Sending a cut
How to send a video to a client for review.
“Watched it. Small thing at the end.” Which end? The cut is four minutes long.
Getting the file to your client is the easy part. Getting notes you can act on is the job. This is how to send a cut so your client’s feedback lands on the second it’s about.
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What your client does on the link.
Your client watches
Your client opens the link on a phone or a computer and watches the film, with the photos right beside it. No account, no app to install.
Your client points at what to change
Your client pauses and types, and the note sticks to that second of the film. On a photo or a PDF page, your client taps the exact spot, and can draw on it.
Your client approves
When it’s right, your client presses Approve and confirms once. The watermark comes off. On a job with photos and film, your client can approve each one separately.
Your client downloads the finals
The full-size files open for download on the same link, one by one or all at once. You don’t send anything new.
Step by step.
Upload the cut
Drop the file into a project. It’s prepared for smooth playback on any phone, and a watermark goes on while it’s in review.
Send one link
Copy the link and send it however you talk to your client: a text, an email, a message.
Your client watches and leaves notes
Your client pauses where something needs to change and types. Each note keeps its second.
You upload the next cut over the last
Same link, new version. Your client can still open the earlier round.
Your client approves and downloads
Approve takes the watermark off and opens the full-size file on the same link.
Other ways to send it, and what goes missing.
A Dropbox or Google Drive link, a WeTransfer, a private Vimeo link: each gets the file to your client, and some take a comment at a moment in the film too. What you want is the whole loop on one link: notes on the second, a clear approval, and the final files waiting on the same page.
Questions.
What’s the best way to send a video to a client for review?
Send a link your client can watch on a phone, that takes notes on the exact second, and that becomes the download once your client approves. That’s what DropYourFiles does, and it’s free to start.
Should I send the full-resolution file for review?
No. Your client watches a version prepared for smooth playback, with a watermark. The full-size master opens for download when your client approves.
How do I stop my client downloading before approval?
On DropYourFiles the full-size downloads open when your client presses Approve. Until then your client watches and leaves notes.
How long does the link last?
As long as you keep the project, unless you set an expiry date yourself.
Keep reading.
- Video proofing your client will actually use
- How to import comments into Final Cut Pro
- Client review without an account
- How many revision rounds for a video?
- Free tool: client notes to Final Cut markers
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