Approve a cut or request changes
One click stamps the cut approved and notifies the sender. Not there yet? Your comments are the change request.
When the cut is right, tell the link, not the email thread. Review pages with feedback enabled carry an Approve button: one click stamps the cut approved and notifies the sender, with your name attached. And when it is not right yet, your comments are the change request, each one pinned to the frame it is about.
Approve the cut
Find the Approve button under the player, at the end of the row with the file name (on a phone, it sits in a bar at the bottom of the screen). Click it once. If you have not commented before, you will be asked for your name and email first, so the sender knows whose yes this is. No Approve button anywhere? The sender turned feedback off for this link, so reply in their message thread instead.
Expected result: the button turns green and reads Approved, and the sender gets a notification naming you and the file.
One click and the button turns green: Approved, with your name on it.
Changed your mind? Click it again to withdraw the approval. The sender is notified of that too.
Request changes
There is no separate "request changes" form, and that is deliberate. On a review link, the change request is the comment: pause where the problem is, describe the fix, press Send. The editor receives your note welded to the exact frame instead of a paragraph they must map onto the timeline themselves. A pattern that works for a full pass:
- Watch once without touching anything.
- Watch again, pausing to comment on each issue (drawing on the frame where words fall short).
- Finish with one plain comment summarizing the verdict: "Strong cut, three fixes above, then we are good."
Leave Approve alone until a later round earns it.
If several files are on the link
Each file collects its own approval. Approving the hero cut says nothing about the cutdowns, so step through the files one by one; the sender sees exactly which are cleared and which are still open. The same is true of versions: your approval lands on the cut you are watching, so if a version rail is showing, check you are on the right one first (how versions work for you).
Questions
Where is the Reject button?
There is none, on purpose. Rejecting without reasons helps nobody, so the page pushes you toward the useful version: comments pinned to the frames that need work. An unapproved cut with comments reads, correctly, as changes requested.
Can I take an approval back?
Yes. Click the green Approved button again to withdraw it. The sender is notified both times, so nobody ships against a yes that no longer stands.
Does the sender know it was me?
Yes. Approving asks for your name and email the first time (same as commenting), so your approval carries your name, not an anonymous thumbs up.
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