Why photographers choose ShotRevive
Most recovery software is built to find as many files as possible. ShotRevive is built to give photographers and videographers their shoot back, and to be honest about every file.
A verdict for every file
Typical recovery tools: A huge “files found” count, then hours of opening files one by one to find out which ones are broken.
ShotRevive: ShotRevive is built to check every recovered photo and clip and mark it whole, damaged, or not recovered, with a recovery report you can share with a client.
Your shoot back, not a pile of files
Typical recovery tools: Thousands of renamed files like file00042.jpg dumped into one folder.
ShotRevive: Original file names and folders wherever the card still has them, organized by camera and capture time so the shoot makes sense again.
RAW files handled properly
Typical recovery tools: RAW files found by signature and cut off wherever the next file seems to start. Some come back truncated or with part of another file attached.
ShotRevive: ShotRevive is built to understand formats like CR3, ARW, NEF, RAF and DNG: where each file really ends, whether it is intact, and its built-in preview so you can see your photos.
Interrupted recordings
Typical recovery tools: A clip from a camera that died mid-take usually will not open, and fixing it means buying a separate repair tool.
ShotRevive: Interrupted-clip repair is part of the same workflow, using a good clip from the same camera as a reference.
Your card is protected first
Typical recovery tools: Repeated scans straight off a card that may be failing, which can make things worse.
ShotRevive: Copy the card first, skipping damaged areas and coming back for them later, then recover from the copy. ShotRevive never writes to your card.
Honest when it cannot recover something
Typical recovery tools: Files that look finished but are not, discovered when a client asks for them months later.
ShotRevive: If ShotRevive cannot verify a file, it says so instead of handing you something that only looks complete. We publish our test results, including the misses.
Built by a working photographer
ShotRevive is shaped around the moment that matters: a failed card, a client waiting, and no patience for a cryptic recovery utility. Read more on the About page, or start with the six steps to take when a card fails.
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