Supported file types

Goal: a quick reference for which formats FrameCourier accepts, and the size caps that apply.

Photos & documents

CategoryAccepted formatsMax size
Photos & documents JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, TIFF, PDF, HEIC/HEIF, RAW, PSD 500 MB each

HEIC / HEIF (iPhone photos)

Apple's HEIC/HEIF format is accepted directly — no need to switch your iPhone to "Most Compatible" mode before uploading. Like RAW and PSD files, the original is kept for download and a JPEG preview is generated automatically for on-screen viewing, thumbnails, and watermarking.

RAW formats

"RAW" covers a range of camera manufacturer formats, all routed through the same raw_extract queue job to produce a web-viewable preview. Commonly accepted extensions include:

  • Canon — cr2, cr3, crw
  • Nikon — nef, nrw
  • Sony — arw, sr2, srf
  • Adobe / DJI / others — dng
  • Fujifilm — raf
  • Olympus — orf
  • Panasonic — rw2
  • Pentax — pef
  • Samsung — srw
  • Leica / generic — raw, rwl
  • Kodak — dcr, kdc
  • Sigma — x3f
  • Hasselblad — 3fr, fff
  • Phase One — iiq

Photoshop documents (psd, psb) are also accepted and go through the same preview-extraction step as RAW files.

Watermarks must be uploaded as PNG files. EXIF metadata embedding only applies to JPEG and TIFF photos — see EXIF metadata & licences.

Videos, audio & subtitles

CategoryAccepted formatsMax size
VideosMP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WEBM2 GB each (or server-configured limit)
AudioMP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC2 GB each (or server-configured limit)
SubtitlesSRT5 MB each
Raw, unwrapped HEVC/H.265 elementary streams (.hevc, .h265, .265) are also accepted — uncommon outside specialized encoding pipelines, since cameras and editing software normally deliver HEVC inside an MP4 or MOV container already. Either way, any HEVC/H.265 video (containerized or raw) is automatically re-encoded to H.264/AAC in the background so it plays reliably in every browser.

SRT subtitle files are automatically matched to a video by filename when uploaded to the same collection — see Upload videos for how the pairing works.

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