Radi
Creative
html5 animation authoring
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Radi
Radi is a side project of mine that has kept me occupied for the better part of 2010.
radiapp.com#html5 animation#flash alternative#canvas animation#vector graphics#mac content creation
How HN took it
10 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Impressive technical work
From 3 comments
A truly incredible piece of software pavlov. Well done!
adamjohn on HN>Although the app targets HTML publishing, the compositing core doesn't actually use any kind of browser engine like WebKit. Instead, it's a node-based GPU-accelerated…
alnayyir on HNI've been trying to asses the look of the sites I go to lately (mostly clean and simple ones). I like what you've done. Clean with just a touch of depth. I haven't consumed the…
chewymetal on HN
Clean, attractive look
From 1 comment
I've been trying to asses the look of the sites I go to lately (mostly clean and simple ones). I like what you've done. Clean with just a touch of depth. I haven't consumed the…
chewymetal on HN
Objections
Hard to use; keyframe and shape tools unclear
From 2 comments
I won't lie, I'm having a hard time using this app. I spent awhile looking for a create keyframe buton and almost gave up before realizing how to do animations. I still don't…
seanalltogether on HNFirst of all, when they come and offer you a pile of money (and they will), please insist on a clause that they release it. Someone may try to bury it. Anyway, I had fun playing…
robterrell on HN
Autosmoothed shapes without Bezier handles may be an anti-feature
From 1 comment
Very cool! Nice job. I noticed this: "Radi makes creating vector graphics easier with its unique autosmoothed shapes. When you apply smoothing to a corner point, all your control…
snprbob86 on HN
Requests
Linux port
From 1 comment
Very nice work! I've been wondering when someone would decide to go head-to-head with Adobe in the new world of HTML5 while they're still dragging their feet. I'd especially love…
Pewpewarrows on HN
Scripting of layers and data sources like RSS
From 2 comments
First of all, when they come and offer you a pile of money (and they will), please insist on a clause that they release it. Someone may try to bury it. Anyway, I had fun playing…
robterrell on HNCan it consume external data sources easily? At my company we have an XML RSS feed that I would like to transform into some sort of infographic display (dynamic bar charts,…
Corrado on HN
Replacement for Flash with JavaScript scripting
From 1 comment
Couldn't this be used as a replacement for Flash? I know one of your selling points is that you can do some rather amazing visual imagery without needing any programming skills;…
RyanDScott on HN
Questions
Can it consume external data sources?
From 1 comment
Can it consume external data sources easily? At my company we have an XML RSS feed that I would like to transform into some sort of infographic display (dynamic bar charts,…
Corrado on HN
Why no browser engine?
From 1 comment
Why is there no browser engine? It would seem like your method of "writing my own of everything I need" doesn't really scale well to something like the entire browser stack. And…
dochtman on HN
Alternatives named
Adobe Flash
From 2 comments
I guess we have here the Adobe Flash Studio for HTML5. Nice job!
barredo on HNCouldn't this be used as a replacement for Flash? I know one of your selling points is that you can do some rather amazing visual imagery without needing any programming skills;…
RyanDScott on HN
Yahoo Pipes
From 1 comment
That looks like something that could work. Inspiration for that of course also from Yahoo Pipes which is made for services processing ; you can probably integrate a similar idea…
tluyben2 on HN