Send media assets journalists can review before downloading
WeTransfer gives every transfer a live preview page that opens directly in the browser. Journalists, editors, and photo desks can scroll through image galleries, watch rushes, listen to audio clips, and read PDFs without downloading a single file. No app, no account, and nothing to install on their end.
Browse files and folders, then download
In newsrooms and media organisations, speed matters as much as quality, and a preview page means recipients can assess footage, photography, and documents the moment a link arrives. Every file you send through WeTransfer gets a browsable preview page where editors can watch video, review images at high fidelity, and read through PDFs right in their browser before deciding what to pull down. Recipients can mark individual files as favorites and leave comments pinned to specific items, so creative feedback and editorial notes stay attached to the exact frame or document rather than scattered across a thread. Nothing is re-encoded or compressed in transit, so raw stills, broadcast-quality video, and audio files reach the other end exactly as you shot or edited them. When a transfer contains embargoed material or unpublished content, you can lock it behind a password or restrict access to a specific list of email addresses to keep it out of the wrong hands.
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FAQs
All your questions answered.
Recipients can preview images including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, HEIC, and RAW formats from major camera manufacturers, as well as MP4 and MOV video files, MP3 and WAV audio, and PDFs. For news and media workflows this covers everything from raw press photography and broadcast rushes to voice recordings and editorial briefs. Files display at a slightly lower resolution in the preview so the recipient can assess the content, and they can then choose to download the full original.
Yes. The preview page lets recipients browse every file in the transfer individually and download only the ones they want rather than pulling the entire package at once. For a news desk receiving a mixed transfer of photographs, video clips, and a press release, this means an editor can grab the three hero images they need without waiting for unrelated footage to finish downloading.
Yes. Anyone viewing the transfer preview can leave comments tied to individual files, so a picture editor can annotate a specific photograph or a producer can note a timecode issue on a video clip without sending a separate email. Comments can be left without a WeTransfer account, so contributors and freelancers are not blocked. The transfer owner receives an email notification for each new comment and can delete any comment from the preview.
You can add a password to any transfer before or after sending, so only recipients who have the password can open the preview or download the files. For tighter control, you can restrict access to a named list of email addresses, which means even someone with the link cannot get in unless their address is on your list. You can also enable download tracking to see exactly who accessed the transfer and when, which is useful for managing embargoed releases across multiple outlets.
Sending a transfer requires a free WeTransfer account, but recipients can preview and download files without signing up for anything. If your organisation wants contributors to submit files to you, you can share an upload request link, though uploading files to a request does require the sender to have a free account. For inbound submissions from a branded page, the same applies: the person uploading needs a free account, but the process is quick and the page can be set up to reflect your organisation's branding on paid plans.