<p>D took a portfolio development class last year and has kept in touch with the professor. She is willing to help D edit her portfolio if we send it to her via email. We have a file of all her art photographed. What is the best way to send the art to her? Tried it as an attachment on gmail, but file is big and is being delayed. </p>
<p>We can re-send and try to break it into 2 emails/ attachments, but I was wondering if there is any other better way to do this. Are there any ways of making a secure link that she could access?</p>
<p>First, try to “zip”/compress all of the files into one (i.e. a .zip file). This will reduce the file size a bit, and make it easier for your recipient to open all of the files at once. </p>
<p>Once you do that there are a couple of options. As drae mentioned there is Dropbox, which is a great free service–it requires you to download a program, but once you do a Dropbox folder with all of the shared files will appear on your menu/in your finder (for Mac users) rather than just email attachments.</p>
<p>Another option is Yousendit, also free for a certain file size. Again, your recipient would have to have a Yousendit account, but they don’t have to download anything.</p>
<p>Finally, you can simply try reducing your file size. Look at the pixels, dpi, and file type you’re using and see if you can cut any of those down. It should be fine to reduce the quality/size a little for these files if it is mostly for the purposes of critique/editing.</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any more questions! I often have to send large files so I’ve been through the ringer here.</p>