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

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Post by mmckelvy »

michaelaubry wrote: post #81
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.

Yeah from my perspective the fewer tools the better. If I could record and edit in the same place I'd like that.

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

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Post by michaelaubry »

novaleaf wrote: post #59
timdorr wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

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 someone could cost a non adobe user $800 for 2-3 videos (this is way more than an adobe product because you are paying for time and skill) - assets and templates depending on usage can easily cost $100 for a few videos on envato (this also enables non creative users to create professional looking content which solves the problem above). - if users can move faster and can iterate faster then they make more money (this applies to serious users who know what they're doing and agencies with a higher budget)

Just some of my thoughts. There is no magic bullet for pricing but I think the number one rule I have found with pricing is that it's relative. If Tiffany & co can sell a $1.5k paper clip https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/tiffany-everyday-obje... then pricing is really what you make of it.

There are variables and you have to know what your target audience is willing to pay. My idea on pricing is that I want to 10x your investment. So if I am charging $20 per month. I want you making at least $200 from the service.

If you're an agency making $10,000 from the service I am going to charge $1k

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

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Post by michaelaubry »

martin-adams wrote: post #74
novaleaf wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

But your time isn't. What this product does is saves time, which ultimately saves money. The proof will be how many agencies and marketers this appeals to. When you can charge a mid-sized e-commerce company $2500 a month for social media output, $99/mo is nothing.

Exactly it's all relative. It's bound to value, users are looking to get an ROI but if they have insane budgets etc then it's really just relative to the audience and the perceived value.

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

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Post by ivanvanderbyl »

This is really cool, love the niche this fits into — and for other future founders, there's a lot of low hanging Adobe apps which could follow this path: Audition? Acrobat?

One thing I would suggest: increase your prices, at least at the top end. $83/month for the Business plan is way too cheap. At least put an extra zero on there.

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

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Post by canada_dry »

novaleaf wrote: post #59
timdorr wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

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

> 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".

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

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Post by michaelaubry »

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.

Using Vercel.com

It's all serverless. Could be assets taking a second or internet connection.

Lightspeed in incognito is saying first contentful paint was 0.5 s.

Could be extensions or just a rare exception. If you could provide some more insights I am happy to see how it can be faster. Always fascinated by speed.

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

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Post by michaelaubry »

grativo wrote: post #94

This is a really great product! You did this with a lot of heart! I saw your most recent YouTube tutorial and the ending proved that you are very dedicated and driven to this. Only big things from here on out! Great job once again!!

Ah man. Thanks for checking out the videos haha. Trying to educate folks and explaining things always helps you deepen your knowledge on a thing. So a major win-win. I think it's also been helping my SEO.

What about the end stood out? Which video?

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