good enough is good enough scratch that good enough sucks yeah that's right never go with your
first edit because it can always get better but managing dozens of rough cuts and emails is messy
so that's the problem that dropbox solves with the brand new app and synced integration to davinci
resolve called dropbox replay so let me show you how to collaborate with a client to manage
review and approval notes directly within your davinci resolve timeline stick around until the
end and i'll go over some opportunities to explore unmet potential and how this differs from frame io
if you don't already have one get started by creating a dropbox account they minimize it but
you can click the link at the bottom for a basic 2 gigabyte plan which i suggest you start with and
the reason i recommend the basic plan to start is that replay currently does not count against your
storage quota dump as many videos into there as you'd like for the whopping price of free 99. yeah
this costs nothing to try out note this is in beta so i'm sure this is going to change and here's how
the pricing stacks up against the obvious tool they're trying to compete with the adobe owned
frame i o dropbox is much cheaper per month for the same amount of storage but it's also not as
fast as frame i o anyways now that you have an idea of the potential feature pricing let's hook
it up go to replay.dropbox.com after you've signed into your dropbox account and click to
get replay you might want to go ahead and bookmark replay.dropbox.com at this point for quick access
in davinci resolve go to preferences stay on the system tab and down to internet accounts
these options here automatically upload videos to these services if you authenticate here and
use the deliver page presets so even though dropbox replay is a separate app from dropbox
you still authenticate with the same dropbox credentials so click to sign in go ahead and
sign in to link dropbox with davinci resolve and click allow so resolve can be a connected app
we'll skip the editing process and jump to the deliver page to export and upload directly to
replay scroll over a little and choose the dropbox replay icon and not the classic dropbox icon
type a file name that matches your timeline so you can always track back to your project
this is just good editing life advice click the browse to set the file location to write on your
disk change your resolution if necessary and most importantly check the box to upload directly to
dropbox replay click add to render queue and feel free to add more videos to batch upload
if necessary quick side note this is the only way to batch upload files into replay at this moment
you can't do this on the website anyway select them and render all go to the workspace drop
down menu and choose background activity to see an upload progress window which is visible on
any page in resolve so you can continue working on other pages while a large file is uploading
the dropbox website has tabs at the top for your work and shared with you these let you
know who owns the file there's three ways to add files to your work area click the blue add files
button to pull a new copy of the file from your traditional dropbox which you could have uploaded
with dropbox's smart sync if you're smart no for real don't use a web browser when you can avoid
it it's way slower and it's important to know that dropbox replay videos are a different instance of
that classic dropbox video asset so if you delete it from one spot it's not deleted from the other
the second way is to upload any video or audio file from your disk using that same drop down menu
or upload with the resolve integration like we just did you'll notice the integrated files from
davinci resolve are dumped on the root of your work page on the website you can click to create a
project give it a name and then click and drag the files into the project inside the project folders
you can have more folders to organize things further and navigate back out with the breadcrumb
trail in the upper left of the website you have a list view and thumbnail view sorry no hover scrub
at least not of yet and a three dot menu lets you share review links to files click the share button
and the review and comment option is what i'd like to show you just copy and paste that link
into an email and send it over to your client or team member one thing to note here is you can't
share folders currently only individual files per link after clicking on the shared link you
get a dedicated player which is way better than the classic dropbox video player j k and l they
work similar to editing shortcuts but jay jumps back five seconds and L moves forward five seconds
k and spacebar are gonna play and pause but one of my favorite things is that the period
and comma keys on the keyboard are going to move just one frame at a time this is just
like the youtube player by the way you can set comments for a specific frame and see the time
code value at the bottom navigation there's also a variable speed option to review a video faster
and the all important status drop down to keep track of the work in progress for
needs review in review and approved maybe this will help us have less of those timelines named
final really final master finish done last one.mp4 or you can just iterate versions with numbers like
i do oh and by the way i'm chadwick and if you made it this far welcome this is creative video
tips which is all about helping you create videos that make a difference and stand out
subscribe if you're into that and davinci resolve and so you don't miss out on next week's tip
now let's take a look at how the markers sync up between the website and resolve
so long as you uploaded using the davinci resolve preset on the deliver page and have an internet
connection your timeline and video on replay are synced up for comment markers to add a comment
on the website pause on the frame you want to make a note click in the box to speak your mind
and hit command return that keyboard shortcut or just hit that blue post button to send a message
you can also draw on the frame to call out a specific object and resolve's annotation feature
can see that markup over in resolve replay will also send an email notification for each comment
to the video owner to alert them to get back to work on the flip side back in resolve you'll
notice the new purple markers double-click it to open and interact with it or while the playhead is
over tap m on the keyboard to launch into the comment marker box without moving your hands
off the keyboard navigate to the next dropbox comment marker with shift up and down arrows
if the timeline has lots of regular markers you can limit the visibility to seeing just
the dropbox comments by going to view show markers uncheck all and then back to view
show markers and check dropbox another pro tip is to initiate a new dropbox marker from the resolved
timeline by right-clicking on the timeline add marker and down to dropbox add a note and it'll
appear on the website to speed this up set a keyboard shortcut under keyboard customization
type dropbox in the search field i set mine to command shift d so then i can quickly interact
with my client by hitting command shift d on the timeline to type a quick note this chat
window also has a to-do list so you can check off a completed note or delete it altogether one more
pro tip is to make revisions on a duplicate of the timeline thanks to daddy boss who in the comments
last week let me know that the command duplicate item can be set for duplicating timelines
so now i set up option d to duplicate timeline by using the keyboard customization window
you'll lose reference to the original comment markers if you start making trims and you don't
duplicate the timeline no need to dwell on this because replay is still in beta but here's my
quick list of opportunities to explore the unmet potential versioning support is terrible you add
a new version by clicking on the video version number and uploading the file but it doesn't show
the file name of the new file so you can't track back at all there's no comparison tools and you
can't integrate with the new version from davinci resolve there's no batch uploading unless you cue
it from resolve so it's not ideal for uploading dailies organization into projects has to happen
after you upload from resolve and the client always has a download option from the shared link
what if they download a work in progress and publish the wrong final final version sorting
it's limited on the website's update times shared links are limited to a single video file as far
as i can tell and there's no iphone app however i'm super pumped to use dropbox replay despite
the current limitations i've been a frame and dropbox user pretty much since both ever existed
and dropbox replay just makes more financial sense for those already invested into a dropbox workflow
or that just value price over speed i think frame excels where aspera overprices itself for dailies
delivery and dropbox is an excellent option for review and approval or just archiving old work
you know thanks so much for watching check out the video that youtube thinks you're going to
enjoy on screen right now and because there's so much more to learn i'll see you in the next video