Review and approve video, audio and images. Every note pinned exactly where it belongs. Reviewers never need an account.
Free. No account for your reviewers.
Uploading makes you a free account · 5 GB · No password
Free. Your reviewers never sign in.
Free. Your reviewers never sign in.
A curated toolkit shaped by real post-production experience.Shaped by real post-production experience.
SceneNote also does… Screen recording · Image sets · Transcription · Viewer activity · Replies · Wipe comparison · Custom branding
Free gets you far. Pro takes you further.
Compare Free and Pro →My team and clients love SceneNote! It makes the whole revision process so much easier. I spend less time managing feedback and more time being creative.
Sam KolderYouTube Creator, @koldstudiosSceneNote has become an integral part of how we edit for our YouTube channel. With editors across the globe, review has always been a challenge for us. The whole team can add feedback and ideas in one place, and it fits into how we already work.
Brian TrautmanYouTube Creator, SV DelosEvery note on the exact frame, straight into my timeline. It’s the first review tool my clients actually enjoy using.
Bryn NorthFreelance FilmmakerYes. SceneNote does the core of what Frame.io does: notes on the exact frame, drawing, versions, and exporting notes to your timeline. The free plan is a real plan, not a trial. The big differences: you can review a YouTube or Vimeo link without uploading it, your reviewers only type a name, and Pro is one flat price rather than per member.
No, and they never will. Anyone you send the link to can leave timestamped notes, draw on the frame, record a voice note and answer a poll, without signing in, being invited or installing anything. That’s true on the free plan and on Pro.
Paste a YouTube or Vimeo link, or a direct link to an .mp4 or .mp3 file. Link projects use none of your storage, and there’s no limit on how many you make.
Or upload video, audio or images. Uploaded video streams at whatever quality each viewer’s connection can take, so it plays smoothly on a phone or on fibre. A free account gets 5 GB of storage and two projects with uploaded files. Pro raises both.
Yes. Upload a set and review it one image at a time or as a grid. Click to pin a note to a spot, drag to mark an area, or draw on the picture. Every note stays anchored to the image, so it lands in the same place at any screen size. It’s made for thumbnails, key art, posters and grade stills.
A set holds 3 images on the free plan and up to 200 on Pro. On Pro you can also sort a set into folders, such as Thumbnails and Colour grade, and hang a set of stills inside a video project.
Yes: music, mixes, podcasts, voiceover and sound design. You get a real waveform straight away however long the file is, plus timestamped notes, voice notes and transcription (60 free minutes a month). Export DAW labels and your notes drop into Audacity or Reaper as markers.
Yes. Add each new cut as v2, v3 and so on, and switch between them above the player. Every version keeps its own notes, and older versions lock so reviewers always comment on the latest. A new version can be a link, which costs nothing, or an uploaded file. When a cut is ready, your client approves it on the spot, and the approval shows on that version.
Pro adds compare: watch two versions against each other with a wipe, side by side in sync, or an A/B flick between them. This is where colour work gets easier. Drag the wipe across the same frame and you see exactly what the new grade changed: skin tones, highlight roll-off, the weight of the blacks. No flipping between tabs and trusting your memory, and no arguing over two screenshots. Compare works on image sets too, so grade stills can sit side by side.
Yes, if you want to be. Click the bell beside your name in the project and add an email address, and you’ll hear whenever someone leaves a note. Every email has an unsubscribe link. Reviewers can do the same, and anyone subscribed gets an email when someone @mentions them. On Pro you can also set a feedback deadline, and reviewers who asked to be reminded get a nudge the night before.
Yes. Export EDL markers and your notes arrive as markers on the timeline in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. CSV gives you a spreadsheet with timecodes, authors, statuses and replies. Audio projects export DAW labels for Audacity and Reaper, and Copy all puts everything on your clipboard.
Turn it into a to-do list. On Pro, every project gets My board: a private, Kanban-style board, like a Trello board built right into your review. Pull your reviewers’ notes into columns you name and colour yourself (Colour, Music, Titles, whatever suits the job), add notes and checklists of your own, and move cards along as you work through them.
Tick a note off and it’s resolved in the project too, so your client can see it’s done. Reviewers never see the board itself. On the free plan you can open a sample board and try it.
Free. No account for your reviewers.
Visual Tone (Pty) Ltd, registered in South Africa.
Last updated: 11 October 2026
SceneNote is operated by Visual Tone (Pty) Ltd, a company registered in South Africa, which is responsible for the personal information described here. Contact us at info@visual-tone.com.
Account holders: your email address, a display name if you set one, your projects and the storage they use, and a record of any subscription. We hold no passwords and no card details.
Google sign-in: your email address and Google account identifier, and nothing else. We receive no access to your Google Drive, files or contacts.
Anyone using a project, with or without an account: the display name you type; the notes, replies, drawings, poll answers and voice notes you leave; and your email address if you ask to be notified of new notes. A reply you send to a notification email is posted to the project as a note.
Every visitor: IP address and browser information, used to serve the site, keep it secure and prevent abuse.
Sign-ins: the browser and approximate location of each sign-in to an account, shown on your settings page so you can recognise and end your own sessions. They are removed when the sign-in ends.
Media: media you link from another service stays with that service; we store the link. Media you upload is stored by us. Voice notes, and uploaded media where the owner requests it, are transcribed to text.
To provide and secure the service, prevent abuse, email you about your projects and billing, and meet our legal obligations. Where we rely on your consent, such as notification email, you may withdraw it at any time. We also keep anonymous usage statistics that contain no personal information.
We do not sell personal information, we do not use your content to train AI models, and we do not advertise.
Only with service providers who process it on our behalf, under contract and on our instructions, for hosting and storage, media processing and delivery, email, speech to text, payments and analytics. A current list is available on request from info@visual-tone.com.
If you sign in with Google, Google processes that sign-in under its own privacy policy.
We may also disclose information where the law requires it, or to protect our rights or someone's safety.
Our providers may process information outside your country, including in the European Union, the United Kingdom, South Africa and the United States. Cross-border transfers rely on the safeguards permitted by applicable law, including standard contractual clauses.
Anyone holding a project link can open that project and see the feedback in it. An owner link gives owner control to whoever holds it. The owner of a project can see activity on it, including the display names people chose and when they took part. We do not index or publish project content.
We use a cookie only to keep account holders signed in. Opening a project link sets none, and we use no advertising or tracking cookies. Small preferences, such as the name you last used, are kept in your own browser. An embedded YouTube or Vimeo player may set its own cookies under that service's policy.
| What | How long |
|---|---|
| Projects created without an account | Deleted 45 days after the last activity |
| Link projects in an account | Until you delete them |
| Uploaded media on a free account | Expires 30 days after the last upload; deleted in full 14 days later unless restored with Pro |
| Uploaded media on a paid account | While the subscription is active, then 90 days |
| Items you delete | Recoverable for 14 days, then removed |
| Account details | While your account exists |
| Sign-in codes and sessions | Expire automatically |
Notes are kept for as long as their project exists and are deleted with it.
You may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection and portability. You can export your data, delete your account and turn off notification email from your settings, or unsubscribe from any such email. For anything else, write to info@visual-tone.com.
South African users may complain to the Information Regulator. Users in the European Union or the United Kingdom may complain to their local supervisory authority.
SceneNote is not directed at children. You must be at least 13 to use it and at least 18 to buy a subscription. If we learn that we hold personal information from a child under 13, we will delete it.
Information is encrypted in transit and at rest, and access to it is restricted. No service can guarantee perfect security. If a breach affects you, we will notify you as the law requires.
Changes are posted here with an updated date. If a change is significant we will tell account holders by email.
Visual Tone (Pty) Ltd
info@visual-tone.com
SceneNote is a product of Visual Tone (Pty) Ltd, a company registered in South Africa.
Last updated: 11 October 2026
SceneNote is a tool for collecting timestamped feedback on video, audio and images. You create a project, share a link, and people leave notes against the moment or frame they are talking about. There is a free tier and a paid tier.
By using SceneNote you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use it.
You keep every right in the media you upload or link and in the notes you write. We claim no ownership of any of it.
You grant us only the permission needed to store, process and display your content to the people you share it with, so that we can run the service for you. We do not use your content to train AI models and we do not license it to anyone.
You confirm that you have the right to upload and share what you put into SceneNote. You must not use it:
Project links are the key to a project. Anyone holding one can open it and leave feedback, and anyone holding an owner link has owner control. Deciding who receives a link is your responsibility.
The free tier includes a fixed amount of storage and a limited number of projects with uploaded media. The paid tier raises both and adds further features. Each project also has a monthly streaming allowance; beyond it, video continues to play at a lower quality until the month resets. Nothing is cut off and no notes are affected. Current figures are shown on the site and in your account.
We may adjust these limits. If a change reduces what you already have, we will tell you before it takes effect.
Subscriptions are sold by Dodo Payments as merchant of record and renew automatically until you cancel. Prices are shown before you buy and exclude any tax that applies where you live.
You can cancel at any time from your account. Cancelling stops the next renewal and you keep full use until the end of the period you have paid for.
You must be at least 18 to buy a subscription.
Fourteen-day money-back guarantee. If SceneNote is not for you, write to info@visual-tone.com within 14 days of a payment and we will refund it in full. No explanation needed.
This is in addition to any cancellation rights the law gives you where you live. The full policy is at /legal/refunds.
Nothing is deleted without notice.
If a payment fails, everything keeps working for 14 days while you update your payment details.
When a subscription ends, whether by cancellation or an unresolved payment, your account becomes read-only for 30 days: you cannot upload media or add versions, but your projects still open, play and take feedback. Projects with uploaded media are then locked for a further 60 days, during which you can restore them by resubscribing or download your files. After that they are deleted in full, including notes.
If you return to the free tier while over its limits, you have 30 days to reduce your usage or resubscribe. After that, your oldest projects with uploaded media expire until you are within the limits, and are deleted in full 14 days later unless you return to Pro.
We email you before each of these steps. Link projects are not affected.
A project with uploaded media on a free account expires 30 days after its last upload. We email you a week beforehand and on the day, with a link to download your files. An expired project cannot be opened and is deleted in full 14 days later unless you upgrade to Pro. A project created without an account is deleted after 45 days without activity. Link projects in an account are kept until you delete them.
We work to keep SceneNote running and your data safe, but we cannot promise it will never be unavailable or never lose data. The service is provided without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent the law allows.
Keep your own copies of anything you cannot afford to lose. SceneNote is a review tool, not a backup or an archive.
To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability to you for any claim is limited to what you have paid us in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
We may suspend or remove a project or an account that breaks section 3, or that puts the service or other users at risk. Where reasonable, we will tell you first and give you the chance to download your files.
You must be at least 13 to use SceneNote, and at least 18 to buy a subscription.
We may change these terms. If a change matters to you we will say so on the site and, if you hold an account, by email. Continuing to use SceneNote after a change means you accept it.
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and disputes fall to the courts of South Africa. If you are a consumer elsewhere, this does not take away rights you have under the law of the country you live in.
Visual Tone (Pty) Ltd
info@visual-tone.com
SceneNote is a product of Visual Tone (Pty) Ltd, a company registered in South Africa.
Last updated: 11 October 2026
If SceneNote is not right for you, write to info@visual-tone.com within 14 days of a payment and we will refund that payment in full. You do not have to give a reason.
This applies to your first payment and to any renewal. Refunds go back to the card or account you paid with, through Dodo Payments, who sell SceneNote subscriptions as merchant of record. They usually take a few working days to appear, depending on your bank.
Email info@visual-tone.com from the address on your account and say that you would like a refund. We will confirm by email once it is done.
You can cancel at any time from your account. Cancelling stops the next renewal and you keep full use until the end of the period you have paid for. If you would also like that last payment back and you are within 14 days of it, ask us and we will refund it.
A refund does not delete anything immediately. Your account returns to the free tier and follows its rules: you have 30 days before any project with uploaded media expires, and it is deleted in full 14 days after that unless you resubscribe.
This guarantee is offered in addition to your legal rights and does not replace them. Consumers in the European Union or the United Kingdom have a statutory right to withdraw from a distance contract within 14 days. Consumers in South Africa have rights under the Consumer Protection Act. Nothing here limits either.
Visual Tone (Pty) Ltd
info@visual-tone.com