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Your first review in 10 minutes

Updated Oct 11, 2026

Your first review in 10 minutes ​

In this tutorial, you take one video from upload to approval. You create a review, add your video, comment on a frame, draw an arrow on it, send the review to a client, and mark the video Approved.

Before you start

  • Who: anyone who can add media to a project: the organization's Owners, Admins, and Members, and the project's Project Admins and Contributors.
  • Where: the web app, in a browser with WebGPU and hardware acceleration enabled, so you can draw.
  • You need: a project you can edit, with media uploads and external link sharing enabled, and a short video on your computer, such as an MP4 or MOV file.
Your first review Credit: (CC) Blender Foundation | studio.blender.org

Create a review ​

A review holds the items you want feedback on, in order.

  1. Open your project and select Reviews in the left sidebar.
  2. Select Add Review at the top of the page.
  3. Type a name in Review Name, for example "Logo reveal", then select Create.

The new review appears in the list, already expanded. For more, see Create and rename a review.

Add your video ​

  1. On the review's row, select ADD MEDIA.
  2. Under Upload from, choose Your Computer, then pick your video.
  3. Follow the upload in Uploads at the bottom right of the page.

When the upload finishes, the video shows Processing... while revis.io prepares it for playback. Wait until processing finishes before you open the video. For more, see Add media to a review.

Comment on a frame ​

  1. Select the play button at the right end of the review's row. The review opens in the player.
  2. Press Space to play the video, and press it again to pause on a frame you want to comment on.
  3. Press C. A comment box opens, marked with the current frame.
  4. Type your comment, then select Comment.

The comment stays on that frame, so everyone who reads it sees what you saw. To read it, select Notes on the right edge of the player. For more, see Add a comment on a frame or range.

Draw on the frame ​

  1. With the video still paused on your frame, select Arrow in the drawing tools over the video.
  2. Drag on the frame, from where the arrow starts to where it points.
  3. Press D to stop drawing.

revis.io saves the arrow on that frame. Drawing needs a browser with WebGPU; if you don't see the drawing tools, see Draw on a frame.

Share the review with a client ​

  1. Select Share at the top right of the player.
  2. Under Access, choose Guests.
  3. Select Create Link. revis.io copies the link and shows "Share link created".
  4. Paste the link into an email to your client.

Your client opens the review in their browser without a Revis account, and can comment and draw. If you don't see Share, an admin has turned off link sharing for the project or organization. For more, see Share a review with external guests.

Approve the video ​

  1. Point to the video's name at the top of the player and select Item actions (the three dots next to it).
  2. Choose Approved.

The status belongs to this version of the video, so it shows as Approved in every review that holds it. For more, see Approve an item or set its status.

Where to go next ​

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