getting client approvals

[Ed Dooley]

We sometimes put a video with TC on our web site. It also takes a bit of time, but they can
see it that day rather than wait for FedEx the next day (and it saves delivery $$$). We export by reference to save time, then (depending on the client) we compress a 480×360 WMV or .mov.
Ed

[Tom Wolsky]

You might want to look at Xprove for this. https://www.xprove.com/

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Shane Ross]

I do what Ed does if they don’t want a DVD. Compress a version for the web and provide a link.

Visible Timecode on the clip, of course.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Max Frank]

We now use box.net — really cheap and very user-friendly!

Wayne

[Ed Dooley]

Tom and Wayne,
Not criticizing your opinions, but curious,
why would you use those services? Is it only for someone
without their own sites in your opinion, or is there a reason why someone
with a site would want to spend more money for those services?
In my case, my company’s web site serves video very well, and sending an e-mail
to a client with the address and password is all it takes for
them to review a video that’s embedded right into a web page.
So they get the branding experience of our company while
viewing the approval video, no monthly fee, no maximum
storage allowance.
Ed

[Greg Ball]

for me..I would like to upload from my mac with FCP to a site without bothering my web person. It takes twice to work to prepare a clip, and get it to my website

[Stuart Ferreyra]

Our editors upload their progress to our FTP and email the login info to the client (s).
This works specially well for clients on the move. Worldwide access.

We give DVDs to clients for further revision. We usually get the clients to come and sit with
the editor. There is nothing like first person interaction.

Stuart Ferreyra
Timecode Multimedia
President
Santa Monica, CA 90025
https://www.timecodemultimedia.com

[Aaron Neitz]

besides the daily sorenson 3 posting for WIP, sometimes we’ll prep an .img file and post that on the FTP. It takes someone with half-a-brain on the agency side to figure out how to turn that into a DVD – but you can get a full res, high quality burned DVD to the client in less than an hour. we started doing this 2 years ago, but it really requires a media savvy client.

[Tom Meegan]

I’m not Tom W or Wayne, but here are some reasons why xprove and box.net work for me.

xprove has the built in ability to manage access and accumulate feedback from many collaborators. The comments are attached to the file, so each person can see the feedback that has already been left right next to the video. You may have clients that do not have to run things through several divisions for approval, but I do, and xprove is perfect. Through access management, you can carefully guide a video through several work groups who all need to give approval separately.

xprove’s web site does an amazing job of demonstrating how the software works. I recommend checking this site out even if you don’t need the service, just to learn from how clear and concise the site is.

box.net allows for a huge amount of storage for not much money. Those of us who have sites we are paying for as a small business, not part of a larger company, may find that $7.95/month for 5 Gb of on line storage is pretty amazing. They also have some nice functionality built into their service, and are adding more all the time.

Additionally, and again for those of us who do not have a large IT infrastructure supporting us

[Walter Biscardi]

[Tom Meegan] “xprove’s web site does an amazing job of demonstrating how the software works. I recommend checking this site out even if you don’t need the service, just to learn from how clear and concise the site is.”

Looks identical to SyncVUE actually, though I like SyncVUE’s interface a bit more. Also I like their ability for multiple people to be online at the same time watching a project along with audio chat via Skype.

But a neat product nonetheless.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi