The new way to compress raw files and save on photo storage

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Best Photo Technology 2020
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Meet Rawsie, raw image compression app with up to 5:1 file size reduction for your Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm

No resolution change
No bit count change
No lossy artifacts
No color loss
89MB
original
raw file
16MB
optimized raw
Unmatched image quality

Meet Rawsie, raw image compression app with up to 5:1 file size reduction for your Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm

No resolution change
No bit count change
No lossy artifacts
No color loss
From
89MB
original
raw file
To just 16MB
optimized

Save hundreds on new HDD/SSD and NAS upgrades

Enjoy faster remote upload/download speed and extra cloud capacity with no plan upgrades

Exactly what I wanted. I run every photo through Rawsie for serious storage savings Sam Hurd
Thanks to load time, Rawsie made it possible to entirely operate from the cloud James Day

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Cull, edit and share your work up to 5 times faster with smaller raw files

Optimize your carbon impact with smaller data volumes and lower power consumption

My favorite part is that my compressed files work extremely faster in Lightroom Valeria Bross
The best way to be digitally efficient and sustainable Joy Zamora

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3 clicks to save you TBs of space. Watch a 5 min walkthrough

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How photographers save with Rawsie

Make your Lightroom catalog faster and save on storage, keep all the edits

Choose folders to compress
Import a Lightroom catalog file (*.lrcat) into Rawsie
Use files in your Lightroom like your regular raw files

Compress new unlinked files right after the session to speed up culling and editing

Compress
Drop files from folders or a card reader to Rawsie
Cull and edit compressed files in your favorite software (Lightroom, Capture One, Photo Mechanic etc) just like your regular raw files

Output DNG files
work in your software

0.6 sec/img
compression speed

50+ cameras supported
and counting

Free license for your second machine included

The first raw image compression algorithm designed for human eye and machine vision equally. Rawsie optimizes the noise encoding at the raw pixel level without compromising the signal

Storage is cheap. For everyone but photographers with 3 backups, thousands of images per session and a creative business to run

Save on HDD/SSD
Save on next NAS upgrade
8TB IronWolf × 4
4 bay NAS station
4TB IronWolf × 4
$545
$420
Keep station, upgrade disks to 8TB:
$1208
Buy another 4 bay station:
$965
Total
Transfer data faster
No Rawsie
With Rawsie
Upload, 30 Mbps, min
Download,
70 Mbps, min
No Rawsie
With Rawsie
Archive,
TB
4TB drives, items
You benefit
Your benefit for 3 backups in 5 years:
You benefit
Calculated for average remote connection.

Loved by photographers around the world


See how you save tons of $ in a few minutes. Real magic in front of your eyes
Fer Juaristi @ferjuaristi

Exactly what I wanted. I run every photo through Rawsie for serious storage savings
Sam Hurd @iamthesam

Game changer! I can now have half the amount of hard drives collecting dust with this beautiful app
Jai Long @jailong.co

It's a blessing. The best part is that raw files look exactly the same, no quality loss
Monika Frias @latxina

Because of Rawsie I won't be buying new HDDs anytime soon
Govinda Rumi, Terralogical @govindarumi

All of our work has gone through this. There is a workflow before and after Rawsie
Theresa and Dado of @artemagna

See how you save tons of $ in a few minutes.
Real magic in front of your eyes
Fer Juaristi @ferjuaristi

It's a blessing. The best part is that raw files look exactly the same, no quality loss
Monika Frias @latxina

Because of Rawsie I won't be buying new HDDs anytime soon
Govinda Rumi, Terralogical @govindarumi

All of our work has gone through this. There is a workflow before and after Rawsie
Theresa and Dado of @artemagna

Exactly what I wanted. I run every photo through Rawsie for serious storage savings
Sam Hurd @iamthesam

Game changer! I can now have half the amount of hard drives collecting dust with this beautiful app
Jai Long @jailong.co
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