Compare two cuts side by side
Publish the cuts you want compared and reviewers get a version rail plus a synced side-by-side player.
Sometimes the fastest way to a decision is letting the client see the difference for themselves. Two switches make it happen: mark the cuts Visible to reviewers, then turn on Show versions on the link. Reviewers get a version rail and a synced side-by-side Compare.
Publish the cuts to compare
Every file you upload onto an asset becomes a version, labelled by its filename, and all of them start hidden. On the asset's Versions tab, tick Visible to reviewers on each cut you want browsable.
Two switches per version: active is what plays, visible is what reviewers may browse.
The first time you mark a version visible, HoldFast offers to also show the previous cut, so there is actually something to compare against. Click Yes, show it.
Turn on Show versions
On the review link itself, flip on Show versions (in the Permissions section, or in the New Review Link dialog). If none of the link's assets have a visible version yet, HoldFast offers to show their current cuts so the rail is not empty.
Nothing leaks by accident: the rail only appears when the link has Show versions on AND at least one version is marked visible. Flipping a single switch never exposes a cut on its own.
What your reviewer gets
A Versions rail appears under the player: one pill per cut, labelled by filename, with the live one marked Latest. One click swaps the player to that cut and its own comments.
Under the rail sits Compare. It opens a full-screen side-by-side view with Left and Right pickers, which can hold two versions of the same file or two different files on the link (a hero and its cutdown, say). Play or pause on either side moves both, while each side scrubs independently, so a reviewer can line the two cuts up on the same beat and roll them together. A Sync toggle unlinks the two players entirely, and Exit Compare returns to the review page.
Compare: two cuts side by side, play and pause linked, each side scrubs on its own.
Comments stay honest
Every note is stamped to the version it was made on and the comment list follows the cut being viewed, so feedback on an old version never reads as feedback on the new one. That is what keeps a comparison an honest one.
Next steps
- The owner-side revision flow: Send a new cut without breaking the link.
- Get the yes on record: Collect approvals on a cut.
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