Timecoded comments & annotations

Every note is pinned to the exact frame: draw on it, thread it, resolve it. No more "around 0:30."

Updated July 11, 2026

"Can you fix the thing near the start?" is where revisions go to die. HoldFast kills the ambiguity: a comment is welded to a timecode, and if a picture is worth explaining, you draw straight on the frame. Here's the whole toolkit.

Pause, then comment

Scrub to the moment, pause, and type. The comment captures the current timecode automatically. No need to write "0:29" into the text. It shows up as a marker on the timeline and as a card in the comment list.

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Pause, draw straight on the frame, and the note carries its timecode.

Draw on the frame

Some notes are spatial: "this element, not that one." Pause and use the drawing tool to sketch directly on the frame. The annotation saves with the comment and every reviewer sees it. It's the difference between describing a problem and pointing at it.

Thread, resolve, attach

• Threads: reply to any comment to keep a discussion in one place.
• Resolve: tick a note done; it dims on the timeline so open items stand out.
• Attachments: drop a reference file (up to 10 MB) onto a comment.

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Every note is a marker on the timeline; click to jump, check to resolve.

Jump straight to the frame

Click any comment (in the list or its timeline marker) and the player snaps to that frame. Working through a round of notes becomes a walk down the list, each click landing you exactly where the note lives.

Notes are version-aware

Upload a new cut and the old notes don't smear onto it. Each comment is stamped with the version it was made on and carries a small badge (e.g. *on Coastal Spirits, Hero 60*). Switch versions in the rail and you read that version's feedback. Earlier notes stay pinned exactly where the reviewer left them. More on that in Compare versions & collect approvals.

Working in Premiere?

The HoldFast Premiere Pro plugin pulls these comments into your sequence as timecode-accurate markers, and pushes your markers back as comments, so notes live where you actually cut.