Animatron
Creative
animation editor
SHOW HN2014
295points
139comments
#51of 2,272 in 2014
Top 3%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
26 positive, 41 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 15 critical, out of 87 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Design: 10 for, 0 againstIdea: 6 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Intuitive, easy-to-use UI
From 3 comments
This is very impressive. As someone who has no idea what I'm doing, I was able to make an animation of a circle moving and growing from left to right in 30 seconds without…
lxe on HNThat's really impressing, very easy and intuitive to use!
pkorzeniewski on HNI just have to say I tried this out for about 20 minutes (not an artsy guy really) and found it amazing. Very intuitive, clean, fast, and seems entirely free. Highly recommend.
alexRohde on HN
No signup required to try
From 1 comment
It's so refreshing to see a service that requires no signup. Normally a signup acts as a barrier to entry for me, especially when it requires a link to a social media identity.…
MarcScott on HN
Nostalgia for Flash-style animation
From 2 comments
Wow! This really takes me back to my Flash Animation days. Very cool and slick. I like it.
basicallydan on HNThis is amazing! Does it have facilities for frame-by-frame animation and onion-skinning?
enthdegree on HN
Objections
Playback performance is slow (low fps)
From 3 comments
This looks like a really full-featured and powerful animation tool! The tutorial movie was very impressive. The gallery[0] has some good looking examples, but they all run very…
hughes on HNSimilar issue on the FPS using Firefox 24. It all loads (once I let JS do its thing) and can be interacted with (made a quick little movie of a box dancing around, but its like…
araes on HNGreat - all the tools that come close to this have been flash and don't run easily on phones and tablets. I noticed it crashed mobile safari for me. Do you have plans to make…
subdane on HN
Requires cloud connection; no offline or desktop download
From 1 comment
Looks interesting but an authoring tool is not something I want to run "in the cloud" and be dependant on a connection and a service that may or may not be there when I need it.…
muyuu on HN
Password length limited to 16 characters
From 2 comments
I'd love to try this out as I've been looking for something like for a long time. But I can't use it because I can't sign up with a password longer than 16 characters. This is a…
wyuenho on HNWhy are passwords limited to 16 characters? That's unnerving.
donut2d on HN
Fails to load in some browsers (IE11, mobile Safari)
From 2 comments
``` Your browser is too old or not yet supported! ``` And a link to Chrome frame, a retired Google product. Please use feature detection instead of sniffing the browser agent. My…
frik on HNGreat - all the tools that come close to this have been flash and don't run easily on phones and tablets. I noticed it crashed mobile safari for me. Do you have plans to make…
subdane on HN
Requests
Offline support or desktop app
From 1 comment
thanks! there are two ways to address it. first of all we will add offline support at some point, so you can work offline and when you are online it will sync itself with the…
skavish on HN
Source code access under paid plan
From 1 comment
Would love a paid option of like $5-$10/month that gives me the actual source code so I can just take it and run it on my own stuff. Great work though!
selectout on HN
Frame-by-frame animation and onion-skinning
From 1 comment
This is amazing! Does it have facilities for frame-by-frame animation and onion-skinning?
enthdegree on HN
Questions
Can the project be downloaded or must it be hosted in the cloud?
From 1 comment
Do you have to host in the cloud or can you down load this. Is there a limit to how long the animations can be
wehadfun on HN
What video formats can be exported?
From 1 comment
What video formats can I export to?
kafkaesque on HN
Alternatives named
Hype (Tumult)
From 1 comment
So, this is Hype in the browser: http://tumult.com/hype/
WoodenChair on HN
Powtoons
From 1 comment
I've been looking for something like this. Powtoons is ok but sucks for someone who wants a little more out of their animation tool. Can't wait to try it out!
rjf90 on HN
Adobe Edge Animate
From 1 comment
great find for me! i am in design/dev for the learning and development industry, so naturally many teams have strong backgrounds in Flash, and lately Adobe Edge Animate and…
markjspivey on HN
Flash
From 2 comments
that's the kind of user friendly killerapp that made flash so ubiquitous, because everyone and his mom were able to make animations. While i love canvas, it's downright…
tekmate on HNI still use the tiny lightning fast Macromedia Flash 4 to make simple animations, when its just simple animations, without all the script power, features and Photoshop…
marukokinno on HN