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The flagship guide · updated October 2026
Short answer: great client review is a system, not a tool - one link for feedback on exact frames, stacked and named versions, secure sharing that doesn't punish reviewers, and approval attached to one explicit cut. This guide documents the whole system.
Written for freelance editors, boutique studios and agency producers who lose weeks to revision loops. Each chapter solves one job and points at the workflow, template or comparison that implements it.
Vague notes cause revision spirals. One review link, timestamped comments pinned to frames, and a short client brief turn “make it pop” into actionable notes. Reviewers need no account.
Filenames lie. Stack each round onto the same video, name versions by convention, and compare any two cuts side by side so clients verify fixes without a change-log essay.
Sign-off attaches to one explicit version - who approved, which cut, when. Define the approver up front, close old threads each round, and end the “one more tweak” era.
Protection lives in the link: passwords, expiry dates, watermarks and per-link permissions. Clients still open it in one click - controls never punish the reviewer.
Captions are deliverables now. Generate AI captions, style them for the destination, and route timing and spelling through the same client-approval flow as picture.
Compare on the jobs that matter: external reviewers, versioning, security, NLE integrations, AI and price model. No seat caps, and reviewers are always free - a better fit than per-seat billing for small teams.
Client video review is the process of sharing draft cuts with clients, collecting time-coded feedback, managing revisions and recording approval. Done well it is one link, frame-accurate notes, stacked versions and a visible sign-off - done badly it is email threads and mystery filenames.
Four levers: precise feedback (frame-accurate comments, not adjectives), a version convention (stacked, named, comparable), a defined approver (one person signs off), and round discipline (close old threads, review only the current cut). Most teams cut rounds in half with the first two alone.
With a controlled review link: the client opens it in a browser and comments instantly. In Frooty, security lives in the link itself - passwords, expiry, watermarks, scoped permissions - so skipping registration doesn't mean skipping protection.
An explicit sign-off on one specific version by a named approver, recorded with a timestamp. “Looks good!” in chat is not approval; an approval attached to v3 that triggers delivery is.
Frooty is review-first for small teams: unlimited client reviewers free, Studio at $39/mo (Custom flexible for larger orgs), NLE panels, YouTube ingest with AI Shorts, and pay-to-release delivery - without seat caps or Adobe lock-in.
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