Every photographer wastes time finding client-selected RAWs after a shoot. Copycat is a lightweight desktop app that automatically finds and copies matching RAW files by name — saving hours every week.
You shoot a full-day project — maybe a wedding, a product catalog, or a fashion campaign.
You come home with thousands of RAW files. You back them up, color-code them, maybe export small JPGs to send to the client.
A few days later, the client sends back their “final selects.”
It’s exciting… until you realize what comes next.
Now you have to find those exact 150–200 files buried somewhere inside thousands of RAWs.
You open Finder or Explorer.
You type filenames.
You cross-check, drag, copy, repeat.
Thirty minutes later, you’ve copied your files — and lost a bit of your soul.
Because it’s manual.
Most photographers don’t have a system that connects their client’s selections (usually compressed JPGs or exported previews) with their original RAW files.
And the problem multiplies when:
Every photographer has wasted time doing this.
It’s invisible labor that adds no creative value — just eats into your editing hours.
Copycat was built out of that exact frustration.
It’s a tiny desktop app that finds and copies matching RAW files automatically — based on filename.
You just tell it:
1️⃣ where your client’s selects are (your compressed JPG folder),
2️⃣ where your RAW dump is (the main shoot folder), and
3️⃣ where you want your final RAWs to go.
Then hit Start.
Copycat compares filenames (ignores extensions like .jpg or .CR3), matches the correct files, and copies them to your destination folder — all in seconds.
No scripting.
No manual searching.
No Excel sheets.
Just drag, match, and done.
You can download it at copy-cat.in.
It works on both Mac and Windows, and takes less than a minute to set up.
No learning curve.
No subscriptions.
Just one small app that saves you 30 minutes — every single project.
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photography workflow, organize RAW files, find client selects, copy RAW files automatically, file management for photographers
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