I've used Notable <http://www.notableapp.com/> for managing design reviews and it has worked pretty well. It allows you to upload PDFs / images and have people easily comment on sections of them. There are a few other competitors that have similar products to it too.
On Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:31:58 PM UTC-5, Lloyd Wells wrote: > > We are looking for a good design review/comment/approval solution, and I > would love to know what others are using. We are currently emailing design > proofs (jpg/pdf) to clients, and they are commenting/approving via return > email. That has worked ok thus far, but we would really like a more > "full-featured" solution that would allow our clients the ability to give a > little more detailed/in-depth information in order to streamline the > process (and cut down on the number of emails back-and-forth between > clients, sales staff and designers). > > One of our biggest stumbling blocks is that we do lots of work for > companies who then send our designs on to THEIR clients for approval, which > means we (the design team) need to remain anonymous to the end client. Any > branding, links or contact info would need to be shown as the "middle-man" > we are working through, and NOT that of my design company. Which means > something tied to our website would not work. > > Since we also do many one-off/small projects, the setup for each > individual project needs to be fairly low impact. We can't afford to have > to set up each small job as a new account, but rather have a way to create > many small jobs within a few larger "parent" accounts. (ie, Company A - > client 1, client 2, and so on) > > Here are a few of our requirements (in no particular order) > > * Ease of use from iPhone/Droid/Blackberry (for sales staff and end > clients) > * Anonymity for designer (from third party clients) > * No software/login/account necessary for third party clients > * Free or low-cost > * Easy setup for individual projects (due to many small one-off projects) > * Ability to download a printable proof (jpg, pdf) > > Some pluses that would be nice: > > * Ability for client to comment directly on design piece (cross out, > circle, highlight, make notes, etc) > * Ability to add social/website links on design proofs > > Thanks in advance for your advice and comments. > > Lloyd > > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
