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Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Yeah, You sound so cool when you start a sentence with "yeah" for no grammatical reason, as though answering a question that no one asked. I bet you're really laid back and were probably smoking a blunt and exhaling a massive cloud while you typed your comment. Did you personally innovate this conversational technique?

What even is this criticism? An ad hominem attack based on a single word and your extreme displeasure of it?

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Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#172

I don't particularly care for the pricing, like most of the people here. However, you really shouldn't care that much what we think. How are sales amongst the normal people who just want to upload images and do transforms? I could see this doing fairly well with bloggers and such.

OP here. Thanks! I know what I'm getting myself into when posting here. This crowd usually has strong reservations when it comes to subscription based business models, which I can understand. For me the monetization aspect is a necessary "evil" to justify spending so much of my free time outside of my day job and obligations as a family man.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#173

I subscribe to the paid service and use it from time to time. I think it's quite good at what it is supposed to do: convert a "plain" screenshot into a particular type of presentation-ready image. Like many utilities, there are countless other ways to get to a similar result, but I personally don't want to think through exactly what tools and adjustments would be needed. So, for me, $5/month is a good value to get a…

OP here. Thank you very much for using it, and for the thoughtful comment.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#175

Tip for getting good quality website screenshots for presentations from Chrome: - Open developer tools. - Activate the device toolbar. - Set the DPR to 3 and make sure the screen is the width you want to capture. - Press cmd/ctrl-shift-P to bring up the command popup - Type 'screeenshot' and select one of the screenshot options - area, fullsize, node, or just plain screenshot to capture the viewport. Result: high res…

Does anyone know tools that can capture high quality screen recordings from a browser session? Thinking about the type of video that has lots of dramatic pans and zooms + smooth cursor movement used in marketing videos. I feel like I came across a tool that could do this but can’t find it now / might have been my imagination.

I use the Awesome Screenshot and Screen Recorder Chrome extension.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/awesome-screenshot...

It works very well.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#176

How’s the SaaS model working?

OP here. I'm not quitting my day job anytime soon. It's a grind to get the word out in the first place, for one. The SaaS model covers some of the cost of running it, but it isn't a viable product on it's own just yet. I have other projects that generate income to cover cloud services, accounting costs and other fees.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#177

Tip for getting good quality website screenshots for presentations from Chrome: - Open developer tools. - Activate the device toolbar. - Set the DPR to 3 and make sure the screen is the width you want to capture. - Press cmd/ctrl-shift-P to bring up the command popup - Type 'screeenshot' and select one of the screenshot options - area, fullsize, node, or just plain screenshot to capture the viewport. Result: high res…

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Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#178
post #170

This is by a company in the middle of farmer county in Norway. Kudos!

OP here. You are absolutely correct. I'm in a rural part of Norway which is nicknamed "Norges matfat" (which translates roughy to "Norway's dinner plate"), because of how so much of our produce comes from here. Moreover, I'm not exactly a company, but just one guy doing this in his free time. My day job is at a software company called Grensesnitt (check it out: https://www.grensesnitt.no)

Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#179

What is this paid subscription to be able to rotate the screenshot a certain way?

Yes, you pay for the "your mother who takes screenshots by photographing her screen" effect.

OP here. LOL!

Re: Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos

#180
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I would reconsider this pricing model. Flat monthly fee with unlimited calls/runs may not be pleasant for you.

OP here. I don't do any cloud computing to deliver the service. It is essentially a pure JavaScript-application running on the client.

then what's stopping me from sandboxing this and .. not paying anything?
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