Data Recovery for Creatives: Designers, Artists, Filmmakers

When your creative projects vanish, the impact goes beyond files — it’s your ideas, hours of work, and client deadlines. At Dr IT Services, we provide data recovery for creatives, offering fast, reliable solutions for artists, designers, animators, filmmakers, and content creators.

Whether you’ve lost a design project, a photoshoot, or an entire video timeline — we’re here to get it back.

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🎨 Creative File Types We Recover

We support recovery of nearly all digital art and media formats, including:

• Design Files: .PSD, .AI, .INDD, .CDR, .XD, .SVG
• Photography & Video: .RAW, .TIFF, .JPG, .MP4, .MOV, .MXF
• Audio: .WAV, .MP3, .FLAC, .AUP3, .OMF
• 3D & Animation: .BLEND, .C4D, .FBX, .OBJ, .AE, .PRPROJ, .MPG
• Project Files: .ZIP, .RAR, .AEP, .PSB, .DAW, .LRCAT, .DRP, .FCPXML

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💡 Common Creative Data Loss Scenarios

• Formatted external SSDs or USB drives
• File corruption after power failure or OS crash
• Lost media from Adobe, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve projects
• Disconnected storage during render/export
• Deleted or overwritten layered files
• Bitrot or degraded storage on older archives
• Liquid damage to storage devices
• Faulty RAID or NAS systems used for media backup

“My Final Cut project crashed 2 days before client delivery. Dr IT recovered the original .FCPXML and associated assets – I met my deadline!”
– Sam R., freelance video editor

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⚙️ Our Creative Recovery Approach

1. Media Assessment & Diagnostics
   We identify file system damage and scan at sector level.
2. File Carving & Format Targeting
   We extract design and media formats even if directories are lost.
3. Metadata & Layer Restoration
   We recover embedded data where possible (e.g., PSD layers, camera EXIF, audio sync).
4. File Rebuilding & Verification
   Ensuring files open in original programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premiere Pro or Final Cut.

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🏆 Why Creatives Choose Dr IT Services

• ✅ Specialists in large, high-bitrate creative formats
• ✅ Trusted by videographers, freelancers, and design agencies
• ✅ Full support for Adobe, Affinity, Apple Pro apps, and more
• ✅ Over 20 years’ experience in digital data environments
• ✅ Award-winning service in the West Midlands

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🔗 Related Services

• 💾 External SSD or USB Not Working? »
• 🖥️ Need Your Device Fixed First? »
• 🍏 Work on a Mac? We Recover MacBook Media »
• ⚙️ Backup Setup & System Optimisation »

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📍 Creative Professionals We Serve

We help all types of creatives across Birmingham and surrounding areas:

• 🎬 Videographers, filmmakers, video editors
• 🎨 Illustrators, graphic designers, concept artists
• 📸 Photographers (portrait, product, event, fine art)
• 🎧 Audio producers, podcast editors, musicians
• 🎭 Theatre & media production teams
• 🖥️ Agencies, educators, freelancers, students

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❓ Data Recovery for Creatives – FAQs

Can you recover Photoshop files with layers intact?
Yes – if the file hasn’t been overwritten, we can often retrieve full .PSD structures.

Can you repair a corrupted Adobe Premiere or DaVinci project file?
We have tools to recover .PRPROJ, .FCPXML, and .DRP files with asset paths, timelines, and metadata.