This is a suggested workflow for people who are leaving feedback and approving finals to access a project to which they've been invited. It includes steps for inviting others to the project, adding images to the project if there aren't any already present, making selects, marking images up, reviewing revisions from your retoucher(s), making final approval, and downloading finals or FPOs.
Instructions for creating a project are here.
1. Accessing the Project
There are two ways you can be invited to a project: via email invite or via share link. Both are detailed below.
Email invite: Click the link in the email to create an account and log in. Following account creation, you will be dropped inside the project.
Email invitation
Create new account
Share link: Enter your name and email when prompted (this identifies you when making comments).
Note: You won’t need to create an account unless you want access to a dashboard with all of your projects.
To create an account: https://app.verybusy.io/create-account
Log in via link. No account needed. Allows verybusy to match your comments with a name.
2. Inviting Others to Your Project
From the project grid view:
Select the blue "Share Project" button at the upper right of the screen
Share two ways:
Invite via email (invitee will receive an invite to the project via email, and if they don't already have an account, they will be prompted to create one.
Invite via Link (allows access to anyone with the link without requiring them to create an account)
Share via email
Share via link (public access)
3. Adding Images to a Project
If the project is empty, and you need to add images, drag and drop them into the empty project view.
4. Making Selects
Apply labels like Select, Reject, or Hold by:
Clicking “Create Label” on the image thumbnail, type the label name, and select a color for the label.
Or double-click an image to enter Markup View, where you can see the image larger, to create and apply labels. Use your right arrow key to advance to the next image.
In the project grid view, cmd (mac) or ctrl (PC) + click to select multiple image thumbnails to apply a label to.
Labels, once created within a project, will stay accessible throughout the project.
Add a label to an image thumbnail in the project grid view
Add a label to an image inside Markup View
5. Leaving Notes + Markups
Enter Markup View: Double-click an image thumbnail
The brush tool is active automatically
Draw directly on the image, type your comment, and hit Enter
You can attach up to 3 reference files per comment (max 1 GB each)
You can @mention someone from the project to directly call their attention to a comment or question.
Example of leaving a markup
Comment with @mention and reference file attached
6. Tracking Rounds
Use the round counter on the image thumbnail or at the top of Markup View to see previous versions
Toggle between current and previous rounds using the Before + After button
Use the Side-by-Side Comparison tool to view previous rounds next to the current round.
Click “All Comments” at the top of the comment panel to review and audit feedback from previous rounds
Round counter increases by 1 after a new round is uploaded by the retoucher.
Viewing the before + after of previous and current round
View any previous round next to the current round
7. Approving Images
Approve one or many images:
Inside Markup View: Click the Approve button at the bottom-center
On Image Thumbnails: Select images > Click Approve at the bottom-center or right-click > Approve. To select images:
Click + drag across thumbnails
Or use Cmd/Ctrl + Click to select specific images
Or Cmd/Ctrl + A to select all
Approve within Markup View
Batch-approving from the project grid
8. Downloading Files
You can download an entire project from the project grid view.
You can also download individual images from Markup View
Where to download from the project grid view
Where to download from the inside Markup View
Download options from inside Markup View:
For layout (FPO): choose Low-res JPG in the dropdown
For full resolution: choose Original in the dropdown
