Proofing galleries for photographers

Photo picks,
sorted in a snap.

Send one link. Your client can pick photos in the gallery, and we'll email you when the selection is finalized.

Create a gallerySee how it worksLightroom Classic plugin available (Mac)

Start with your Google account. Clients never sign up.

The app is currently available in Japanese only.

Run by Murayama Photo Office in Japan

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Before / After

All the back-and-forth, in one link.

Before

  • Mistyped or miscounted frame numbers
  • Notes scattered across chat and email
  • Copying picks into spreadsheets

papat

  • Stars and notes on the photo itself
  • Everyone's picks on one screen
  • Click “Finalize” to email you a list of selected photos
  1. 1

    Upload

    Upload from your browser.

  2. 2

    Send the link and passcode

    Clients don't need an account.

  3. 3

    Get the final picks

    Emailed to you.

Choose together

The light table,
now in the browser.

Designers, art directors, and PR teams can open the same gallery at once. Everyone sees stars and notes as they're added.

Try the demo gallery →

No sign-up. Nothing you do is saved. The gallery itself is in Japanese.

Your clients' photos are in our care.

  • Clients don't need an account
  • Passcode protection
  • Photos deleted when the gallery expires
  • Stars, tags, notes, and downloads
  • We never use your photos to train AI

Run by Murayama Photo Office in Japan →

Lightroom Classic

Even quicker,
in Lightroom Classic.

Pull in your client's picks in one go

The photos your client adopted gather in a Lightroom collection, ready to develop. Your client's notes and tags can come along too (you can turn them off in settings). Your ratings and color labels are never touched.

Publish galleries from Lightroom too

Select photos, publish from the menu, copy the ready-made message and send it to your client.

Mac only for now. Windows is in preparation.Installation guide →

Sending an already-exported folder? There is a command for that too. The papat command →

Why we built it

People make the final call.

papat was built for his own work by a working photographer who shoots advertising and editorial assignments.

It started as an attempt to let AI pick the photos. The lesson was simple: choosing is a human act.

papat doesn't choose the photos. It helps everyone see the same images and decide together.

— Murayama Photo Office

No monthly fee. Pay for what you use.

Billed at the end of each month for what you use. No charge in months you don't use papat. Your first eight galleries are free, no card required. All prices are in Japanese yen and include tax.

  • One gallery (up to 1,000 photos, 7 nights — open until 11:00 JST on day 8)about US$0.60¥88
  • A gallery of up to 88 photos¥8
  • Extend by 7 days, each time (up to 11:00 JST on day 29)+¥88
  • Viewers, passcodes, and downloads included¥0

FAQ

  • Upload JPEG photos. We keep a copy resized to 2048px on the long edge for selection; originals are not uploaded.
  • A gallery covers up to 1,000 photos, open until 11:00 JST on day 8. Beyond 1,000 photos, the Lightroom plugin splits the shoot into galleries of about 800 photos each, at shoot breaks (each gallery is ¥88).
  • Clients can pick, star, tag and add notes to photos, and download them.
  • Downloads are the resized images (2048px on the long edge), not the originals.

Received photos through papat?

No sign-up, no app. Just open it, pick, and finalize.

Next time, ask your photographer to share them with you on papat. No account needed.