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13 best creative feedback management tools for 2026

Creative feedback management tools help teams collect feedback and manage reviews so creative projects keep moving without losing context.

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Richard O'Connor

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Top 15 design annotation software for precise feedback

Design annotation software helps creative and marketing teams give clear, visual feedback directly on designs, images, PDFs, videos, and websites.

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Richard O'Connor

9 min read

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The science of giving creative feedback that doesn't hurt

Creative feedback is a tricky thing. One person thinks they’re being helpful, and the other smiles politely while their brain whispers, “Bold of you to assume I’m emotionally prepared for this.”

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Richard O'Connor

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Best 3 design review software tools for faster approvals in 2026

Tired of project delays and endless feedback loops? You’re not alone. A significant percentage of companies face product launch delays because of last-minute design changes.

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Muriel Skusa

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How to open PSD file to add comments and annotations

In this article, I’ll guide you through how to open PSD files for free. And, assuming you want to do more than look at pretty pictures, how to add feedback as part of your design approval process.

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Ethan Lott

5 min read

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7 key questions for your design request form template

Design request forms stand as crucial tools for creative ventures, providing a structured bridge for the exchange of ideas and needs between professionals and their clients or colleagues.

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Amber Howells

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How design annotations help you get approvals faster in 2026

Studies show that the human brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than it processes text. It comes as no surprise, then, that design is everywhere, filling everything from our kitchen cabinets to our city streets. What most people don’t see, however, are the many rounds of reviews that go into every single sign, logo and web banner. 

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Valerie O'Connor

8 min read

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Design version control: the secret tool you're not using in 2025

Which one is the latest version? Which are out of date? Get these answers wrong and you’ll realize too late that you’ve just wasted hours of your precious time working on the wrong file. But by introducing some best practices and setting your team up with a proper version control system, you can solve this problem. 

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Katie Garrett

8 min read

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10 best graphic design project management software tools for creative teams in 2026

Choosing the right creative project management software should be a strategic decision reflecting your company's exact needs. Whether you work as a freelance designer or as a part of a big enterprise, this will greatly impact which software to use. To help you make the right decision, we summed up the 12 best graphic design project management tools for you.

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Nika Prpic

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Artwork approval process, software, and best practices

The artwork approval process + 5 best practices

Creating an excellent artwork approval process is about juggling many different things. Filestage's design and artwork approval software is built to tick all these boxes and more.

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Nika Prpic

6 min read

How to build an effective design approval process

How to give and receive great website design feedback

Giving feedback on a website design without a proper tool can be a nightmare. Think of all the screenshots and long emails to explain which parts of the design you’re referring to. But no worries, website feedback tools can quickly turn this nightmare into a pretty smooth process.

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Nika Prpic

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The best design feedback tools for quick and clear design reviews

How to collect UI design feedback (and why it’s important)

One of the most exciting parts of digital design is UI design. Its perfect balance between aesthetics and knotty problem-solving makes it so challenging and yet rewarding when done right. 

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Nika Prpic

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8 ways to optimize the graphic design process

The 8-step graphic design process (from briefing to user testing)

Having a solid graphic design process will help you to create better designs. Once established, you don’t need to think about the next steps each time you’re working on a new project. You just pursue your approach. Hence, you’re able to focus on the most important aspect: the graphic design.

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Nika Prpic

8 min read

10 best design collaboration tools for every situation

9 best design collaboration tools for every situation

Making the design process more efficient is essential for any business, and that's where design collaboration tools come in. This article is about how you can improve design collaboration with colleagues, partners, and clients. So if you’re looking for the best design collaboration tools for your team, keep on reading.

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Muriel Skusa

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How to set up a reliable design review process and get valuable feedback in 6 steps

Setting up an effective design review process to get valuable feedback is so important. With a good design review process in place, your whole team will make faster and more informed decisions so you can deliver designs that you're truly proud of!

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Nika Prpic

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How to create a design feedback form + 20 example questions

How to create a design feedback form + 20 example questions

Getting feedback on your designs is no easy task. And without a proper set of questions and techniques, you’ll likely miss the opportunity to maximize everyone's feedback. This article will shed some light on how design approval software and other tools can help you collect feedback. And you'll get 20 great questions to inspire valuable feedback on your designs!

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Nika Prpic

9 min read

How to ask for (and give) great design feedback

How to ask for (and give) great design feedback

Giving and receiving design feedback is a fundamental part of the design process. How you ask for (and give) feedback can make a big difference when it comes to the progress of your project, the morale of the design team, and the final output. Read further for advice on how to ask for and how to give constructive design feedback.

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Muriel Skusa

5 min read

The best design feedback tools for quick and clear design reviews

5 design feedback tools your team will love

Feedback is a fundamental part of any design project. Find out how design feedback tools can help make the review process that much easier, giving designers the opportunity to collect in-context comments and annotations so that they can get on with their next round of amends and get closer and closer to sign off.

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Muriel Skusa

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How to build an effective design approval process

How to build an effective design approval process

An effective design approval process can help you to collect feedback, get sign-off and meet deadlines with no stress. Let's take a deeper look at how Filestage could help your design approval process.

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Muriel Skusa

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