Give feedback on your first video
In this tutorial, we’re going to give feedback on a video in Review Studio, pinning comments to exact moments, and then use the tools for working through feedback together. Video feedback only helps when everyone can find the moment it’s about, and reviewing with a colleague on a call is quicker when you can both see the same markup. By the end, you’ll have left timed feedback on a video, corrected a comment, marked up an asset live with a colleague, and measured part of a design.
This is part 3 of 3 in the reviewer tutorials. Previous: Make your first review decisions.
Prerequisites
To follow this tutorial, you need:
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An invitation to an active review that contains a video and at least one image, such as a poster or banner. Ask a colleague to create the review and add you as a reviewer.
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The same colleague, also in the review, and free for a short call during step 5.
You don’t need a Storyteq CMP account to give feedback: people invited by email can open the review from their invitation. If you do have an account, a user role with at least the Reviewer role for Reviews, under Adaptation Studio, also lists the review on your Reviews page. Each role’s permissions are listed in User role presets and permissions.
This tutorial builds on Give feedback in your first review, which covers opening a review, the markup tools, and completing a review.
What we’ll create
We’ll leave two pieces of feedback on the video: one on a single frame, and one on a whole scene. Then we’ll use the timeline to jump between them, correct one of our comments, and mark up the image live with a colleague. Finally, we’ll measure part of the image.
The tutorial takes about 20 minutes, including the videos, in six steps:
Step 1: Comment on a single frame
Feedback on a video is most useful when it points at the exact moment that needs to change.
We’re going to pause the video and leave feedback on one frame. This step’s video also covers steps 2 and 3.
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Open the review, and select the video asset.
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Play the video using the playback controls under the preview.
The controls include play and pause, playback speed, and full screen.
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Pause the video at a frame you’d like to change.
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Select a markup tool from the Tools menu, and mark the area of the frame.
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In the comment field, enter
The logo appears too late here., then select Post.
You’ll notice that:
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The comment appears in the comments panel on the right.
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The comment shows the exact timestamp of the frame you paused on.
Step 2: Comment on a scene
Some feedback is about a whole scene, not one frame. We’re going to leave a comment that covers a stretch of the video.
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Play the video to the start of a scene.
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Drag the arrow along the timeline to select the time range the scene covers.
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Mark up the frame, and enter
Shorten this scene by about a second. -
Select Post.
You’ll notice that this comment shows a time range, not a single timestamp.
Step 3: Jump between comments
Every comment on a video is also marked on its timeline, so anyone can go straight to it.
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Find the numbered markers on the video’s timeline.
There’s one for each comment, numbered in order.
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Select marker 1.
The video jumps to the frame from step 1, with your markup on it.
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Select marker 2.
The video jumps to the start of the scene from step 2.
This is how the people acting on your feedback will find it: they select a marker, not scroll through the video.
Step 4: Correct a comment
Comments can be changed for a short time after you post them, in case you think of something to add.
We’re going to add to our first comment.
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In the comments panel, find the comment
The logo appears too late here. -
On that comment, select .
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Add
Move it to the opening shot.to the end of the comment, and save it.
You’ll notice that the comment now reads The logo appears too late here. Move it to the opening shot.
You can edit or delete only your own comments, and only for two hours after posting. After that, comments are permanent, so the review keeps a reliable record. To delete one of your comments within that time, select on that comment.
Step 5: Mark up live with a colleague
When you’re discussing an asset on a call, presentation mode lets your colleague watch your markup as you draw it.
We’re going to share our markup on the image with a colleague in real time.
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Start a call with your colleague, and ask them to open the same review.
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Select the image asset.
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Turn on presentation mode.
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Mark up an area of the image while your colleague watches.
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Select Stop to end live annotation.
You’ll notice that your colleague sees each mark appear on their screen as you make it, without either of you posting anything.
Step 6: Measure part of a design
For designs with exact size requirements, such as print, Review Studio can measure an area for you.
We’re going to check the size of the logo on the image.
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With the image asset selected, select the measuring tool.
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Measure across the logo, from one edge to the other.
You’ll notice that the measurement is displayed in pixels. Use it to check a layout against a brief, such as a minimum logo size.
The finished review
Here’s what we’ve done in the review:
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Frame comment:
The logo appears too late here. Move it to the opening shot., pinned to one moment in the video. -
Scene comment:
Shorten this scene by about a second., covering a time range. -
Live markup: an area of the image, marked up while your colleague watched.
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Measurement: the logo’s width on the image, in pixels.
The review is still open. To finish your part, follow Step 6: Complete your review in the first review tutorial.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, you’ve learned how to:
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Comment on a single frame and on a time range of a video.
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Move between comments using the markers on the timeline.
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Edit a comment, and know the two-hour limit on changes.
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Mark up an asset live in presentation mode.
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Measure part of a design.
If you’re also a decision maker, continue with Make your first review decisions to approve or reject assets.