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Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by dartos »

beardyw wrote: post #9

I feel like that web only is a positive way forward. If only it was possible to prove nothing goes back to the server I think it would gain a lot more trust. Though companies who want to see your data might not be so keen. On my phone, but will try it out when I get home.

Why do you think web only is positive?

15 years from now, will this site still be up?

Will you be able to open your projects from today, then?

I think web only is a really compelling way to get someone to try a product, but I’d much rather install a tool like this. Unless you could host the site yourself, of course.

Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by latexr »

fragmede wrote: post #33
baal80spam wrote: post #20

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You can install it as a chrome app if that's a problem for you.

Chrome Apps are suffering a slow death by Google.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21067907/google-chrome-ap...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_App

> Support for Chrome Apps in the Chrome Web Store was removed from Chrome in June 2022, except on ChromeOS where support has been extended until at least January 2025.

Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by anovc »

looks impressive!

What are your plans for further development? I guess for this complex project to evolve in order to meet the needs of the professional users it will require lots of work/team/resources/etc.

Do you plan to monetize it somehow in the future? or how are you going to sustain it?

Another free alternative to AE (targeted at more casual users) that comes to mind is CapCut... which is obviously a ByteDance product. And they already offer tons of features for free, so the competition could be tough...

Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by langcss »

PetitPrince wrote: post #62
beardyw wrote: post #9

I feel like that web only is a positive way forward. If only it was possible to prove nothing goes back to the server I think it would gain a lot more trust. Though companies who want to see your data might not be so keen. On my phone, but will try it out when I get home.

Naive answer: isn't the browser network tab enough?

It only shows past behaviour so not completely a proof that nothing could be sent.

Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by BoredPositron »

Mashimo wrote: post #77
latexr wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That means you have to keep the network off for as long as you’re using the app, which is inconvenient.

In chrome you can turn off the network per tab.

In Firefox I use this extension for the same purpose

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/work-offline-...

Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by kypro »

anovc wrote: post #83

looks impressive! What are your plans for further development? I guess for this complex project to evolve in order to meet the needs of the professional users it will require lots of work/team/resources/etc. Do you plan to monetize it somehow in the future? or how are you going to sustain it? Another free alternative to AE (targeted at more casual users) that comes to mind is CapCut... which is obviously a ByteDance…

Given it's free, it might be worth open source the project, or at least opening it up to community plugins so that community can build & fund additional functionality.

Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by alfl23 »

I really hope you charge money for it and make it awesome, it's about time Adobe gets disrupted and this is a wonderful idea!

It will take significant resources, cash and teams to make this into a serious contender, and folks that have problems to solve will always be happy to pay decent dollars for great software.

Re: Show HN: I created an After Effects alternative

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Post by martin-adams »

This is a very nice project and any competition to After Effects is very welcome.

One model I'd love to see is a web based front end, but all video processing happens in the backend.

Then ship the app as a combined front/backend, or just the front end that connects to a remote backend. That backend could be a server in a studio with beefed up specs, or offloaded to the cloud for solo animators working on complex projects.

Seeing a project like this give me hope that we could decouple what the app does, vs how to control the app.

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