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Whether you have 100 or 10,000 images across one production or several, the Image Approvals platform tracks every cast clearance across solo and group shots, stops talent killing past their contracted percentages, and gets your stills cleared quickly and securely.
A step-by-step path for managing talent approvals, so your unit stills are handled efficiently from project start-up through to final delivery.
Tell us about your production early so we can streamline delivery, keep costs down and oversee quality control from day one. Already shot? We can still organise your images and run the full approvals process for you.
Send images on a drive at wrap or via daily and weekly uploads. We'll handle RAW & JPG files so you never have to track down images later. Our technical team receives them, then organises, tags and renames files so everything is easy to find. No need to pre-sort into actor folders: the platform picks up actor tags automatically.
Publicists and producers log in and review the stills before anyone else. Don't want an image to go to cast for approval? No problem! You can curate your images on the platform before they go to talent.
Cast or their reps log in and begin their approvals. The platform shows each actor only the images they appear in, tracks every kill against their contracted percentages, and distinguishes solo from group shots live.
With cast-approved images in, publicists and producers mark their key selects for the final deliverables. Selects are global, so multiple stakeholders mark preferred shots and see each other's choices update in real time.
Once approvals and key selects are complete, we organise your files by format and approval status and return everything to you, alongside comprehensive contact sheets and reports.
Built specifically for talent stills clearance, so you're not left trying to track kills in email chains and online image galleries.
Kill and exclude images so cast only review the shots you want them to. Image counts and kill allowances update in real time, and you can un-kill anything to put it back into the live set.
Input each actor's contracted approval percentages and the platform calculates their kill allowance across solo and group images, tracks every kill, and recalculates instantly as new images arrive, so they never exceed their requirements.
Our global selects feature lets producers, publicists and the distributor collaborate on the final approved set together, in real time. No email chains, no version confusion.
Secure account-based access with customisable permissions, optional watermarking and download controls keeps your assets safe while still letting users see images at their best.
A responsive platform with nothing to install. Manage approvals from desktop or mobile, anywhere, ideal for getting cast sign-off on the go.
Generate detailed contact sheets and approval reports, track approval status, and keep a complete audit trail for every talent clearance.
With thousands of images across a full cast, each on a different contracted percentage, counting kills by hand is a nightmare. The platform tracks every kill across solo and group shots automatically and recalculates the moment new images arrive.
You always know who has approved what, who still needs to act, and whether anyone is over their allowance, without ever counting an image yourself.
For unit publicists clearing cast across several productions at once, a single dashboard tracks progress, deadlines and team collaboration in one place.
Mark key selects, monitor each actor's approval status, and pull JPG downloads ready for First Look and Start of Production releases, without scattering it all across spreadsheets and inboxes.
Do a first pass before talent ever see their images. Filter out duplicates, test shots and misfires so each actor reviews a clean, considered set, protecting trust and keeping approvals moving.
Smart tagging means cast only see the images they appear in, and Production Accounts decide exactly which shots reach which talent.
Need help with this? If you're facing down thousands of images and the job feels overwhelming, our expert editorial team can do that first pass for you, filtering out the duplicates and misfires and surfacing the shots worth showing. See our editorial & finishing services.
The platform is fully responsive, so high-profile talent and their teams can review and approve stills from a phone without installing anything. Cast see only their own images, in a minimalist interface built to make approvals quick.
Perfect for keeping busy actors and reps moving through clearance without friction, wherever they are.
Multiple account types, each with customisable permissions and security settings, so you stay in full control of who sees what, and when.
Set up the accounts each production needs and tailor permissions and security settings per account, so everyone (from publicists to stakeholders simply kept in the loop) sees exactly what you allow, and nothing more.
Actor accounts require no personal contact information from the actor, so their data stays completely private. Actors can manage their own approvals, or have their rep handle it on their behalf.
Image Approvals is Cyber Essentials certified (a UK government-backed standard) so your unreleased production stills are protected with enterprise-grade controls from upload to delivery.
Cyber Essentials certified
UK government-backed security standard
Encrypted transfer & storage
Secure, geographically distributed servers with regular backups
Role-based access
Account-based permissions and optional watermarking
Version-controlled audit trail
Every change tracked across the approval process
Behind the platform sits a full photo lab: RAW handling, format conversion, captioning and quality control. See how Image Approvals handles your stills end to end, or plan the shoot first with ShootBuddy, our stills coverage-planning tool. →
Need more help with your images? Our editorial team can handle the details while you focus on your production.
Distributors set a minimum number of approved images: per key cast member, per episode, or split between episodics and BTS. We size your working set to hit it, and log coverage as you shoot so a shortfall is flagged while the photographer can still fix it. How it works.
Don’t spend days sifting through thousands of shots you don’t need. We can do a first pass for you, filtering out duplicates, test shots, misfires and other unneeded images.
Detailed, accurate captions that ensure your released production stills are searchable, accessible and properly credited, and which delivery specs routinely require to be embedded in every image. Read our captioning guide.
Comprehensive metadata integration including copyright information, usage rights, captions and more so publications can easily find and use your production stills correctly.
With options for both affordable high-volume batch editing for when your unit photography needs a little clean up before publication, and bespoke individual retouching for key shots, we’ll have your unit stills looking their best.
Need a unit photographer for your production? Our ShootBuddy platform can help you find the perfect one, matching your production’s style, energy and budget, and share the common pitfalls of booking unit photographers so you can avoid them.
Every photographer has heard “you should have been here yesterday” so often it’s an inside joke. Don’t waste budget booking your photographer on the wrong days. Schedule them on the days that count and keep them moving as schedules shift by using our ShootBuddy platform.
From planning your coverage before the shoot, through the photo lab, talent approvals and episoding, to hitting your distributor's image quota. See the full breadth of how we help productions achieve a successful stills delivery.
“I have worked with Image Approvals for 4 years. Their service has been invaluable to streamlining the approvals process and delivering final/approved images to our clients. They are extremely responsive and professional. I intend to work with them for the years to come.”
“The Image Approvals team have been wonderful to work with throughout the entire process. The platform itself is easy to navigate and has provided everything we've needed, including ease of access for high-profile talent and their teams. After our good experience we are working with them again on another feature film, and would strongly recommend Image Approvals as a reasonably priced, great service for image clearance.”
“Aimee and her team at Image Approvals are truly fantastic. They made the process seamless from start to finish, were incredibly communicative throughout, and ensured everything was delivered at the end of the project in an organised fashion as promised. Highly recommended.”
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