Story Creator
Creative
video editing
SHOW HN2020
868points
291comments
#7of 3,028 in 2020
Top 1%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
56 positive, 64 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 29 critical, out of 158 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 11 for, 8 againstDesign: 12 for, 3 againstExecution: 3 for, 9 againstPricing: 7 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive work and a useful product for creators
From 1 comment
This means a lot. I have spent some time getting it down. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears haha. I agree with the templates. I am trying to allocate my time wisely and I think…
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Objections
Mobile layout is broken
From 2 comments
I think there is an issue on mobile. Should work on desktop. I think the CSS doesnt have a height set or something.
michaelaubry on HNFair point. There is definitely a wide audience on desktop. According to my analytics. Most of the traffic came from desktop. At best it got to 50/50. That said. I am focused on…
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Hotkeys and text box copy-paste have bugs
From 1 comment
Thanks for catching that. Hot keys have been a pain. I also found an issue with copy pasting inside text boxes. I promised myself and my startup friends I wouldn't touch code…
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Pricing may be too high for some users
From 1 comment
I think pricing works in mysterious ways. There are a lot of variables. - what is the market willing to pay - does this solve the core problem - how much is this problem worth…
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Requests
Offline mode
From 2 comments
Very nice but I want desktop (Windows) app. Partly because I am often in low bandwidth situations.
ape4 on HNGot it. This is something to consider. It is possible to use blobs and write to localStorage. I'll take offline mode into serious consideration when I get some cashflow and a team.
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Mobile support
From 1 comment
Fair point. There is definitely a wide audience on desktop. According to my analytics. Most of the traffic came from desktop. At best it got to 50/50. That said. I am focused on…
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Questions
How the rendering pipeline works
From 2 comments
Combination of several rendering techniques. The idea is as long as you have all the information the user wants in in each layer. Then you can do a lot of things with this…
michaelaubry on HNFFMPEG is a huge component. There isnt a silver bullet there are many moving parts. Essentially FE handles collecting information. BE handles parsing information and using…
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Alternatives named
Adobe After Effects
From 1 comment
Yes bundled content is a big pain point of mine. My biggest pain points with After Effects. 1. When I want to create a creative video I typically look on Envato for inspiration.…
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Envato
From 1 comment
Yes bundled content is a big pain point of mine. My biggest pain points with After Effects. 1. When I want to create a creative video I typically look on Envato for inspiration.…
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Canva
From 1 comment
Yes bundled content is a big pain point of mine. My biggest pain points with After Effects. 1. When I want to create a creative video I typically look on Envato for inspiration.…
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