For film & TV productions

Online photo approvals that track every kill for you.

Image Approvals is an easy-to-use online platform for managing your stills approvals. Track talent kill rates, cap kill allowances by solo and group percentage, and export contact sheets, all from any device with a web browser.

The Image Approvals platform shown across a desktop monitor, laptop, tablet and phone, with talent stills laid out for review and approval

Talent approvals, managed online

We designed the platform around a minimalist, efficient approvals workflow, so the task gets done faster, in-house or fully managed by our team.

Access from anywhere

Web-based approvals mean talent and stakeholders log in from any device, anywhere, with no heavy desktop-only software to install.

Automatic kill tracking

Image Approvals automatically counts kills across solo and group images and caps each actor's allowance, so you never have to tally by hand or risk a miscount.

Export contact sheets

A consolidated audit trail logs every image and its approval status in one source of truth, exportable any time as spreadsheet reports or contact sheets, for complete peace of mind.

Start from day one

We liaise with your photographer from their first day of filming, tagging images and getting them online so producers, publicists and talent can begin reviewing from day one of production.

Access from anywhere

A web-based approvals process means talent and other stakeholders can reach the system from anywhere in the world, on any device with an internet connection and a browser. There's nothing heavy to install and no being tied to one computer with the right software loaded.

Image Approvals has worked with productions right across the world: in the UK, the USA, mainland Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Wherever your production is based, we can manage the approvals process for you.

The Image Approvals app on a phone, listing each shoot day with how many images have been viewed, kills logged, and who has marked the day as done

A simple, user-friendly interface

Each cast member gets their own account to review photographs by production day and keep track of which images they've viewed, are yet to view, and have killed. New images appear on the platform as soon as we add them, with no need to keep sending fresh share links or contact sheets.

Actors browse by thumbnail or one image at a time, and our one-click-kill process cuts the clicks needed to work through a day. Kill a photo by accident? Step back and un-kill it. When an actor finishes a day, they mark it as done, so the team knows the talent has completed their approvals and the assets are safe to use.

The Image Approvals single-image review screen showing one still with a red Kill image button and download, key-select and info controls

Cap kill allowances by solo and group percentages

We keep track of photo kill counts so you don't have to. Talent see a simple breakdown of how many photographs they appear in, how many they're allowed to kill, and what percentage of that allowance they've used.

Those overseeing the process, publicists and producers, get a wider view that spans the whole production, letting them monitor how much of each actor's kill allowance remains and who still has approvals to finish.

Solo and group kill-allowance gauges showing kills remaining and percentage used, above a table of each cast member's kill allowance

Download contact sheets in PDF and Excel

Authorised accounts have customisable downloads available, including contact sheets and spreadsheet reports. Depending on whether they want to see the images or just the hard data, they can configure a download to show specific days, actors and approval statuses.

At the end of the process, we include a complete set of reports, so you have a full audit trail of exactly which images are approved for use.

An exported PDF contact sheet, shown as a printed page, listing a shoot day's images as thumbnails each labelled with its filename and killed or not-killed status

Kick off the kills process from day one

Social media and PR often demand the timely release of assets, especially for episodic content. The platform keeps the approvals process from blocking your marketing and publicity activity.

As production is underway, our technical team can liaise directly with your photographer to streamline how their images are delivered, so stills reach the platform sooner and publicists, producers and talent can get eyes on them and begin the approvals process quickly, rather than waiting for wrap.

The Image Approvals review grid open on a desktop, showing a shoot day's stills as thumbnails with kill and key-select markers, filterable by actor

Want the full picture? See the complete stills approvals platform, or how it fits alongside our talent approvals and photo lab. →

Frequently asked questions

What are talent kill rights? +
Talent kill rights, also called cast clearances, are a clause in many actors' contracts that lets them veto (“kill”) a set percentage of the images taken of them, often with different percentages for solo and group shots. Common terms require an actor to approve at least 50% of their solo images and at least 75% of images in which they appear with others who also hold approval rights.
How does the online approvals process work? +
Once your images are on the platform, each cast member logs in to review the shots in which they appear, killing any they want to veto. The platform tracks their kills across solo and group images and won't let them exceed their contractual allowance. When they finish a shoot day they mark it as done, so the production team can see progress in real time and know when images are safe to use.
Can talent use it on mobile? +
Yes. The platform is web-based and works on any device with an internet connection and a browser: desktop, tablet or phone. There's nothing to install, so talent and stakeholders can review and approve images from anywhere in the world.
Can we export contact sheets? +
Yes. Authorised accounts can download printable summary contact sheets of all photos, all killed photos or all unkilled photos, in both PDF and Excel formats. The sheets show which talent killed each image and which actors have marked each day as done, giving you a clear audit trail.
How many images should we send to talent? +
Enough that the approved set still meets your distributor's delivery quota once the cast have used their kill allowances. Most delivery specs set a minimum number of approved images (a total, a count per key cast member, or a floor per episode, often split between unit stills and behind-the-scenes) and only images that survive approvals count towards it. We work the number backwards from your spec and each actor's contracted kill percentages, so the working set is sized to hit the target rather than leaving you short after the shoot has wrapped. Send too few and you miss the quota; send obvious duplicates and misfires just to pad it out and you erode cast trust, so the set needs to be both big enough and genuinely good.
How is the platform priced? +
We have pricing models that support both large and small productions with value increasing as your image count grows. Get in touch for a quote tailored to your production.
Can cast start approving before the shoot wraps? +
Yes. We will upload images as they are delivered to us by your still photographer, so assets are online from day one of production. Cast can begin killing images straight away, which helps you hit first-look and episodic release deadlines without the approvals process holding up publicity.

Manage your talent approvals online.

Join the productions tracking talent kill rights on the Image Approvals platform, in-house or fully managed by our team.

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