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Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Post by jasperstory »

TheFreim wrote: post #28
jasperstory wrote: post #16

That one is ScreenStudio - it's a great product! I'm a founder at Yarn (YC W24) – we're building in this space and launching on HN soonish. We often see teams combining ScreenStudio with products like iMovie, AfterEffects, or Veed. Other products in the space to check out are Tella.tv, Kite, or Descript. For more advanced motion graphics, you'll often need a freelancer or agency. Feel free to drop me a message (email…

How long is the Yarn wait list?

Not sure. Hopefully next 4-6 weeks. Building as fast as possible with current teams – but lots of tricky webGL, Swift, and headless Chrome involved.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Post by danenania »

I made the demo video for https://plandex.ai myself using CleanShot X (https://cleanshot.com/), Adobe Premiere Pro, an effect I bought in Adobe's marketplace, some AppleScript automation, and music from SoundStripe (https://soundstripe.com/).

It was my first time using all these tools. It took me a couple days to make the video. Premiere is a bit of a beast, but by just asking ChatGPT how to do everything, I was able to get up to speed with it pretty fast.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Post by nytesky »

DrammBA wrote: post #14
gedy wrote: post #9

I find it kinda funny that the 'sleek demo' above is just zooming around their landing page.

It's also kinda sad we're at the point where a video of someone scrolling a webpage with an oversized mouse is considered a 'sleek demo', it wasn't even a smooth scroll at that.

It’s obv a person manipulating the mouse and scroll. It’s very uneven and jerky.

Do these tools provide HMI automation, where you script the mouse movements/clicks/scrolls during the recording?

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Post by rembicilious »

ziffusion wrote: post #23
rembicilious wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found the comment to be informative and the condescension thought provoking. I guess it’s because the disparagement cuts both ways. There is criticism for the marketer who uses these techniques as a cheap ploy and for the consumer who lets the Trojan horse enter because “ooh a horsey”. Obviously the post could have been more pragmatic, but then bland? Not everyone enjoys onion even though the flavour is remarkable.…

I'd like to follow you. Do you capture your ramblings somewhere?

Wow no stranger has ever said that to me before and I really liked it, thank you! /desperate acknowledgment I don’t write, no social media either. Just staying in my place, a lurky digital hermit since the 90’s

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Post by shafyy »

jasperstory wrote: post #16

That one is ScreenStudio - it's a great product! I'm a founder at Yarn (YC W24) – we're building in this space and launching on HN soonish. We often see teams combining ScreenStudio with products like iMovie, AfterEffects, or Veed. Other products in the space to check out are Tella.tv, Kite, or Descript. For more advanced motion graphics, you'll often need a freelancer or agency. Feel free to drop me a message (email…

+1 for ScreenStudio, use it and love it.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Post by Gabriel_Martin »

rembicilious wrote: post #21
windowshopping wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would prefer the version of this comment that lacked the excessive condescension. You could communicate the idea that you wish tactics like this wouldn't proliferate without denigrating the people you're talking to.

I found the comment to be informative and the condescension thought provoking. I guess it’s because the disparagement cuts both ways. There is criticism for the marketer who uses these techniques as a cheap ploy and for the consumer who lets the Trojan horse enter because “ooh a horsey”. Obviously the post could have been more pragmatic, but then bland? Not everyone enjoys onion even though the flavour is remarkable.…

I came back specifically for the comment to find it flagged.
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