What Your Video Editor Sees When You Share a Scoutzera Project

The shared project page

When your editor opens the share link, they land on the project page. At the top they see the project title, a video count, and a "Shared via Scoutzera" badge — a clear signal that they're in the read-only view and don't need to sign up or look for a login prompt. Below that, the project brief appears in full, formatted exactly as you wrote it: bold text is bold, lists render as lists, and any links you included are clickable. The brief isn't collapsed or hidden behind a toggle — it's the first thing on the page after the title.

Below the brief is the video grid: every video you've attached to the project, displayed with thumbnails, display names, and file sizes. The grid is clean and focused — there's no navigation to other projects, no sidebar showing your account, no other content visible. Your editor sees exactly this project and nothing else.

Navigating to a video

Your editor clicks any video card in the grid. The shared video page loads with the video player on the left and the notes panel on the right. The layout is identical to what you see on your end when you're leaving notes — the same two-column structure, the same player controls, the same note list. The key difference is that everything in the shared view is read-only: there's no button to add a note, no text input, no drawing tool. The "Shared via Scoutzera" badge appears on this page too, so your editor always knows which mode they're in.

The shared video page loads quickly because the player streams the video rather than requiring a full download before playback. Your editor can start watching and reading notes within seconds of clicking the video card.

How editors experience timestamped notes

The notes panel lists every note you've left, sorted by timestamp from earliest to latest. Each note shows the timecode and the note text exactly as you wrote it. When your editor clicks a note, the video player jumps to that timestamp — they don't need to scrub manually or remember which part of the video the note is about. They can work through the list from top to bottom: click note, video jumps, take action, move to the next note. It's a checklist tied to the timeline.

Frame drawings in the shared view

Any note you annotated with a drawing shows a drawing badge in the note panel. The annotation renders on top of the paused video frame at that timestamp — your editor sees exactly what you circled, highlighted, or marked, overlaid directly on the frame you were looking at when you drew it. There's no ambiguity about which part of the frame you meant.

The drawing tools — eraser, color picker, brush size — aren't available in the shared view. Your editor only sees the finished drawing, not the tools. This keeps the shared view uncluttered and makes it immediately clear that the view is informational, not interactive.

Downloading a video

A Download button appears on the shared video page. Your editor can download the source file directly from the browser — no separate transfer link, no WeTransfer request, no Google Drive share needed. The download serves the original uploaded file at its original quality. If your editor is on mobile and wants to download later, they can bookmark the share link and return to it from any device; the download button will be there.

What editors cannot do

The shared view is strictly read-only. Editors cannot create, edit, or delete notes. They cannot upload files, change the project brief, or access any other project. The URL is scoped to this project only — your editor has no way to navigate to your video library, your account settings, or any other content. They also cannot see your email address or any identifying account information. From their perspective, the page is a self-contained briefing document.