Cloutal, Inc.

Built for high-volume event photography and videography

Cloutal combines a native capture app that securely saves every frame with a hosted platform for delivering your work. Built for high-volume competitions, sporting events, performances, and event photography.

Photo Tether — coming soon Cloutal Preview — coming soon Cloutal Media — coming soon

A delivered client gallery in the Gallery tunnel design: the open gallery centre-stage as a tall card, the others angled away on either side like panels in a corridor.

Shoot & back up

Cloutal Preview on an iPad at the booth: a watermarked grid of the event's photos, several starred as favourites. — Preview at the booth

Two phones showing delivered client galleries: one a video-only showcase of a competition, one an album opening on its cover photo. — Deliver privately

Coming soon

Cloutal Photo Tether

For Mac · Versions for Canon EOS and for Sony cameras

Tethered capture that files and backs up every frame — automatically.

✓Files itself as you shoot. Each frame lands in the right person's folder the instant it fires — auto-numbered, no sorting later.
✓Backup you can trust. Mirrors every photo to a second drive or NAS in real time. Drive drops? A retry queue resumes on its own.
✓Review without leaving. Click a name to flip through that person's shots; star a keeper and it's copied to Favorites on the spot.

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Cloutal Preview

For iPad

A photo preview booth for events — on an iPad, straight off your NAS.

✓Every folder becomes a gallery. Point it at the NAS the cameras save to. New photos appear as they land — nothing is uploaded first, so it runs on the venue's own network.
✓Watermarked at the booth. Every frame carries the same watermark your Cloutal Media storefront applies: your logo, or your studio's name.
✓Customers star their favourites. The crew pulls the favourites up folder by folder and clears them for the next customer. Signed in to Cloutal Media, those stars reach your album for your team to approve.

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Cloutal Media

Web · Hosted SaaS

Deliver client galleries, showcase photos and video, and sell your work — on one hosted platform.

✓Client galleries that feel premium. Share albums and collections through private links, access codes, or per-client invites — photos and video, on any device.
✓Secure and private by default. Protected previews, optional watermarks, and expiring links keep your work yours — originals stay yours until you release them.
✓Video showcase, not just stills. Deliver finished video alongside the photos, in the same gallery, on any device.

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Who it's for

Made for the days you shoot thousands of frames.

Cloutal is purpose-built for high-volume event photography and videography — the shoots where the pace is relentless and every single frame has to reach the right person.

Competitions & tournaments

Hundreds of entrants, back-to-back rounds. Every competitor's shots file themselves, so galleries can go out the same day.

Sporting events

Teams, heats, and fast action. Keep each athlete's photos separated and mirrored to backup as you shoot.

Dance & performance

Long recital and showcase programs. Sort by dancer or entry number and deliver to every family.

Schools & graduation

Class after class, name after name — high-volume days without the sorting marathon afterward.

Conventions & expos

Portraits, booths, and step-and-repeats. Capture at volume and get galleries out the same day.

Races & marathons

Thousands of frames along the course. Organized, backed up, and ready to deliver by bib or by name.

See the software

Built for the pace of a live event.

Cloutal Photo Tether runs on the Mac at your table — filing every shot under the right person and backing it up in real time while you keep shooting.

Roster of names filed automatically, each with a live photo count; green marks shots that are safely in.

Everyone filed automatically

Each competitor gets their own folder the instant the shutter fires — no sorting later.

Per-person review with one-click favorites and quick folder navigation.

Review without leaving

Click a name to flip through their shots and star the keepers on the spot.

Verified real-time backup with a writable check, retry queue, and live storage status.

Backup you can trust

Every frame mirrored to a second drive or NAS in real time, with a retry queue if it drops.

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How it ties together

From the shutter to the sale — one workflow.

Capture and protect your work at the venue with Photo Tether; deliver it online with Cloutal Media. One path from the moment you shoot to the moment a client opens their gallery.

Cloutal Photo TetherAt the venue

Capture tetheredEvery frame, the instant it fires

Filed & backed upSorted by person, mirrored live

Auto-sync soon

Cloutal MediaOnline · coming soon

Deliver galleriesPrivate links, photos & video

Shared securelyProtected previews, expiring links

Your clients open their gallery from any device — no app required.

Coming: Photo Tether connects straight to Cloutal Media. Today they're two focused tools. Soon, the photos you capture in Photo Tether will flow directly into your Cloutal Media galleries — no manual upload, no export step. Capture on one, deliver on the other.

Why Cloutal

Built by photographers and videographers, for the venue and the studio.

Native & offline-first

Native apps for Apple platforms — a Mac app for capture and an iPad app for the booth, signed & notarized, and fully usable when the venue Wi-Fi isn't.

Your work stays yours

Real-time backup, protected previews, and secure delivery. Originals aren't exposed until you say so.

One company, end to end

From the moment the shutter fires to the moment a client opens their gallery — capture and deliver without stitching tools together.