The video player

A control room, not a player.

Compare two grades with a wipe, comment on a whole passage rather than a single frame, check a 9:16 crop before export, zoom into a detail with the loupe — the tools that are missing everywhere else.

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The Workflaws video player: SMPTE timecode, comment markers on the timeline, zoom and a feed of notes
A/B comparison

See what moved between two versions.

Group two cuts as versions, click Compare: a single transport drives both, frame for frame. Three ways to set them against each other, depending on what you are after.

Side by side

Both versions next to each other, on the same frame. The most readable mode when a cut has changed pace or shots.

“Side by side” mode

Wipe

Both versions stacked, with a sliding wipe revealing one under the other. Unbeatable for judging a grade or VFX work in the very same spot of the frame.

“Wipe” mode — draggable handle

Flip

One image, alternating between A and B. The eye catches the slightest shift as a flicker — and the sound follows whichever version is showing, giving you an audible A/B too.

“Flip” mode — A ⇄ B

Line up two different starts

When v2 doesn't begin on the same frame as v1, an offset control shifts version B by one second or by 40 ms — one frame at 25 fps. Version A stays the reference.

Choose what you hear

By default both soundtracks are muted — two mixes at once is unlistenable. You pick the audible version, or let the sound follow the flip.

Comments stay with their version

Every note remains attached to the cut it was left on. A filter shows A's markers, B's, or both — and playback can loop over just the compared stretch.

The comparison exists on the sound side too, with a seamless crossfade between two mixes: see audio comparison and blind listening.

Tools for the image

Look closer, say exactly where.

A useful note points at a precise spot. These four tools are there for that: to frame the remark in time, in the image, and in the delivery format.

Comment on a range, not an instant

Set an in point and an out point: the comment covers a whole duration rather than a single frame. “This passage runs long” finally points at the passage. The range shows on the transport bar, and a drawing that goes with it stays visible from start to end.

IN / OUT — the comment spans the range

Frame guides

Overlay the broadcast safe areas — action and title — plus centred crop marks for 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16. Enough to check that a subtitle won't fall outside the frame, or that a shot will hold up vertically, before export.

safe areas · 16:9 · 1:1 · 9:16

Zoom and loupe

Zoom into the image with the wheel, pan by dragging, snap back with one key. The loupe follows the cursor and magnifies whatever it passes over — to read burnt-in text or judge digital noise without leaving playback.

+ / − / 0 — the loupe follows the cursor

SMPTE timecode, frame by frame

The timecode reads h:m:s:frame and can be typed into, to jump wherever you want. Arrow keys step one frame at a time, the in/out loop isolates a passage, and playback speed slows down to pick a movement apart.

00:01:24:12 · loop i / o

Drawn annotations

Seven colours, undo and redo, playback pausing on its own the moment you pick up the pen. The stroke is saved and tied to its frame — and shared live during a review session.

z / y — undo / redo

Subtitles and note export

Load several subtitle tracks to check them in context. And send every timestamped comment back to your edit: Premiere markers or CSV, with no retyping.

→ Premiere markers · CSV
Reviewing together

Everyone on the same frame, at the same moment.

This is the heart of Workflaws. Open a live review session: whoever joins sees exactly what you see. No more “go to 1:24” — they are already there.

Playback, position and drawing shared

During the session, playback, seeking and annotations are synchronised for everyone taking part. An indicator shows who is driving at any moment.

Join in one click

An open session makes the media glow green on your reviewers' home screen, and they get an email too. One click and they are with you; the same button leaves without closing the media.

Your clients need no account

A public link opens the media without signing up: the client watches and comments as a guest. Links stay revocable, and existing accounts keep their usual permissions.

Encoding quality

Resolution follows the plan.

Users are unlimited on all three plans: what changes is media space and playback resolution.

Micro 1080p video

Enough to judge a cut, a rhythm, an overall grade. 3 GB of media space.

Agence High-bitrate 1080p

A more generous bitrate: flat areas and gradients hold up, and compression artefacts stop getting in the way of the judgement. 10 GB.

Professionnal 4K video

For signing off a fine grade or texture work at delivery resolution. 20 GB.

Full plan details on the pricing page. Need more storage ? Write to us.

Ready to try

Your first review workspace in minutes.

Pick a plan, your workspace is created automatically and your login details arrive by email.