Video review & approval

Notes that land on the frame.

Send a link. No login, no account, no explaining. The client pins a comment to a spot on the still, a moment in the cut, or a page of the PDF, draws or talks when words are slow, and approves on the record.

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The problem

Feedback arrives as 'the logo feels off' in an email, three texts and a phone call, about a file called final_v3_new. Nobody knows which frame they meant, which version they saw, or whether it was ever actually approved.

01Share it

A link your client will actually use.

Send the cut, the frame or the board as a link. The client opens it in any browser, types their name, and starts reviewing, with no account to make and nothing to install. Give it a respond-by date and the chasing happens for you.

  • No login for the client

    They open the link, type their name so you know who said what, and comment straight away.

  • Email it from the app

    Send the review link with a message, from inside the project.

  • Respond-by dates

    The client sees the date in amber, and in red once it has passed.

  • Reminders that stop

    An overdue review gets a nudge by email, at most three, two days apart, and none once they respond.

  • Every version on the link

    The client can open earlier versions and the notes left on them, while only the latest can be approved.

  • One link for the whole job

    A client portal lists every cut, frame and document you have shared on the project, with what is waiting on them first.

  • Downloads locked until approved

    The client can watch and comment but not download until the work is signed off, and it unlocks by itself on approval.

02Pins on the frame

Point at the exact spot.

Click anywhere on an image and write the note there. A numbered pin marks the spot and the comment sits beside it, so feedback is never 'the thing on the left'. PDFs work the same way, page by page, which is how a director's storyboard usually arrives.

  • Numbered pins

    Every note is pinned to the spot it is about and numbered to match the comment rail.

  • PDFs, page by page

    Each page gets its own pins, and page chips show how many notes each one has.

  • Zoom that stays sharp

    Fit, 1.5x, 2x and 3x, re-rendered at each size so small type is readable.

  • Your documents too

    Shot lists, storyboards, moodboards, props and the shooting schedule go through the same review.

03Frame-accurate video

Notes on the moment, not a timestamp in an email.

Pause on a frame and comment on it, or mark a whole stretch that drags. Markers sit on the timeline and clicking a note jumps straight to it. The player has what an editor expects, and the guides answer the question every commercial asks: does it survive the vertical cutdown?

  • Comment on a frame

    Pause and write. The note is pinned to that exact moment, in broadcast timecode.

  • Range comments

    Mark an in and an out for a note about a whole section. Clicking it plays just that stretch.

  • An editor's player

    J, K and L shuttle, frame stepping, playback speed from 0.25x to 2x, loop and volume.

  • Safe areas and crop masks

    Title and action safe, rule of thirds, and 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16 masks for social cuts.

  • Zoom and grab a frame

    Zoom to 2x or 4x and pan, or download the current frame as a still.

  • Transcripts

    Turn the dialogue and voiceover into timed text: search what was said, jump to it, comment on a line, and export it as captions.

  • Markers for the edit

    Download every note as timeline markers for Premiere, Resolve or Final Cut, at your sequence's frame rate.

04Draw and discuss

Draw on it. Then talk it through.

Sometimes the note is easier to draw than to write. Mark up the frame with arrows, boxes and circles, then discuss it in a thread until it is done and resolved.

  • Drawing tools

    Arrow, line, box, circle and freehand pen, in five colours, with undo and redo.

  • Drawings stay attached

    Selecting a comment replays its drawing, on any screen size.

  • Threaded replies

    The studio and the client reply under the note, so the conversation stays with the frame.

  • Reactions

    A quick thumbs up when the note is just agreement.

  • Resolve, filter and search

    Mark notes resolved, filter by open, resolved or yours, and search every comment.

  • Edit or delete your own

    People can fix their own notes, and only their own.

  • Voice notes

    Say the note instead of typing it, up to two minutes, on a frame or a moment. Clients can leave them too.

  • Team-only notes

    Flip a switch and a note stays inside the studio. The client's link never receives it.

05Versions and sign-off

Every round kept. One clear yes.

Upload the next version on top of the last. Nothing is lost: each version keeps its own notes, before and after can sit side by side, and the client approves or requests changes on the latest. Your team can greenlight it internally before the client ever sees it.

  • Versions, never overwritten

    v1, v2 and v3 all stay openable, each with the notes that were left on it.

  • Compare side by side or with a wipe

    Two versions of a still or a cut next to each other, or under a divider you drag. Video plays both in sync.

  • Approve or request changes

    One clear decision from the client, recorded against the version they saw.

  • Revision rounds against the SOW

    Set how many rounds the job includes and every deliverable shows how many the client has used, so an extra round is a conversation, not a freebie.

  • Internal review first

    Your team reviews and greenlights on the project's Review page before anything goes to the client.

  • In your notifications

    Every client comment and decision lands in the studio's bell, with their name on it.

  • Send options for a pick

    For generated shots, share a set of takes and get back stars, notes and one pick per reviewer.

The difference

A link, not a login.

The fastest way to kill a review round is asking a brand manager to create an account. Here the client clicks, types their name, and reviews. The crop masks are the other tell: every commercial job ships social cutdowns now, and 'does it survive the 9:16 crop' comes up in every session.

  • Zero client onboarding, on every plan, forever
  • Feedback flows back into the project, attributed and pinned
  • Approvals are records with timestamps, not vibes in a thread
NS

Coastline · cut v2 is ready for you

Northline Studio · respond by Fri

Open link
9:16 crop100:00:12:08
MT

Car clips the edge in the vertical. Can we reframe?

Maya Torres · typed her name, no account

A review link arriving by email, the client reviewing by name with no account, and a note on a frame with the 9:16 crop mask on.

More review can do

Due dates

Set a respond-by date; the portal shows it, amber then red.

Automatic reminders

Overdue reviews get a nudge, capped and spaced, stopping on response.

Batch review

Send a set of options and get back stars, notes, and one pick per reviewer.

Doc review

Shot lists, storyboards, moodboards and props run through the same canvas.

Client binder

One link holding everything you tick, and nothing you do not.

Filter and search

The comment rail filters open versus resolved, sorts by timecode, searches text.

Reactions

A curated emoji set, because sometimes the note is just agreement.

Notifications

Every client action lands in the studio's bell, attributed.

Stable viewing

The review canvas holds a neutral ground; the theme never shifts under artwork.

Also here

Lives alongside it.

Each of these is a page inside the project, on the same spine, so nothing is retyped between them.

Client binder

Everything the client asked to see, on one link.

  • A checklist over the project: everything is off until you say so
  • Boards, shot lists, call sheets and contacts, rendered as approved
  • One link for the client, one PDF when they want paper

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