Polarr.co
Creative
photo editor
SHOW HN2014
167points
97comments
#136of 2,272 in 2014
Top 6%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
15 positive, 40 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 14 critical, out of 75 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 5 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast, snappy performance in the browser
From 3 comments
This absolutely blew me away. Brilliant performance, excellent introduction tips, no sign up to get started, just drag a bunch of photos on top of it and you're tweaking away.…
SchizoDuckie on HNWow! I tried a few things and I love it. Really snappy.
ealize on HNGreat technology. I'm maybe a bit stuck in my RAW file processing ways to find a use for this myself, but I am impressed with it's speed. A couple of things I'd like: - Proper…
jwarren on HN
Impressive WebGL engineering
From 3 comments
Neat webapp, quite impressive. Still, I’m disappointed at how lazy the UI design of nearly all image editors is. They take off-the-shelf algorithms/models, implement them in…
jacobolus on HNWow, this is awesome. I made a WebGL image editor as a side project (http://photogl.net) so I know how much work it takes. I'm impressed. I'll be really excited if/when you get…
seanpkent on HNVery impressive online tool. Looking forward to being able to use it on my cell one day.
ubikr on HN
Objections
Not comparable to Lightroom quality; 8-bit output and harsh contrast
From 2 comments
I hate to shit on your parade because this is pretty dope, but the title is disingenuous at best. But I use Lightroom every day, and you might be faster but you aren't working at…
jawngee on HNI don't see it, the app works, but it's just a bunch of horrible filters a-la-instagram. They work fast but they are still nothing like Lightroom which does a lot more than ruin…
hnriot on HN
No RAW support
From 1 comment
Dev of Polarr here. I think the biggest thing that's missing from the current release is RAW image support which is technically difficult to do. We're right now having some…
bwang29 on HN
Pricing unclear
From 2 comments
Your pricing is incredibly confusing. What is "polar box" and do I need to pay for it? What are the advantages of paying for it, what are the paid-only features? from the "box"…
notatoad on HNIt looks good and impressive. I'm assuming the audience is for casual photo manipulators who like to post their filtered photos on Facebook? Adobe currently has a…
donutdan4114 on HN
Requests
RAW file support
From 3 comments
Came here just to see about RAW support -- I think that's the only thing stopping this from being a legit competitor to lightroom, which says a lot so nice work guys! One other…
jenius on HNGreat technology. I'm maybe a bit stuck in my RAW file processing ways to find a use for this myself, but I am impressed with it's speed. A couple of things I'd like: - Proper…
jwarren on HNWow, this is awesome. I made a WebGL image editor as a side project (http://photogl.net) so I know how much work it takes. I'm impressed. I'll be really excited if/when you get…
seanpkent on HN
Automatic lens correction profiles
From 2 comments
I hate to shit on your parade because this is pretty dope, but the title is disingenuous at best. But I use Lightroom every day, and you might be faster but you aren't working at…
jawngee on HNCame here just to see about RAW support -- I think that's the only thing stopping this from being a legit competitor to lightroom, which says a lot so nice work guys! One other…
jenius on HN
Histogram display
From 1 comment
FWIW the other key feature missing for me is the histogram.[1] Pretty much everything I change in Lightroom, I'm keeping an eye on the histogram to make sure I'm not…
JackC on HN
Noise reduction
From 2 comments
FWIW the other key feature missing for me is the histogram.[1] Pretty much everything I change in Lightroom, I'm keeping an eye on the histogram to make sure I'm not…
JackC on HNThanks for recommending all these features. Viewing / dragging histogram will be in our dev pipeline soon. There are some generic noise reduction algorithms that do not perform…
bwang29 on HN
Questions
How large images are handled without downsampling
From 2 comments
How are you going to solve the performance issues if JS's type is only 32 bit? I could see the possibility of mixing multiple JPEGs but extracting that probably takes you a…
liangx4 on HNTry loading two 24mb 8 bit JPEG files into Polarr and Lightroom. Then try adjust knobs such as exposure and temperature. The rendition in Polarr is apparently faster due to its…
bwang29 on HN
How CORS-tainted images are handled in WebGL
From 1 comment
Just out of curiosity, how did you overcome slow HTML5 canvas' getImageData and pixel reading from an image affected by CORS (tainted canvas)?
bitL on HN
Alternatives named
Lightroom
From 2 comments
I hate to shit on your parade because this is pretty dope, but the title is disingenuous at best. But I use Lightroom every day, and you might be faster but you aren't working at…
jawngee on HNThe point of using lightroom is Cataloging and RAW photo development. I can't see what's useful since the hyperbole mentions Lightroom. It's a program to develop RAW's (Even the…
alkonaut on HN
Darktable
From 1 comment
Using Safari 8 on Yosemite. Clicking on the curve points doesn't do anything. I just retried it thinking maybe I had done something wrong, but still no love. Re: correction…
jawngee on HN
Pixlr
From 1 comment
Looks great. Any chance this could be bundled as chrome native app ? Similar to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pixlr-touch-up/jklljiahjgoglchglekebfljnmbaleig For a…
laex on HN
Nik Efex Pro
From 1 comment
Very cool. Is there a plan to allow third party integration like Nik Efex Pro?
talltofu on HN