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

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Post by michaelaubry »

davjhan wrote: post #167
michaelaubry wrote: post #44

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I love it. It's funny because I think I spent way too much time on this relative to the advice I was getting. If I didn't have great people in my life then I would be stuck on a never ending feature rabbit hole. When I start my next company I plan to have more balance between MVP, user interviews, pre sales, business metrics, market research, etc. This venture was purely intuition and a major desire to build this :)…

tbf, I don't think it's possible to make a 'simple' but valuable video editing app, especially with one person. But I think you made the simplest video editing app that does provide value to a specific market of people. (entrepeneurs and podcasters, who, I might add, are willing to open their wallets easier than the average consumer.) I know this because at first I couldn't find a way to add new layers. But then I re…

Thanks man. Always happy to chat if you would like to do that. Hit me up!

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

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Post by michaelaubry »

harryf wrote: post #89
michaelaubry wrote: post #55

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This is a really great point. First you are right, pricing will go up. As I add more assets (animated text 100+, templates 100+, progress bars and other elements 100+) I will raise the price. Early adopters will be grandfathered in for life. I think adjusting the pricing based on your feed is very appropriate, makes a lot of sense and its giving me a lot of ideas.

I’d be cautious increasing the price. It’s not an enterprise product and you’d be weakening your case as an After Effects alternative. In fact - if you can scale easily - you might be better off lowering the price and going for those that can’t afford / can’t be bothered to learn After Effects. Make it something that an average 16 year old can afford, and you’ll create a loyal customer base. Like that you may be able…

Yeah doing up sells is another good approach.

I've considered doing a one time fee with up sells. Pricing is not entirely fixed. Still working out what the market wants and what the company will need to survive over the years.

Ill need to run the numbers and possibly bring on some advisors. This model does make a lot of sense to me.

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

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Post by kuldeep_kap »

Congrats! This looks amazing!

If you don’t mind me asking, how did you decide to commit to complex app like this? It must’ve taken a long time to build the MVP. Did you interview potential customers before hand or just went I with your gut or your own pain points? How did you know people will be willing to pay for this, considering there are a lot of similar tools out there?

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

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Post by kreelman »

michaelaubry wrote: post #171
kreelman wrote: post #143

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Have to agree with above. Had an issue with sign up via Google, but I got past that and really quickly I was able to build a video! It's really enjoyable to use. Well done! ...You may have also picked the absolute perfect time to put a product out like this. We're all mostly stuck at home, coming up with great ideas that we want to communicate. I hope it takes off. Watch this space!

Niceeee. Sometimes that Google button can be a weirdo. What was the issue? Was it disabled for a moment? There is something happening internally within the button component. I think it's looking for something inside the cookies. Not entirely sure. Glad it worked out though.

A dialog came up with a 'time is passing' kind of icon. I got asked if I gave permission, I did and then it disappeared and I wasn't logged in after that. Had to go through the 'Sign Up' path. I got there, but the Google sign up would be easier I think.

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

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Post by scpedicini »

michaelaubry wrote: post #125
canada_dry wrote: post #96

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> pushing to increase price serious? I agree. I'm puzzled why this is getting so much excitement, it's hardly in the ballpark of "After Effects".

Let's see your product that you've coded? I spent years learning to code. Dropped everything to live in a car in Silicon Valley so I didn't have to work at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. I then worked my way up to a $200k salary. Quit that to pursue being an entrepreneur. Last year I made $20k and risked it all for this. Thanks for your time and energy checking it out though. I'm looking forward to your vers…

Calm down buddy, this is your show HN, try to take the high road, also dropping your salary is not the classiest thing to do.

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

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Post by michaelaubry »

trilinearnz wrote: post #147

This is really impressive, and a great example of the modern web put to productive use. I especially liked how you could start messing around with the demo without having a registration prompt (you only need that when exporting, which I think is perfectly reasonable). I wish you the best of luck with your venture!

Thanks I just added that. I think it's good to give users the ability to see what's its all about before committing.

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

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Post by earthnail »

This looks amazing, congrats!!

One quick note: on your features page, the trim section has the same text as resize gifs. You pasted the wrong copy there ;).

Again, congrats on your great work!

[EDIT] found one more: when I use your demo, the onboarding tutorial stops after step three. Regardless of whether I click next, click "skip", or drag the playhead marker, I never get shown step 4 out of 6.

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

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Post by michaelaubry »

jozzy-james wrote: post #154
stopachka wrote: post #49

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Mousetrap is the best shortcut library I’ve used, and can help you do this well, catching a bunch of edge cases

e.keyUp...c'mon man, don't need a whole library

Don't really need a lib.

Things to consider. If the textbox is active then you need to respect the native key commands for the textbox.

You have the ability to cmd + c & cmd + v to copy & paste objects in the editor. So you need to most likely prevent the event key from propagating upwards inside keyUp within the textbox.

So you aren't wrong it's just one more thing to consider amongst the million other things.

I have a backlog and will knock these out all in one day easily :)

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