Hedge has announced the launch of DropOff, a web-based file-sharing service designed to streamline the process of sending and receiving files to and from LucidLink filespaces for external collaborators. This service aims to simplify creative workflows by providing an intuitive platform that requires no credit card to sign up and offers the first 20GB of data transfer for free.
DropOff addresses the common challenges of collaborating with external parties without compromising information security or requiring extensive setup efforts. It allows users to easily share files with collaborators who do not have access to their Filespace by creating a DropOff Link, accessible from any device.
One of the key benefits of DropOff is its ability to automate the organization and distribution of files, eliminating the need for manual downloading and re-organizing. This functionality is supported by LucidLink’s focus on security, distinguishing their Filespaces from typical cloud storage solutions and providing a secure foundation for DropOff.
DropOff offers several features to enhance user experience, including direct file delivery to Filespaces, simple and secure credential validation, superfast and geo-aware uploads and downloads, and the ability to drop multiple files at once or over time. Users can manage their accounts from anywhere, receive web and email notifications about their file transfers, and a pay-as-you-go model with no subscription or license fees.
For more information, visit Hedge’s website.
Beyond the free 20GB, its $0.5 per GB, which seem a lot. Not sure how this fair with the likes of Google Drive, Dropbox etc.
It’s meant to work with LucidLink, which is a remote cloud based file system. The idea is that you do not need to copy your files off to another service to share them with a non-lucid link user i.e someone outside the studio. An example would be the delivery of a large project with many deliverables. You wouldn’t need to copy 180GB of files to dropbox or gdrive to share them with the client as they are already on Lucidlink.
If you aren’t familiar with it, I suggest you check it out. It’s simply amazing. We’ve been testing it out at our studio and it’s like black magic. Being able to work off a remote cloud drive nearly seamlessly with almost 0 interruptions or lag is fantastic for remote work. Everything is stored locally on your machine in hidden caches, but appears to the OS as a mounted drive. All the upload/download is done under the hood and never interrupts your work. Saving or opening a 500mb file, or 4GB prores happens just as if it’s local.
It’s orders of magnitude better than dropbox or gdrive as those are not designed to be worked off of live like a local disk. LucidLink is.
Wow! I’ve never heard of this before. If that’s how it works, it truly is awesome.