Suppose you love to shoot videos, but not to edit them. You've just been to a family gathering, and Uncle Eddy says "Everyone send your videos to me and I'll edit them into a wonderful family movie."  How do you get your files to Uncle Eddy? How does Uncle Eddy get the edited movie back to you?

As most of you already know, there is a problem with sending large files over the web.  In the Secrets of Flip HD Camcorders series, we have introduced you to a number of ways getting around this problem, using the "Share" features in FlipShare to share via email, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, or Flip Channels.  But there is no FlipShare feature to send the original files in uncompressed form to someone else.

It turns out that there are services that allow you send files up to 2 gigabytes in size to another person, and in some cases, it's free.  To find them, simply type "send large files" (in quotes) into Google.  You will find a range of services offered and they usually have a free plan, and some other plans that offer different advantages.  For example, the free plan may have a lower priority, and thus a longer upload/download time, than the paid plans.  Paid plans may offer permanent file storage, or allow bigger or more frequent file transfers.

Here are a few to check out:

• http://www.dropsend.com/
• http://www.sendthisfile.com/
• http://www.sendspace.com/
• http://www.transferbigfiles.com/

One final trick... If the program limits you in the number of transfers you can make in a given period of time, use a program like WinZip or jZip (which is a great, free alternative to WinZip) to pack many files into one.  Uncle Eddy will have to use a similar program to unpack them on the other end.