A notification tells you when a collaborator comments on your work. When someone leaves a comment or reply on a timeline clip or library item in a project you're part of, Sequence notifies you so you can jump straight to the note and respond.
There are two things you control: how you're notified — in Sequence's own notification feed, by email, or both — and what you're notified about in each project. The two settings work together, so you can follow every comment in an active project while muting one you've stepped away from.
Where notifications appear#
Your notifications collect in an in-app feed — a panel you open from the bell button. The bell sits in the workspace sidebar and in the project editor, and a small red dot appears on it whenever you have unread notifications.
Click the bell to open the Notifications panel. Each notification shows who left the note, whether they commented on or replied to something, the clip or library item and project it belongs to, and how long ago it happened. Comments on library assets also show a strip of frames from around the comment, so you can recognize the shot at a glance.
Use the panel to work through your notes:
- Switch the filter between Unread and Read to focus on what's new or revisit something you've already seen.
- Click a notification to jump to it. Sequence opens the project, switches to the right timeline or library item, opens the Comments panel, and selects the comment — then marks the notification as read.
- Click Mark all as read to clear the unread state on everything at once, or use a notification's own control to mark a single one read or unread.
Marking a notification read or unread only affects your own feed; it doesn't change anything for your collaborators.
If your preferences include email, the same activity also reaches the inbox of the address on your Sequence account.
What triggers a notification#
Notifications come from comments — the notes you and your collaborators leave on timeline clips and library items as you review a project. See Commenting for how comments work.
You're notified when a collaborator adds a comment or a reply, including replies to a thread you're part of and comments that mention you. Notes you post yourself don't notify you.
Choose how you're notified#
The channel — in-app feed, email, or both — is set once for your account and applies across your projects.
To change it, open the notification feed from the bell, then click Preferences (the sliders button in the panel's top-right corner). Set the Comments channel to any of the following:
- In App & Email — Notifications appear in the feed and arrive by email.
- In App Only — Notifications appear only in the feed.
- Email Only — Notifications arrive only by email.
- None — You receive no comment notifications on any channel.
Per-project notifications#
Alongside the account-wide channel, each project has its own setting for which comments notify you — so a project you're actively cutting can notify you about everything while a finished one stays quiet.
To set it, open the Comments panel for a timeline clip or library item, then click the Project Comment Settings button (the three-lines icon at the top of the panel) and choose one of the following:
- All Comments — You're notified about every comment and reply collaborators leave in this project.
- Mentions and replies — You're notified only about direct mentions, replies to your comments, and replies in threads you've joined.
- None — You receive no notifications for comments in this project.
Note
This setting is per project. Changing it affects only the project you're in — your other projects keep their own comment settings and your account-wide channel preference stays the same.