share at any point and the recipient will lose access immediately, as will anyone they have shared the photos with.
Note: This only applies to the CreateFu website/apps. If the person has downloaded the photos to their device they will still have the photos.
If you reach the storage limit of the Starter or Solo plans, you will need to upgrade to a higher plan.
If you are on the Studio plan, 1TB of storage is included. If you exceed this you will be charged 2p/GB per month, to cover storage costs. This way we can offer unlimited storage and mean it.
Note: Extra storage is calculated daily, so if you briefly go over you will only be charged for that day, not the whole month.
All modern iPhones, iPads, and Android devices are supported.
The CreateFu website will run on any modern browser, should you or your clients prefer not to use the app.
The iOS/Android apps allow you to download entire sessions straight to your camera roll.
The apps are also faster loading and more responsive, especially when on poor mobile signal.
No. The iOS/Android apps are both free to download and use.