Piqtur
Creative
image editing
SHOW HN2012
41points
18comments
#574of 1,677 in 2012
Top 35%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 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
Simple, clean and fast interface
From 3 comments
This is beautiful, simple, and fast.
instakill on HNWow, what an elegant and simple to use app. It feels a tiny bit sluggish though (or may be its just my firebug pulling me down)
meow on HNThis is fantastic. I need something exactly like this most of the time. To be honest, I'd pay for this in the Mac Appstore. Nice job amigo.
ZanderEarth32 on HN
Effects look good and render well
From 2 comments
Very nice effects well rendered! Image quality was fine.
Craiggybear on HNFornicating hell! Thanks for showing me what's possible with HTML5 and JS. I am inspired to do stuff like this myself now. No chance you will release the source?
itmag on HN
Objections
No regular upload button; drag and drop only
From 3 comments
Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
CWIZO on HNLooks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
SyneRyder on HNI agree with the need for an upload button. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 and dragged an image from Thunar to Firefox. Firefox just opened the image instead of it opening in your…
warp on HN
Exported image quality dropped
From 1 comment
Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
CWIZO on HN
Unclear whether uploaded images stay private
From 1 comment
Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
SyneRyder on HN
Toggling effects by clicking the name is confusing
From 1 comment
Very nice job. The only thing is that it I had to click the text name of the effect to turn the effect off. That was a bit confusing at first.
latchkey on HN
Requests
Add an upload button
From 2 comments
Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
CWIZO on HNFWIW I actually bailed for the same reason. I do appreciate the simplicity but it seems like it would be easy enough to add an unobtrusive link in the bottom corner "...or click…
peterii on HN
Provide sample images
From 2 comments
Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
CWIZO on HNLooks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
SyneRyder on HN
Release the source code
From 1 comment
Fornicating hell! Thanks for showing me what's possible with HTML5 and JS. I am inspired to do stuff like this myself now. No chance you will release the source?
itmag on HN
Questions
How was it built?
From 2 comments
Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
CWIZO on HNI like it. Care to elaborate on what libraries/framework/tech you used?
antonp on HN
Are images uploaded to the server?
From 1 comment
Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
SyneRyder on HN
Alternatives named
Picnik
From 1 comment
Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
SyneRyder on HN