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title: "Live design feedback with RedPen"
slug: live-design-feedback-with-redpen
section: tech
date: 2013-05-24T21:39:00.000Z
canonical: https://roland.leth.ro/blog/tech/live-design-feedback-with-redpen
---

This whole concept is awesome. I quote:
> Red Pen lets you upload your design, share a short URL, and get live, annotated feedback super-fast.

This is how it works: you go to [RedPen.io](http://redpen.io) and upload your image. You'll receive a personalized URL, in short format, like [http://redpen.io/ng7h1f](http://redpen.io/ng7h1f). You're then invited to fill your name and e-mail address, so the system remembers you:
![Register Bar](/images/red-pen/register.png)

From second visit onwards the bar looks like this:
![Registered Bar](/images/red-pen/registered.png)

You can then start sending it to people you'd like an opinion from. To leave a comment you just tap on the image, preferably on the exact spot/area you want to comment on, because a red dot appears where you click:
![RedPen Dot Placement](/images/red-pen/dot-placement.png)

Hovering the image reveals all entry points (dots) for existing comments (or threads if you prefer this naming):
![RedPen Dot Placement Example](/images/red-pen/several-points.png)

If you keep your link open somewhere, you'll even receive live notifications every time a new comment is added:
![Notification](/images/red-pen/notification.png)

Hovering a dot opens a popup with all comments in that spot, allowing you to reply to that particular thread:
![RedPen Reply Example](/images/red-pen/reply-cascade.png)

Go ahead and give it a try, it's pretty awesome, if you ask me.