Video Delivery to Clients From Google Drive

What makes this delivery hard today

Transfer links expire, and the client always comes back for the film after they've expired.
A 40 GB delivery means an overnight upload to a platform that will then charge you to store it.
Clients want to watch before they download, but a raw Drive folder makes them download first to see anything.
Hybrid jobs end up split across two deliveries — stills in one place, video in another.

The GalleryLink workflow

1
Export into the job's Drive folder
Your NLE already writes there, or your backup does. Masters, social cutdowns, and stills can each live in their own subfolder — those become scenes in the gallery.
2
Publish the folder as a gallery
Paste the folder link, pick a theme, and set a password if the work is under embargo. Nothing is transcoded or copied — GalleryLink lists what's in the folder and plays it from Drive.
3
The client watches, then downloads
Clips play inline in the lightbox, so the client can review on a phone without pulling down a 12 GB file first. When they're ready, the download button gives them the original.
4
Version without resending
Round two of notes, a new cutdown, a vertical crop for social — drop them in the folder. The link the client has already shared internally picks them up.

Why it fits videographers & hybrid shooters

No upload ceiling, no bandwidth bill

Files stream from Google's infrastructure rather than through GalleryLink, so a large delivery is limited by your Drive, not by a per-file cap or a transfer allowance.

Photos and video in one gallery

Hybrid shooters deliver the whole job as one link, with a Photos/Videos filter for clients who only want one or the other.

Links that outlive the project

No expiry window. The client who needs the film again for next year's deck opens the same URL and it still works.

Embargo-friendly

A Pro password plus a random slug keeps an unreleased brand film off the open web, and client galleries carry a noindex so search engines don't list them.

Your brand on the handoff

Pro puts the delivery on your own subdomain with your logo and type — a better last impression than a generic transfer page with an ad on it.

What it costs

The free plan publishes one live gallery — enough to try this on a real job. Pro is $5/mo or $50/yr for unlimited galleries, password protection, every theme and layout, and your own studio subdomain. Your photos stay in your Google Drive either way, so nothing here is priced by storage.

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Questions videographers & hybrid shooters ask

How do I send large video files to a client?+

Put the exports in a Google Drive folder, share it as "Anyone with the link", and publish it with GalleryLink. The client gets one link where clips play inline and download at original quality. Nothing is re-uploaded or transcoded, so there's no file-size ceiling beyond your Drive storage and no transfer allowance to run out.

Do the videos stream or do clients have to download first?+

They stream. Clips play inline in the lightbox straight from Drive, so a client can review on their phone and only download the master when they actually need the file.

Does a big video delivery cost me bandwidth?+

No. GalleryLink never proxies file bytes — playback and downloads go directly between the viewer and Google's servers, so a heavily watched delivery doesn't generate a bill for you.

Can I deliver photos and video together?+

Yes. Mixed folders render as one gallery with a Photos/Videos filter, which is the usual setup for hybrid shooters delivering a full job in a single link.

What formats work?+

Anything Google Drive can play in a browser — H.264/H.265 MP4 and MOV cover almost all client deliveries. Files that Drive can't preview are still listed and downloadable.