OpenFrame

Comments as markers on your timeline

Bring a video's review comments into Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve as colored markers, each at the moment it was made, with the replies inside. After the next round of feedback, run it again: the markers are updated and the ones you added yourself stay.

Before you start

Open the video in OpenFrame, click the download icon above the comments and choose Premiere Pro: add to timeline or DaVinci Resolve: add to timeline. The window that opens has everything you need: the download, the video's link and a button that creates a token. A token is a key that lets the plugin read your projects and comments; it can't change anything.

Premiere Pro

Works with Premiere Pro 25.6 or later, installed through Creative Cloud.

  1. 1. Install the panel

    Download the panel and double-click the file. Creative Cloud asks whether to install it; choose Install.

    Creative Cloud asking to install the plugin

    Then choose OK.

    Creative Cloud asking for confirmation before installingCreative Cloud showing OpenFrame Comments as installed

  2. 2. Open the panel

    In Premiere, choose Window → UXP Plugins → OpenFrame Comments. You can dock it next to your other panels.

    Premiere's Window menu with UXP Plugins and OpenFrame CommentsThe OpenFrame Comments panel

  3. 3. Paste the link and the token

    Paste the video's link and the token, then choose Load versions and pick the version you are cutting. You only paste the token once; the panel remembers it.

    The panel with a video link and token, and a version picked

  4. 4. Add the comments

    With your sequence open, choose Add comments to the active sequence. Resolved comments are left out unless you tick Include resolved comments.

    Colored comment markers on the Premiere timeline

    Window → Markers lists every comment with its color and replies. Keep the last line of each marker's comment as it is; the panel uses it to update the marker next time.

    Premiere's Markers panel listing the comments with their colorsA marker opened in Premiere, with the comment and its reply

  5. 5. After new feedback

    Choose the same button again. The markers from last time are replaced with the current comments, so comments resolved since then disappear from the timeline.

    The panel after updating the markers

    Changed your mind? Edit → Undo takes it back in a few steps: two for the first time (colors, then markers), three after that.

DaVinci Resolve

  1. 1. Install the script

    Download the script and move it into this folder (create the Utility folder if it is missing), then restart Resolve:

    • Windows: %APPDATA%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Fusion\Scripts\Utility
    • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Utility
    • Linux: ~/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/Fusion/Scripts/Utility

  2. 2. Open the script

    With your timeline open, choose Workspace → Scripts → OpenFrame Comments.

    Resolve's Workspace menu with Scripts and OpenFrame CommentsThe OpenFrame Comments window in Resolve

  3. 3. Paste the link and the token

    Paste the video's link and the token, choose Load versions and pick the version. The script remembers both for next time.

    The script with a video link and token, and a version picked

  4. 4. Add the comments

    Choose Add comments to the current timeline. Resolved comments are left out unless you tick Include resolved comments.

    Colored comment markers on the Resolve timeline

    Double-click a marker to read the comment and its replies. Resolve has no orange markers, so orange tags show as yellow.

    A marker opened in Resolve, with the comment and its reply

  5. 5. After new feedback

    Choose the same button again and the markers are replaced with the current comments. If one of your own markers sits on the exact frame of a comment, Resolve keeps yours and the script tells you how many comments it skipped.

    The script after updating the markers

Good to know

  • Marker colors follow the comment's tag. Comments without a tag are cyan, resolved ones green.
  • Comments made at the same moment share one marker; its name shows how many more there are.
  • Works with timelines at 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 48, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps.
  • Lost a computer? Remove its token in OpenFrame under Settings → API Tokens.
  • Prefer files? The same menu also downloads a Resolve EDL or a Premiere XML to import by hand.