So far, so good! A happy Frame.io convert
I'm only a couple of days into using the platform, but here are my thoughts so far. I work across video, audio and graphic design. I've used tools like Frame.io as well as broader file-sharing platforms like Dropbox, Google Drive and more for client feedback. This LTD made it a bit of a no-brainer to switch. Initially went for Tier 2, loaded it up, and upgraded to Tier 3 to get the increased storage.
Shared it with a client — 1 as an approver and another as an "anyone with the link" user — and the latter commented "Gosh, how cool was that! I like the platform, so easy to use". That's all I can ask for as a freelance creative! Saved me lots of emails back-and-forth and potential miscommunications.
There are lots of standout features, but the version comparisons for images is particularly impressive — great for clients to be able to quickly and easily review amends.
Couple of comments:
1. I'd love to see Google Drive/Dropbox/other cloud storage integration that doesn't eat into the storage capacity for natively-hosted media. Surprised this isn't already part of the platform to be honest.
2. Bug: Not sure if it's an audio-only issue, but you can click to add a comment at 0s, but the pop-up doesn't appear so you can't add text 🤷♂️
3. Still testing, but I found that 4k 60fps footage buffered a lot more than on other platforms on the same network connection.
4. As others have commented, more tools like arrows (vs the basic freehand markup) would be great.
5. For time-based media, it'd be useful to have a checkbox toggle to post general comments that aren't assigned to a specific time.
6. I'm not really sure what the '9 AppSumo Lite' licenses I can gift means under my account settings. Are they fully fledged accounts, or something else? It doesn't seem to be to do with the members I add to a project, and I haven't found any obvious info about this.
Mads_Niimblr
May 9, 2024Hi Peter
Thank you for a very nice review!
Your feature request are well received 🙏
Specifically regarding your ‘9 AppSumo Lite’ licenses:
Today we only have individual user licenses, but we would like to upgrade you with the ability to group the user accounts from the packs bought here on AppSumo into team licenses, that would allow for simpler management, team sharing and communication functionality.
Feel free to reach out if you need further elaboration on this 🙂
// Mads