Add comments and annotations

Learn how to add frame accurate feedback and annotations

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Written by Chris Potter
Updated over a week ago

The rubber hits the road when it's time to add feedback. Click on one of the video thumbnails to open the player page. 

Click the play button to start viewing a video (you can also use the spacebar to play/pause). Click inside the comment form to automatically pause the video so that you can enter your feedback. 

When you start typing your comment, the app will automatically capture the current timecode. Click Save once you’ve finished writing your feedback. 

If you want to highlight a segment of the video in your comment, you can add an end time. To to this, start playing back the video until you reach the out-point of the comment. Now, pause the video and click the clock icon in the comment form. 

If you want to add more accurate feedback, you can draw annotations on a video. Anytime that the comment form is open, a freeform drawing tool is pre-selected. 

Move the cursor over the video, click & hold your mouse button and move the mouse to begin drawing. 

Click the paintbrush icon to open a menu with the different drawing tools that you can select (arrows, rectangles, circles). 

You can also change the color of your annotations by clicking the color palette. 

If you make a mistake drawing, you can click the Undo button. Clicking the Cancel button will close the comment form and discard the feedback and annotations.

When you’ve finished adding your comment and any associated annotations, click the Save button. The app places comment markers on the timeline, and it displays the comment on the right side of the screen.  

What's next?

Now it's time to learn how to work with comments.   

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