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Client review

Everything between sending a cut and hearing yes: review links, approvals you can prove, clients who go quiet, early downloads, big files and the portal where the client finds it all.

Review link settings with password and expiry date
Client enters a name and email to open the video, no account needed

Client review

How to share a video with clients for review

An attachment or a WeTransfer link gets the file to the client. The notes still come back by email, WhatsApp and phone. What a review link has to do, and a checklist for the moment you hit send.

Samuel Silva · Oct 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Home list of what needs attention, with videos in client review projected to be late

Client review

Client taking too long to approve? How to get video feedback without nagging

The cut went out a week ago and the client has gone quiet. Why approvals stall, what to settle before you send, how to follow up without nagging, and what the contract should say about the wait.

Samuel Silva · Oct 20, 2026 · 7 min read

Client portal with the project’s videos, each one’s version and an approved video
Client request about the logo in the 9:16 version marked as resolved

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How to write the final video delivery email to a client

The delivery email gets forwarded to people who never saw the project. What goes in the package, how to make clear which file is the final, until when the link works, and a template you can copy.

Samuel Silva · Oct 15, 2026 · 8 min read

Comment on the frame with replies from two people
Approval of version 2 with who approved and when

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How to handle conflicting feedback from multiple stakeholders

Marketing wants it shorter, legal wants a disclaimer and the CEO wants the old music back. Why notes from several approvers clash, what to agree at kickoff and what to send when two notes contradict.

Samuel Silva · Oct 14, 2026 · 8 min read

Recent activity on the link with who opened the video, when they last did and how many times

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How to know if a client watched your video

"Did you get a chance to look?" is the message production companies send most. What a view tells you and what it doesn't, why knowing who watched means asking for a name, and how to use it without being creepy.

Samuel Silva · Oct 9, 2026 · 7 min read

Review link settings with a password set and an expiry on November 14
Version 2 of the task with its length, resolution and frame rate, and the earlier version below

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How to send large video files to clients without losing quality

Email stops at 25 MB, a drive preview isn't the file and transfer links expire. Why review and delivery need different links, and what to check so the client gets the exact file you exported.

Samuel Silva · Oct 5, 2026 · 7 min read

Task board grouped by blocker, with Client Review and Client Delivery columns
Contact roles switched on: only client managers approve and download the final delivery

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How to design a video approval workflow

A video approval workflow decides who sees each cut, who can only comment and who signs off, how long each step gets and what happens when something changes after the yes. How to set one up before the first round.

Samuel Silva · Oct 4, 2026 · 6 min read

Retouch compared with the previous version in a split view
Gallery photo with a circle drawn by the client

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Photo proofing and client approval: getting retouches signed off

Picking favorites is one job and approving the retouch is another. How to get notes marked on the photo, compare against the original, run rounds and choose the files for review and for delivery.

Samuel Silva · Sep 30, 2026 · 8 min read

Task activity history with the version sent to the client, automations and resolved comments

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Proof of client approval on a video: what to record and how

A thumbs-up on WhatsApp feels like a sign-off until the client says they never approved that cut. What a usable approval record contains, and how to capture approvals given in chats, calls and meetings.

Samuel Silva · Sep 28, 2026 · 8 min read

A client contact’s history with views, comments, downloads and approvals

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How to stop clients downloading your video before they pay

A client who already has the file is in less of a hurry to pay the last invoice. Watermarks, low-res copies, view-only links, the contract clauses that do most of the work, and what none of them can stop.

Samuel Silva · Sep 24, 2026 · 6 min read

Recordings calendar in the client portal, with the month’s shoot days listed on the left
Identification screen with the studio’s logo and the client’s, asking for a name and email to open the video

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A client onboarding checklist for video production: the first 30 days

The first month with a new client sets how every review round after it goes. A checklist for the kickoff call, the people and files to collect, the review and delivery rules, and a welcome email you can copy.

Samuel Silva · Sep 21, 2026 · 8 min read

Client portal deliveries as a board, in Production, Post-Production and Completed columns
Portal sign-in with the studio’s logo and the client’s, by email code, Google or Microsoft

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What is a client portal? A guide for video production teams

A client portal is one page per client with what needs their review, what you've delivered and when the next shoot is. What it solves for a production company, what's decoration and what to ask before you pick one.

Samuel Silva · Sep 18, 2026 · 7 min read

The task’s production section: shoot day 1 of the plan, the call time marked as recorded 35 minutes late, recording time, final length and a note for the crew
Kanban card with client and project, video code, version 1, the Post-production phase, client review, a running timer and the due date

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A glossary of video production terms for clients

Rough cut, picture lock, B-roll, call sheet, master. The terms clients hear from a production company, grouped by stage from brief to delivery, each explained in a sentence or two.

Samuel Silva · Sep 17, 2026 · 7 min read

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