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

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Post by michaelaubry »

mmckelvy wrote: post #71

Looks great! Question regarding the features. Do I need to record my videos using something else or can I do the actual recording using your product?

HAHA no one has asked me this.

I have this built out and hooked up to S3 I disabled it as I thought users wouldnt want it.

In the early days. I would use the webcam, record me talking. Then caption it on the spot, add some letterbox text and publish to my Instagram story.

I might have to reveal it and bring it back. This is of course if people want it and it solves a pain point worth paying for.

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

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Post by leemac »

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!

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

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Post by dceddia »

michaelaubry wrote: post #54
dceddia wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice job! It looks like a ton of effort. What's the tech stack for something like this? All homegrown? I've wanted to mess around with screencast editing but programmatic video stuff in general seems daunting.

Yes it's daunting. You have to love it to be able to get through the hard times. I am using React.js to build the UI and manage state. Using FFMPEG and a combination of other rendering techniques on the backend. Shout outs to Vercel AWS React team

Awesome. React is my jam, hit me up if you need anything.

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

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Post by bigiain »

michaelaubry wrote: post #20
thrownaway954 wrote: post #8

THAT... IS... AWESOME.... dude you really out did yourself. usually i criticize people because their product homepage doesn't tell nor show anything about their product so i'm confused about what it does and how to use it. YOU... DID.. IT... PERFECTLY your homepage not only tells me exactly what this does, but shows me to the point where i'm excited to use it. good on you. others should learn from you. my one thing t…

This means a lot. I have spent some time getting it down. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears haha. I agree with the templates. I am trying to allocate my time wisely and I think expanding that will be major. I am drawing up a way to make it even easier for people to create amazing videos. When you click "add new video" I plan to make it interactive and guide you along every step. Your options will be Do you want to cre…

> I agree with the templates. I am trying to allocate my time wisely and I think expanding that will be major.

Maybe worth trying out some "Create and share templates in your free plan, earn upgrades to 3 months worth of Pro plan when 5 other users create with your templates!" kind of crowd sourcing and network effect thing?

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

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Post by blevin »

Wistar wrote: post #48
jamalx31 wrote: post #21

Honestly, one of the best products I've seen this year.

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.

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

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Post by harryf »

michaelaubry wrote: post #55
timdorr wrote: post #52

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I completely agree. I'd love to pay for this on a per-seat basis. $50-100/mo/seat seems about right here. I also don't know if including storage in the pricing is helpful. It might make more sense to represent that in time. If this is being sold to users too inexperienced to use AE, then the idea of bitrates and pixel resolutions probably will be foreign to them. But time is something everyone knows and can easily re…

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 to make more money selling template bundles and stuff as add-ons, as that’s an audience used to paying for skins and similar while gaming.

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