You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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How I use Replay to get feedback at Dropbox
Hi everyone! My name is CalvinDBX, and I am not on the Replay team but I love using Replay in my day to day at Dropbox, but I'd love to learn from y'all too - here's a video on how I use it! Let me know what you think. And of course, if you want to check out the Learn Library I mentioned, that's right here.
I'm very surprised
Hey everyone, I recently had the chance to create a social media ad using Replay, and I had a lot of fun with it! The process was really smooth and enjoyable. I loved how intuitive and straightforward Replay is. I didn't have to worry about the technicalities; it just got out of the way and let me focus on getting feedback and sign-off. No issues at all! Take a look if you like -https://www.instagram.com/p/C6tXv3mKF8W/ Cheers, LukeWhat we learned at IBC:
A few folks from the Dropbox team (myself included, though only briefly) recently attended IBC in Amsterdam. It was truly inspiring to see so many media professionals and experts gathered in one place. Here are a few things we learned during our time there, and I’d love to hear your thoughts—whether you were there or not! What we learned: Our customers are passionate about not wasting time in their workflows. While this may seem obvious, it was great to hear specific use cases, like fully remote teams sharing training footage ASAP to avoid the need for retraining, or completing full feature-length film feedback loops efficiently. Customers don’t always identify with specific tools or features, but with the function they’re trying to achieve. This makes sense—the goal is to have completed, approved, and ready-to-ship work, and we are simply the tool that helps them get there. Avid presented a great discussion on remote workflows and seamless collaboration, highlighting some sensible and interesting points: Initially, teams solved the challenge of global dispersion by duplicating media files, but 15% of daily work was lost to wrong versions, incorrect sequences, etc. Remotely accessing office systems mitigated some of these issues but still had limitations. The hidden costs of remote work became apparent when some editors were on-site and others remote—editors resorted to copying files onto hard drives and couriering them. The time spent managing files increased significantly. “If I work remotely, I can spend up to 20% of my time managing or copying files.” Customers shared challenges, such as reporters sending audio files separately from video, which led to two teams working in real-time but on separate files. Any chance to reduce this confusion and downtime is a huge win. TL;DR: Folks want to shoot at high quality and turn it around fast. Whether it's shooting with a high-resolution digital cinema camera or a mobile phone, everyone wants to get that content quickly to colleagues around the world for review. For feature films, this often means execs want to see daily shots to monitor progress, while in the news industry, it’s about getting clips from the field back to the newsroom as quickly as possible. This is where Dropbox is working hard to streamline content ingestion and make it easier to bring that creative content into the tools you work with. What we launched at IBC: At IBC, we launched our Dropbox Replay integration with ATOMOS to help transfer video and audio materials from on-location productions directly into Dropbox. This helps remote teams share content ready for review or editing, no matter where they are. When it comes to editing, the Dropbox and Replay teams understand the importance of aligning feedback to speed up decision-making and reduce rework. In addition to our work with DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere Pro, we’re excited to announce new integrations with AVID products. Now, users can bring reviewer feedback directly into ProTools and AVID Media Composer, ensuring editors know exactly where changes are needed. Across the show, the themes of speed and AI were front and center. Companies, large and small, showcased how they can deliver content quickly from anywhere while leveraging AI to automatically add metadata, like location or detailed content elements. This additional information can transform raw content into valuable libraries for future use. I’m excited to hear your thoughts! Does this resonate with your experience? Did you learn anything new at conferences this year? Feel free to share in the comments below!😁Meet the Dropbox Replay team
The Dropbox Replay group is a space for you to connect with the product team and we thought now would be a great time to introduce you to some of them. But, rather than me telling you who they are, I’ll let them introduce themselves in this thread. I will, however, take the opportunity to introduce myself. Name: Graham Role: Community Manager Favorite Replay feature or tip: Marking up videos (It just makes so much sense) So, now that you know who we are, feel free to say hi, introduce yourself, and tell us a little bit about how you use Replay.Get to know Dropbox Replay
Update: We have some exciting new updates about Dropbox Replay, but rather than telling you all about it here, you can check out a new post here. You might have seen us mention Dropbox Replay before, but I don’t think we made it clear just how useful this new video editing tool is. So, here are some updates, some tried and true, some examples and some images to whet your whistle. Dropbox Replay makes it easy to consolidate comments, take action on feedback, and finalize your video and audio projects in one place. Here are some new updates to get you thinking about your own projects: Ability to set password protection on Replay files Right now, both view only, and view and comment shared links can be viewed by anyone with the shared link. Now you will be able to also have the option of adding password protection to your shared links. This means you can upgrade your security for certain files but ensures you can still share with the right people easily. Why not refresh on how to share links? Image and Audio feedback on Replay If you are a video editor, you might prefer to share images or audio for feedback from your clients as pasrt of your creative process. Upload Subtitles/Captions: Replay is launching the ability to support adding subtitles to videos. This will help you to ensure your videos are accessible and inclusive upon delivery. We’ll update you on the details of that soon so keep your eyes peeled! Those are the new features but of course, don’t forget you can already use Replay to: Create a virtual viewing room: Let everyone watch and mark up the same video at the same time—with smooth, high definition video playback that stays in sync for all viewers. Simplify video sharing: Send video and audio out for review with just a link—no more exporting compressed versions and cluttering your hard drive. Get feedback from anyone: Browser-based reviews let anyone provide frame-accurate feedback and on-screen markups—no special software or Dropbox account needed. Take action on feedback: Send revised versions out for review and respond to comments directly from editors including Adobe Premiere Pro, Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve, LumaFusion, and WeVideo. Keep versions under control: Track every version of your video project—including comments and markups for each—in one place. So, let’s imagine you are working on a promo video, no matter what you’re into, gaming, your small business, a recipe - anything at all. Chances are, you will want some feedback before you push it live, so you upload your video and send a link to your friends, family or colleagues. They can come back in their own time with specific feedback, and see each other’s comments (or audio and image feedback now as well) too so it’s a collaborative effort. All of your feedback and updated versions can live in one place, and ensure you push the correct version live when you’re ready. You can even password protect this file to ensure no one sends on the wrong version, and add captions to your files too. Sounds like a good process to me - and trust me, I have definitely clicked send on the wrong file more than once! But you don’t just have to take my word for it, here is a quote from Rachel Jedwood, the Production Officer of the National Rugby League: “We use Replay for our content that requires lots of feedback and iterations, like campaigns with our players and commercial marketing materials. With Replay, we can share our feedback in one place, keep all the conversations documented in the comment threads, and have everything we need for edits and final delivery.” Still need some more convincing? Our own Super User, Lukeyo uses Replay to keep his documentary edits in line too. "Getting towards the end of a recent project, I needed some really specific feedback on very specific sections of the film, and Replay kept that all in one place. I really like ti when something works that simply. When you tick off the feedback in Replay, it‘s ’like ticking off a real life to-do list - when I go shopping and I’ve bought the milk and I never need to think about that again, so it’s finished.” I have to admit, I love the simplicity of that lukeyo! Are you using Dropbox Replay yet? We want to know about it! Tell us in the comments belowAnyone who joined the Replay team in London?
hi replay community, The Replay team were thrilled to host an event with Dropbox, award-winning design agency 59 Productions, and full-service global agency IMA today. If you were there, we want to hear from you! Did you connect with other Replay fans? What did you think of the conversations, including how: 59 Productions used Dropbox and Dropbox Replay to speed up the production of Stranger Things, the First Shadow. From pre-production, to production, and post, Replay’s simple collaboration interface, single-link sharing, and integrations with tools like Adobe Premier, After Effects, and BlackMagic Design, helped the team streamline production internally, and across a global network of freelancers. IMA uses Replay to review and approve video and motion graphics content for clients such as Adidas, Reebok, Toyota, and Bumble. Replay keeps IMA's editors and directors pushing delivery forward whilst centralising detailed feedback and managing versions through the content supply chain. Did you try out the demos? We want to hear about it, so comment below!
Dropbox Replay Python API
Hey team! We've been using Replay in our VFX studio for a couple of months now and it's working pretty well. Thanks for sharing this tool with us! The only thing that we miss is an integration with the Python API, so that we can automatically send files to Replay, and even change their status to Approved/Pending Review with our in-house tools. Is it something you are working on? Any plans for the near future? It'll be awesome. Thanks for your time!Register now for a behind-the-scenes look at how Formula 1 team McClaren use Dropbox Replay
We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to invite you all to this webinar with the opportunity for a behind-the-scenes look at one of Motorsport's most iconic racing teams, McClaren. The webinar takes place next Thursday, 13th June, at 9am PT(5pm BST), join us to learn how they use Dropbox Replay to fast-track their video review process and boost fan engagement and sponsorship activities.Register here.Feature announcement: Integration with Pro Tools
Hi Megane here👋 I do product for Replay! Did you know audio creators can now fast-track their post-production review and approval workflows through the new Replay integration with Pro Tools? Check it out >>http://bit.ly/3xzZiD7 Today, we’re excited to announce our new partnership with Avid Technology, Inc, which helps audio professionals deliver their projects faster in Pro Tools. Now you can connect Replay to your Pro Tools workstation, then import comments into your mixes. This makes it faster to find that precise change that’s needed, and take action. Check out Avid demoing the integration at NAB here and head toDropbox Replay to try it out! If you have a question, visit our Help Center article here.
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