Stage a draft without making it live

Upload tonight, check it in the morning, flip it live with one click. The link never serves a frame you have not signed off.

The colorist's grade lands Friday night. You want it uploaded, watchable, and waiting, but the client's link should keep playing the approved cut until you have seen the grade with fresh eyes.

Stage it

Right-click the asset's tile, choose New Version..., pick the file, and untick Make live now. The file uploads and becomes watchable as usual, but it does not become active: every review link, reel, and embed keeps serving the current cut.

Check it

Open the asset and play the staged version from Version History. It carries a "not live" banner so there is never a question about what you are looking at. Take as long as you like; nothing you do here touches what anyone else sees.

Flip it live

When it holds up, click Make active on the staged version in Version History. From that moment it plays everywhere the asset is shared, and the previous cut stays in the history in case you need to roll back.

Quiet by default applies here too: going active does not put the version in any reviewer-facing list. Showing cuts to a client is always its own step, covered in Publish a cut.