Every cut of the same video lives under one review. Versions are numbered, the newest opens by default, and older ones stay one click away with their own comments.
How a new version is created
Upload the new cut to the same task and it becomes the next version. If you upload a file whose name resembles one already in the workspace, RecReview offers the choice up front — Similar Versions Detected, with Add as Version 2 or Create separate project.
The versions panel lists every cut with its thumbnail, number, date and comment count. The one you are on is marked This version.
With AI Review on, a new version also gets each comment from the previous cut checked as done, partial or not done — see Check the previous version’s requests.
Who has seen each version
Next to the comment count, each version shows the avatars of the people who opened it and how many they are. Hover over them to read Viewed by and the names.
For your team, a version that someone outside the workspace has opened also shows a line such as Client viewed 2 hours ago. It answers the usual question before a follow-up message: has the client watched the new cut yet?
The Show “Viewed by” switch in Workspace Settings → Client portal, under Visibility, turns this off. When it is off, nobody sees who viewed — your team included.
Internal versions and the client
Not every cut goes to the client. When the client opens a review whose version history includes rounds you kept inside the team, those versions appear locked, with the Internal Version label and the line This version was not sent for your review. The client cannot open them and does not see their comment count or who viewed them. The versions they can open are the ones shared with them.
Viewing an older version
Open it from the versions panel. Say you open v1 while v3 is the latest:
- A discreet notice at the top of the video reads A newer version is available, with an Open v3 button.
- The comment box is replaced by Version 1 is closed for comments, and its Comment on v3 button takes you to the latest cut.
- Compare with v3 opens the latest cut side by side with the one you are watching, to see what changed.
Compare two versions
- Open the versions panel.
- Click Compare on the version you want to hold against the current one. Both cuts open together, with a toolbar above them.
- Pick a mode in the toolbar:
- Side by Side — both cuts, in sync, next to each other. A second toggle switches between a horizontal and a vertical layout, for social formats.
- Split — one image, a divider you drag across the frame.
- Overlay — one on top of the other, with a slider to blend between them. Best for catching a graphic that moved a few pixels.
- Use the two toggles on the right to choose which version supplies the audio and which one supplies the comments shown.
Both players stay locked to the same timecode, so scrubbing moves them together.
Tip: Overlay at 50% is the fastest way to prove a colour or a title position actually changed between cuts.
What’s next
Share a video link explains how to decide whether the client sees the whole version history or just the cut you sent.