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Re: Show HN: GUI for making animated webcomics

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Post by jimhi »

themodelplumber wrote: post #2

That's really nicely done! My first impression was that this could also be useful to replace some video tutorials or thought-explainers I send to people. Looking forward to testing it out.

I was considering that too after showing it to some people. It would definitely require a lot of reconfiguring to have it work on other people websites but not impossible.

There's definitely a lot of clunkiness still but some people have made silly things with some patience.

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Post by kposehn »

I’ve loved webcomics since the early days. There’s huge amounts of truly amazing work. You can find incredible horror stories like The Sword Interval or Stand Still Stay Silent (two of my absolute favorites). There’s long-running diaries like Real Life Comics or serials like PVP. Practically everyone knows Penny Arcade, but have you heard of Three Panel Soul? The rabbit hole runs deep.

However, the tech behind it has lacked. Hosting has been a pain, and aggregators like Webtoon have their drawbacks (and advantages too). Creation is getting easier, but lots of barriers remain.

I’m glad to see some new tools come around. The market for something like this is surprisingly large and highly underserved.

Re: Show HN: GUI for making animated webcomics

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Post by marci »

I like the idea of coupling sound to the page/slide. Would be even better if the audio was generated so that the transition was seamless.

To whom it may be of interest:

https://impress.js.org (visually similar to this project, with 3D)

http://2011.beercamp.com (depth? scrolling)

http://lissajousjs.com/ (A tool for programmatic audio performance in the browser using Javascript, demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBRqOp5ws58 )

edit: just thought they might spark ideas

Re: Show HN: GUI for making animated webcomics

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Post by jimhi »

kposehn wrote: post #5

I’ve loved webcomics since the early days. There’s huge amounts of truly amazing work. You can find incredible horror stories like The Sword Interval or Stand Still Stay Silent (two of my absolute favorites). There’s long-running diaries like Real Life Comics or serials like PVP. Practically everyone knows Penny Arcade, but have you heard of Three Panel Soul? The rabbit hole runs deep. However, the tech behind it has…

My favorites are the interactive ones like https://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail?titleId=350217&no=31. They had very minimal movement though and it doesn't seem to work anymore.

Re: Show HN: GUI for making animated webcomics

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Post by shigawire »

kposehn wrote: post #5

I’ve loved webcomics since the early days. There’s huge amounts of truly amazing work. You can find incredible horror stories like The Sword Interval or Stand Still Stay Silent (two of my absolute favorites). There’s long-running diaries like Real Life Comics or serials like PVP. Practically everyone knows Penny Arcade, but have you heard of Three Panel Soul? The rabbit hole runs deep. However, the tech behind it has…

Lucid TV was my favorite until they nuked the site.
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