Start here
Make a library, add your first review, leave a note on it and bring your team in. About five minutes.
Make a library #
A library is a folder that holds your reviews. Everyone who can open the folder sees the same library, and nothing is uploaded anywhere.
- Click No folder open at the top left, then Make folder… The empty library has a Make folder… button too.
- Click Choose location… and pick the drive or folder the library goes in.
- Type a Name. The Creates line shows the folder it will make.
- Pick an option under Where will this live? (below).
- Click Make library.
- Click + New project, type a name and press Enter.
Where will this live?
- Network share / NAS
- A NAS or shared drive your team all connect to. A colleague's notes reach you within seconds.
- Cloud sync
- Inside Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive or iCloud. A file may need to download before it plays.
- Just this computer
- This computer only, just you.
The chip in the library's header shows the choice. Click it to change it later.
Joining a library your team already has? Use Open a folder… and pick its folder instead.
Add your first review #
Each file you add becomes a review in the project, named after the file.
- Drag files from your computer onto the project. Or right-click the project and choose Add media to review…
- Wait while they import. A video is saved in three qualities, Fast, Normal and Quality. On a shared drive it opens on Fast, which loads quickest.
- Move the pointer across a card to scrub through it. Click it to open the review.
What you can add
- Video
- Stills, EXR included
- A folder of numbered frames
- Audio
- 3D meshes and splats
More on file types in the FAQ.
Adding a file with the same name as a review asks whether to add it as that review's next version, keep both, or skip it.
Leave a note #
A note lands on the frame you're on. Draw on the picture to show what you mean.
- Play, then pause near the moment. The arrow keys step one frame at a time.
- Pick a tool under the picture (pen, box, circle, arrow or text) and draw on it.
- Type your note in the box beside the picture.
- Click Add note at this frame.
Keys that help
- Space
- Play or pause
- ← →
- One frame back or forward
- Shift ← →
- About a second back or forward
- P B C A T
- Pen, box, circle, arrow, text
- Ctrl Z
- Undo the last mark (Cmd Z on a Mac)
Everyone's notes show on one timeline, each person in their own colour.
Connect with others #
A library is a folder, so sharing the folder shares the library. Everyone who opens it works in the same reviews.
- Send your team where the library is: its folder on the shared drive, or a link to the folder from your cloud drive.
- On their computer, each person clicks the folder menu at the top left, chooses Open a folder… and picks that folder.
- Everyone's notes land on one timeline, each person in their own colour, within seconds of being added.
On a cloud drive, share the folder from your cloud app first. Once it is in their drive, it syncs to their computer like any other folder. More in Working as a team.
Take the tour #
The first time you open ReviewDeck, a tour of six cards shows you round: where your reviews live, how the folder is shared, adding media, the two tabs and Settings. It takes about a minute. Take it again any time from Settings, under About.
Something unclear or out of date? Email [email protected].