An Introduction to Lytho Reviews (New!)

Modified on Mon, 18 Nov at 8:32 AM

This new Review experience is currently only available to a subset of Lytho customers. If you are not seeing the updated Review experience live in your account, you can find more relevant articles here or let us know if you have any questions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Providing Feedback
Annotation Tools
Page Navigation
Approval Statuses
Submitting Reviews
Review Sharing
Review Instructions
Text Search
Proof Options
Review Versions
The Mobile Experience

Reviews is fully browser-based and mobile-friendly. It does not require plugins or extensions and is supported on the latest versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. Files are uploaded natively and do not require conversion.

Providing Feedback

When reviewing an asset, easily provide feedback by marking up the assets using the intuitive annotation tools in the toolbar. Each annotation will automatically be associated with a comment.

After using one of the annotation tools to create a markup, a comment box will automatically appear in the collaboration panel on the far right of the screen, allowing you to enter a comment related to your annotation on the asset. Annotations and comments will appear for all reviewers in real time.

Click Post to save your markup.

Every annotation and its related comment will be numbered.

You can attach files related to your comment.

You can mention someone in your Lytho account to notify them of a message.

Your browser’s built-in spell checker will automatically underline any misspelled words in your comments.

Annotation Tools

Drawing Tools

The Dot Tool identifies a specific point on the asset.

The Rectangle Tool draws a transparent rectangle to highlight an area of the asset.

The Arrow Tool draws an arrow pointing to a particular area of the asset.

The Freehand Tool allows freehand drawing on the asset.

Text Tools

The Standalone Comment Tool adds comments without an annotation.

The Highlight Tool highlights the text in the asset and populates that text in quotation marks into the comment field. You can edit or provide feedback on the text for the content producer as necessary.

The Insert Text Tool places a downward facing arrow in the chosen spot and populates the text ' Insert "" ' into the comment field. You can then type what you would like to be added between the given quotation marks.

The Strikethrough Tool adds a strikethrough line over the text in the asset and populates that text in quotation marks into the comment field. This allows you to ask the content producer to remove the text.

Text Tools are only available if text can be identified in the asset. This includes common file formats like .pdf or .doc.

Canvas Tools

The Pan Tool allows you to grab the asset and move it around on the Review canvas.

The Hide Annotation Tool allows you to temporarily hide all markups from the asset.

The Rotation Tool allows you to rotate the asset 90° counterclockwise.

Light/Dark Mode allows you to switch between light and dark themes to suit your visual comfort and lighting preferences.

Interactive Mode allows you to activate clickable hyperlinks within the asset for seamless navigation and enhanced interactivity.

Zoom

The Zoom Tool allows you to zoom in and out on the asset. You also have "Actual," "Fit to Width," "Fit to Page," and various zoom percentages for viewing the asset. The maximum zoom percentage level is based on your choice of browser.

Assets default to “Fit to Page,” which allows the Reviewer to see the full length and width of the asset.

If you set a zoom level for an asset, the application will hold that zoom level for that asset when toggling between pages.

The expandable left panel Page Navigator shows all creative assets in the Proof and allows you to navigate to other pages by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail. If an asset has multiple pages, the thumbnail can be expanded to show all pages of the asset and their approval status. This is also a great place for an at-a-glance view of each page’s status based on the stage of the review. Before you submit your own approval statuses, it will show your selected page status. After your Review has been submitted, it will show the aggregate status of each page.

The comment icon indicates if reviewers have made comments on an asset.

You can also navigate through the Proof by selecting the top and bottom navigation. The top dropdown will control moving from asset to asset. The bottom arrows will control moving between pages within a multi-page asset.

Approval Statuses

Before you can submit your Review and complete the Review process, an approval status is required for each page, such as Approved As Is or Change and Resubmit. You can set the approval status by selecting the drop down menu on the bottom right corner of the screen, below the collaboration panel.

After selecting a status, you have the option to Apply to Remaining Pages and Apply to All Pages. This will only apply to the selected asset, not all pages of the review.

Lytho Pro Tip: If you are approving a Review that includes a large number of pages within an asset, first apply a status to all pages and then edit the status of exceptions as needed.

Setting an approval status does not submit your Review. Once an approval status has been set for each page, you will see the option to Submit in the bottom right corner.

Submitting Reviews

After applying an approval status to all assets in the proof, the Exit button will update so that you can submit your Review. To proceed, click Submit at the bottom right of the page.

Confirm your review submission by selecting Submit in the pop-up modal.

Members of the Proof will be notified via email when all invited Reviewers have submitted their Reviews.

When enabled, Reviewers can share the Review with additional account members by sending a custom, private message that does not appear in the collaboration panel.

If a Reviewer believes someone's approval is required, they can add them as an essential Reviewer on the Review route. Proof members will receive a notification any time a new essential Reviewer is added to the Review route so they can continue to manage the Review's progress.

Reviewers can also share a direct link to the Review with other account members from the Share Review panel to collaborate on the Review.

If you add a new Reviewer with an @mention, they will only be invited as a collaborator on the Review. They will be able to comment and annotate, but cannot leave an approval status or delay the progression of the Review route.

Review Instructions

Review instructions appear when a review is first opened. If closed, they can always be found within the expandable left panel under the Review Details tab.

Text Search

If the asset being reviewed includes a text layer, users can search for words or phrases within the asset. Search can be found within the expandable left panel under the last tab.

Proof Options

Select the Menu icon in the top right corner of the Review environment to view available proof options.

Print allows you to print the proof to PDF. The generated PDF file will include a cover page including grouped approval statuses and images of the assets with annotations alongside Reviewer collaboration.

(Print PDF)

Banners will appear at the bottom of the review environment indicating PDF preparation and readiness.

(PDF processing)

(PDF ready)

Review Versions

Lytho allows for the Proof uploader to submit sequential versions of the same document so that after implementing feedback in their design, these versions will be associated together and comparable in the Review environment.

If the Review is versioned, you can also access previous versions by selecting the versioning icon located to the right of the Review name. The Review’s version history will open. Select the version you’d like to reference in a new tab of your browser.

The current version indicator is shown to the right of the View Versions icon so that you can quickly view which version is active in your browser window.