Every creative project has moments where the work stops. A file needs to be downloaded. A drive needs to arrive. A folder needs to sync. Somewhere between the shoot and the first edit, hours disappear.
While creative teams have become more distributed, the infrastructure hasn’t kept up. The tools meant to connect teams have become the bottleneck.
Cloud workflows change that.
When media lives in a single, centralized system, teams are no longer passing files back and forth. They’re working from the same source, with everything accessible in one place. This unification creates a foundation for faster collaboration, better organization, and entirely new ways of working with media.
Frame.io Drive brings that shift directly into your existing workflow.
Mount Frame.io projects to your desktop, and your media is live in Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects, and every other tool your team uses. No waiting for downloads. Work can start the moment you mount the project.
Mount your project and start working immediately
Frame.io Drive is a desktop application that connects your Frame.io projects to your computer. Once mounted, your media appears in Finder or Explorer and behaves like local files inside your creative tools.
Editors open footage directly in Premiere, designers access layered assets in Photoshop, and motion designers begin compositing in After Effects—all without downloading anything first. Your team can truly move straight into editing, design, and review immediately.
Frame.io Drive builds on the foundation of the Frame.io Transfer app, carrying forward all the capabilities while expanding how your team can access and work with media across projects.
I can open Premiere or After Effects—and I don’t know what the magic is behind it—but the file is not even fully downloaded and it’s already playing
Shipped drives and sync tools have slowed creative work for years.
Large assets take time to move. Sync creates version conflicts. Drives arrive late or with the wrong folder structure.
Frame.io Drive removes that friction by streaming media on demand. As you open and work with files, only the necessary data is accessed, while local caching ensures smooth playback and responsive performance.
You can begin working as soon as you open a file, without managing downloads or duplicate copies.
One shared workspace for every team
Creative production rarely happens in one location.
A shoot runs in New York, editorial is in Los Angeles, design works in London, and marketing finalizes in Chicago. Each team needs reliable access to the same media.
With Frame.io Drive, everyone mounts the same project and works from one source. There is no need to send transfer links, maintain separate storage systems, or ship drives between locations. Teams stay aligned because they are all working from the same files, in the same project, at the same time.
This shared workspace becomes a single source of truth for your entire production. Media, metadata, permissions, and project structure all live together, making it easier to find what you need, track progress, and keep teams coordinated. Instead of managing copies, teams work directly on the same underlying assets.
When everything is unified in one place, new possibilities open up. Media can be searched, organized, and processed across entire projects. Workflows can be automated and extended. The system becomes more than storage and shifts to become an integral part of the creative process.
Just as important at the beginning of a project
Creatives have always brought finished work to Frame.io for review. With Frame.io Drive, that workflow expands to the beginning of the process, where assets live from day one.
Ingest media into Frame.io, mount your project, and start collaborating immediately. From first capture through final delivery, work stays connected inside Frame.io—reducing handoffs and keeping everyone aligned throughout production.
Built on Frame.io Mounted Storage
Frame.io Drive is powered by Frame.io Mounted Storage, a new architecture built for real-time access to large media files.
Media streams as applications request it, while local caching keeps performance fast on even the largest files. Teams can now work with high-resolution assets without waiting for full downloads.
The power of real-time file access is included with every Frame.io account. All media, metadata, permissions, and workflows remain fully managed within Frame.io, so you can continue to operate in a single, secure system. Your content lives solely within Frame.io and is never shared with third parties. Frame.io Drive and Frame.io Mounted Storage build on streaming technology provided by Suite Studios, an industry-leading provider of tools for creative teams.
Availability begins April 15
Frame.io Drive and Mounted Storage will roll out in phases. Access for Enterprise customers begins today and will continue over the coming weeks. Accounts on all other Frame.io plans will follow shortly thereafter. Join the waitlist now and you will be notified when your account is ready.
Kyle Gesuelli is Senior Director of Product Marketing at Frame.io. Since 2017, he's helped over seven million creatives work faster and argue less about which version is actually final.
