Previews

A preview plays an export of a composition in a browser. Anyone with the link can comment on a frame, and the comments come back to Lumit. It is part of Lumit Pro: the person sending needs it, and reviewers do not.

Send a composition

Front the composition, or select it in the Project panel.
Choose Composition ▸ Send as a preview….
Set the fields and press Create link.

Field	What it sets
Title	What the link is called.
Size	1080p or 720p.
Span	The whole composition, or the work area.
Reviewers	Can comment lets reviewers leave comments.

When the upload finishes, the link is on the clipboard and the heading reads Link copied. A click on the address copies it again and shows Copied to clipboard in its place.

Missing footage shows as colour bars.
A file can be up to 2 GB.
An account holds up to 1,000 links.

Versions

Sending a composition again shows a Send as row. New version of, with the link’s title, adds a version to it. Separate link makes a new link instead. A link holds up to 50 versions, and a comment stays with the version it was made on.

What changed is a short note shown beside the version. Lumit fills it in, and it can be typed over.

A link is marked Changed when its composition has been edited since it was sent. Send a new version sends one.

The Previews window

File ▸ Share preview… opens the Previews window, which lists the links, newest activity first. A dot marks a link with comments or approvals that have not been seen.

Action	How
Copy the address	Copy
Open the link in the browser	Open
Choose a version	The list beside the title
Send the fronted composition	Send as a preview…
Send the link to a friend	Send to a friend
Copy, open, send a new version or delete	Right-click the link in the list

Key	What it does
`Up`, `Down`	Moves through the links, or through the comments once the keys are on them
`Right`, `Enter`	Puts the keys on the chosen link’s comments
`Left`	Puts the keys back on the links
`Enter` on a comment	Goes to its frame
`Home`, `End`	Goes to the first or the last
`Esc`	Closes the window

The Link page

Control	What it does
Can comment	Reviewers can leave comments.
Can attach pictures	Reviewers can attach a picture to a comment.
Can download	Reviewers can download the file.
Email me	Emails you about comments, replies and approvals. Settings ▸ Account ▸ Email me about new comments turns the emails off for every link.
Video only	A second link that shows only the video, on one version. Move to v… points it at the newest.
Password	Reviewers type it before watching.
Expires	Never, or in a day, 7 days or 30 days. An expired link is deleted.
Seen by	Who has opened the link, and when.
Compare	Opens that version beside the one before it.
Delete…	Deletes that version and its comments.
Delete link…	Deletes the link, its versions and its comments.

Comments

The Comments page lists the comments on the chosen version. Open shows the ones that are not resolved, and All shows every one.

A comment can carry a pin, an arrow or a box, a drawing, a picture, or a range of frames. One that points at a layer names it.

Action	How
Go to a comment’s frame	Press its timecode
Show or hide a drawing	Press the pencil
Show a picture whole	Press the picture
Resolve or reopen	Point at the comment: Resolve or Reopen
Reply	Point at the comment: Reply, then type and press `Enter`
Copy a link to a comment	Point at the comment: ⋯, then Copy link to this comment
Delete	Point at the comment: ⋯, then Delete
Remove an approval	Point at the Approved by line: Remove

Timecodes work when the link’s composition is in the open project.

Add comments to the Timeline

Add to Timeline puts every open comment on the chosen version onto the Timeline as markers, in one undo step.

A comment that points at a layer becomes a layer marker. Every other comment becomes a marker on the composition.
A marker’s label is the reviewer’s name and the comment: Ana: Hold this a beat longer.
A comment on a range of frames becomes a region.
Each reviewer has one colour.
Replies, likes and resolved comments are not added.