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

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Post by rswail » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:08 AM UTC

This looks awesome! One prospective customer group, I'm helping a teacher friend of mine (she teaches Y1-4) as she produces basically an episode of Playschool/Sesame Street per day to her students.

She's working in iMovie and looking to move to Final Cut Pro, specifically for better editing and effects. So this looks like an awesome halfway house.

I can also see a marketplace for templates around your editing product that would be another great sideline for creators.

Questions though about storage and video streaming. Are you offering the streaming service along with the editing?

Or is this purely the editing stage and then there's a take the raw footage and upload to somewhere like mux.com for the encoding and streaming requirements?

My contact details in my profile here, really interested in this :)

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

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Post by electriclove » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:09 AM UTC

michaelaubry wrote: post #92

novaleaf wrote: post #59

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umm... are all these people pushing to increase price serious? I know you want to encourage, but After Effects is "only" $20/mth.

I think pricing works in mysterious ways. There are a lot of variables. - what is the market willing to pay - does this solve the core problem - how much is this problem worth (hint time is the most valuable thing in the world) I don't think it should be more expensive than adobe products at all. My goal is to make it cost efficient for most folks who don't have large budgets. However here are a few points. - hiring…

Keep things reasonably priced and allow your user base to grow. There is a huge market for the casual user.

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

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Post by drevil-v2 » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:13 AM UTC

Top work mate, looks great.

I had a question about your work ethic on this project. Did you treat like a full time job Mon-Fri 9-5 or more like College project with frequent all-nighters? How did you sustain the motivation to keep going even through the rough patches as a solo developer?

Would love to read blog post about your journey through this.

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

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Post by tehbeard » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:25 AM UTC

Not sure if this is an older tablet issue (nexus 7) or the site getting a lot of traffic but the videos? (There's just a cast option on an empty area) aren't showing up on the homepage.

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

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Post by marapuru » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:25 AM UTC

michaelaubry wrote: post #72

ape4 wrote: post #57

Very nice but I want desktop (Windows) app. Partly because I am often in low bandwidth situations.

Got it. This is something to consider. It is possible to use blobs and write to localStorage. I'll take offline mode into serious consideration when I get some cashflow and a team.

You could also consider the approach Figma took with their webapp. Basically it's a webbrowser with the application preloaded.

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

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Post by michaelaubry » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:29 AM UTC

jacob_rezi wrote: post #159

Looks awesome, Michael! Looks like we did the exact same thing using the Ouch Scribbles. Take a look - https://www.rezi.io/

HAHA good choice. Rezi looks very cool.

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

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Post by michaelaubry » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:41 AM UTC

langitbiru wrote: post #138

Nice. The only thing that makes me hesitant to ditch Adobe subscription is After Effects. There are replacements for Photoshop, Illustrator, but not for AE.

If it meets your needs then hop aboard.

I'd love to learn more about what you're working on and how you plan to use video/motion graphics.

Hit me up via email or Twitter @michaelaubry. Id love to chat.

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

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Post by michaelaubry » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:43 AM UTC

AlexDanger wrote: post #115

The site is fantastic. I think you have massive potential upside if this is marketed appropriately. Do you need any help with sales and marketing? I'd be interested in having a discussion if you'd prefer to focus on building things.

Definitely. Id much rather be engineering.

Reach out to me on Twitter or email @michaelaubry michael @ storycreatorapp . com

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

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Post by 29athrowaway » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:43 AM UTC

michaelaubry wrote: post #178

29athrowaway wrote: post #153

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This looks very polished. Good work, man.

Ingredients Blood, time, sweat, and a lot of tears. Your words mean a lot to me, just to hear this after 10 months of grind is a happy feeling. I am ready to get back to work though. The grind don't stop, just getting started.

Best of luck, I hope it pays off.

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

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Post by michaelaubry » Wed, Aug 05, 2020, 6:44 AM UTC

kylejtorres wrote: post #144

So cool to see this on HN. I’ve used the product to make a lot of my social media posts. It’s so easy to use and makes me look like way more of a pro than I actually am. Keep up the great work!

Kyle the man. The first tester and had some UX input that was super valuable. Thanks for sharing the love.

I want to see you back on the product making more videos soon!