For photographers
You shoot. FORGE handles the rest.
FORGE takes a shoot from the memory card to money in your bank account: selective import, professional non-destructive editing, per-image auto correction, branded client galleries with watermarked proofs, ordering, and secure expiring downloads — all under your own studio name.
One plan — R1 455 per month, cancel any time.
Everything in one workflow
Selective import
Pull frames straight from your camera card, USB drive or computer. Choose exactly what enters the shoot — nothing is uploaded that you did not pick.
Professional editing
A non-destructive Lightroom-style editor with real Light, Colour, Detail, Corrections and Transform controls. Undo, redo, before/after and copy-paste across a set.
FORGE Auto Edit
Every photograph is analysed on its own and given conservative, verified corrections — with skin-tone protection and stage lighting preserved. Batch a whole shoot, then fine-tune anything by hand.
Your own presets
Save the looks you actually use. Presets belong to your studio only — no shared or borrowed styles.
Branded client galleries
Your logo, your watermark, your prices. Clients open a gallery with a code you send them; nothing is public until you publish it.
Watermarked proofs
Clients browse watermarked proofs and 10-second video previews. Clean, full-resolution files are never exposed before payment.
Sell single images or bundles
Set a per-image price and package deals (for example 5 images for R200). Your buyers favourite, add to cart and check out as guests — no account needed.
You get paid directly
Customer payments go to your own banking details by EFT using the order number as reference. Your photo income never passes through FORGE.
Secure delivery
Mark an order paid and release it — the buyer gets an expiring, signed download link for the clean files, with a ZIP option and device-specific instructions.
Automatic retention
Galleries expire and are purged on a schedule, so old shoots do not linger in storage or on your conscience.
How it works
01
Sign up
Create your studio account and activate your subscription.
02
Set up your brand
Logo, watermark, colours and your own banking details for customer payments.
03
Import a shoot
Select frames from card, USB or computer.
04
Edit
Run FORGE Auto Edit across the batch, then refine by hand.
05
Price and publish
Build albums, set per-image and bundle pricing, then publish the gallery.
06
Send and get paid
Share the gallery link, customers order and pay you, you release the clean downloads.
Who it is for
Dance, stage and theatre. Difficult mixed lighting, hundreds of frames per show, parents who each want their own child's photos. Albums let you split a production into groups or teams so buyers find themselves fast.
Schools and sport. Publish a gallery per fixture or grade, price singles and bundles, and let families order and pay without a single phone call.
Events and portraits. Deliver a branded proof gallery the same evening, then release clean, full-resolution files the moment payment lands.
Questions
- Who is FORGE for?
- Independent photographers and small studios who shoot events, dance, sport or schools and want to sell images without building their own website.
- Do my clients need an account?
- No. They open your gallery with the code or link you send them and check out as guests.
- Is FORGE branded on my client's gallery?
- No. Galleries carry your studio brand and watermark. FORGE stays behind the scenes.
- How do I receive money from my clients?
- Directly, by EFT into your own bank account using the order number as the reference. FORGE only charges you the monthly subscription.
- Can I cancel?
- Yes, at any time from the Plan page in your studio. You keep access until the end of the paid period.
- Does Auto Edit use generative AI on my subjects?
- No. It only applies conventional tonal and colour corrections. It never alters or invents anything in the photograph.
Start selling your work properly
R1 455 per month. Everything included. Cancel any time.
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