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Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

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Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

#111

the biggest pain for product demo is to have fake user data to populate the UI.

This is the main problem we are facing right now. We are looking for tools that can generate fake data(may be based on our small set of data) for live demo setup.

Faker.js works pretty great. You can also just set up the fake data yourself in the database.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

#113
That’s probably Screen Studio. I use it a lot to create feature demo videos.

For more sleek promo videos, I would work with a professional.

For example this one is probably better for ad etc:

https://x.com/bolt__ai/status/1786058021531238661?s=12

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

#115
From the linked video, I saw video panning with mouse movement and zoom-to-clicks ... I think Camtasia can do those? For sure on the zoom, less sure on the panning. Camtasia is commercial and cross-platform.

Added benefit is that I think Camtasia is relatively easy to pickup compared to other tools I've tried to use.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

#116

That one is ScreenStudio - it's a great product! I'm a founder at Yarn (YC W24) – we're building in this space and launching on HN soonish. We often see teams combining ScreenStudio with products like iMovie, AfterEffects, or Veed. Other products in the space to check out are Tella.tv, Kite, or Descript. For more advanced motion graphics, you'll often need a freelancer or agency. Feel free to drop me a message (email…

Another +1 for Screen studio. I use it legitimately daily in my Product Design job, and not just for customer-facing demo videos.

Re: Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups?

#117

That one is ScreenStudio - it's a great product! I'm a founder at Yarn (YC W24) – we're building in this space and launching on HN soonish. We often see teams combining ScreenStudio with products like iMovie, AfterEffects, or Veed. Other products in the space to check out are Tella.tv, Kite, or Descript. For more advanced motion graphics, you'll often need a freelancer or agency. Feel free to drop me a message (email…

ScreenStudio is really good, I use it for all of my capture. Main feature I find missing is ability to reorder or combine multiple recordings into one clip, or add audio from within the app.
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