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OP here. Valid point! I find it hard to strike a good balance between demonstrating value and cutting to the chase. I wanted it to come off as a utility that lets you take action immediately.
My first reaction was “I can barely tell what this does” so it’s hard to feel motivated to take action at that point.
Why not skew, mask and blur with photoshop in 10 seconds?
you mean aside from the fact that it requires downloading a huge multi-purpose program that starts at $21/mo which is built for significantly more than just those features and the user must use a lot more brain space for what they want to be a simple task?
And this would be just about one of the easiest "Photoshop tutorials" there is to follow.
I tried to use the tool, but it's very laggy/slow. Is it server-side? Why not just HTML5?
Why would this be a subscription? It could just be a standalone app for $10 bucks and you'll probably get more lifetime revenue that way compared to having a subscription, because in a year more people will buy for $10 than will subscribe and stay subscribed for long enough to overcome that revenue.
Because more monies.
Could also make it hard to unsubscribe. Like swedish insurance, where it needs 3+ hours waiting on the line to get to some supporter who can unsubscribe.
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Based on the GIF, I thought it created an animated video. Even when the .PNG downloaded I thought for sure it’d be an animated PNG. If I’m doing some content creation, I probably already have an image editor, in which case I can create this effect myself or would prefer an integrated plugin to do it. Motion graphics is much harder, and there’s more demand there to add some sparkle to a static image. OP, have you cons…
OP here. Sorry to disappoint you with the lack of animation. I have definitely entertained the idea of creating a video variant of this app. I fear it will remain a pipe dream due to the demands of my day job and family life.
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We used to blink, didn't we?
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Why do you need to use a snide tone to convey your point? Just make it in plain language, don’t be rude.
Yeah fair, I'm one one today. I genuinely thought this was a joke at first. But you're right, I should just put my money where my mouth is and make a github pages or similar that replicates this functionality as something that you can download and keep forever, how hard can it be? It's utterly disgraceful to charge money for something like this as a service, but that doesn't excuse my conduct in response. The implica…
If someone just wants an image like this and doesn't even know what css is, it's cheaper to pay 5 bucks than to even consider hiring someone to do this.
If someone does know how this is done... Why would they purchase the service?
Also, what if someone wants this but it's not for a website? They make pamphlets or something.
My only complaint is that from the example I thought it would return an animation, not a still image.
With all due and sincere respect to mikaelaast's effort and ambition, I can't believe we're at a point where the implementation of an image filter can ask for a automatically renewing $5 per month subscription and nobody blinks. We used to blink, didn't we?
And yes - same comment; awesome tool, but lol - not worth paying for.
If they really want to monatize: Enforce account sign-up, go on a token system for each use, and give a few free for trial maybe.
