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Re: Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies

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Post by michaelaubry »

harryf wrote: post #90

Looks great but trying the tour on my iPhone was troublesome - feels like it wasn’t really designed to be used on a phone. Which is a shame if true, because that’s where all the social media influencers etc live

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 nailing this on mobile as well, once I get some resources.

I have used all responsive techniques. So the bones are there I just need to give it a little love :)

I agree itll be killer to produce on the go.

Re: Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies

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Post by michaelaubry »

leemac wrote: post #82

Ahh! This is so cool!! Really neat idea, very slick. Played around with the demo, very well done! I love the walk-through. Small issue: I noticed you can click on multiple music/sounds and they start to stack with each playing over the other (using Windows/FireFox). That was the only issue I encountered during a quick play-through. Good luck!

Awesome. Ill put this in the backlog. Maybe letting the user know they can only have one audio at a time and asking if they want to swap.

Re: Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies

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Post by switchstance »

michaelaubry wrote: post #12
epberry wrote: post #3

I think the focus on speed and bundled content is important. These are the two biggest weaknesses of After Effects today imo.

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. Then I pay $30 to Envato on top of the $270 a year for After Effects. Then I have to learn how to install the template or asset. I wanted a marketplace and library integrated with the tool. 2. I also want the After Effects experience to be li…

Envato!? :) Try us https://motionarray.com

Re: Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies

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Post by michaelaubry »

dvt wrote: post #56

First of all, hats off to an amazing product: very nicely polished, marketed, and packaged. However, and I'm sure you know this much better than I do, this seems like a niche-of-a-niche type of product, no? YouTube already has some rudimentary video editing capabilities, Vimeo has a pretty nice video editor, and there's (quite literally) dozens of others. Can you even compete in this landscape? I feel that why After…

Great points.

I believe so. I don't think it's a zero sum game and competition is great.

I have a vision for this product and my main goal is to overload the user with value and an amazing product.

I want to have a marketplace and be the go to spot for the best templates (not overly cookie cutter, all beautiful designs), everything needs to be well designed and have a premium feel.

I also plan to roll out features other players don't have - they have been copying me for a minute.

So I am not going to reveal them all but just know my goal is to bridge the gap between power and ease of use. Mix that with premium assets, a market place, and the user always in mind as a priority. I think I'll have a fighting chance.

Re: Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies

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Post by michaelaubry »

blevin wrote: post #88
Wistar wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And probably the most complimentary HN comment section I have ever seen.

This is what HN was like in the early years -- a (much) smaller community of people making things, sharing them, and rooting each other on.

I love it. How has it changed? I am not on here often. I am glad I could bring that back :)

Re: Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies

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Post by michaelaubry »

mwizzle wrote: post #84

This looks great! What stack is it built on? How long did it take you to build? I'd love to learn about how you decided to build it, scoped out what features to build and cut, the whole behind-the-scenes. Pretty please! :D

Hey,

React.js for the UI and state management. Vercel for serverless hosting and easy deployments FFMPEG for stitching Node.js on the backend handling the rendering Prisma 2 as a ORM for database interaction GraphQL to perform operations on the data

This took me longer than anticipated about 11 months.

Let me know if you have any more questions happy to answer. You can DM me on twitter @michaelaubry

Re: Show HN: I built an After Effects for dummies

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Post by michaelaubry »

tyscorp wrote: post #99
nojvek wrote: post #97

The home page took over a minute to load for me. How is this being served? seems like you could optimize this.

It might be getting the ol' classic hackernews hug-of-death special.

Well, a hug is a hug. I'll take it :)
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