Show HN: Radi v0.8 - my HTML5 animation app now has brushes, shape poses, etc.

http://radiapp.com/whats_new_in_v080.php

by pavlov • 15 years ago

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pavlov4• 15 years ago

I've finally finished another update to my Radi app. It's a Mac design tool that can be used to produce animation and videos, with output to HTML5.

This update adds a number of tools that hopefully make the app more useful for real work. The big one is frame-by-frame animation of shapes, so you can do traditional 2D animation. There's also new support for Markdown blocks with an integrated style editor, so you can easily edit rich text that becomes clean HTML.

I've also updated the landing page somewhat: http://radiapp.com/ ... There's now a comparison box with other HTML5 animation editors, and more screenshots. Would love to hear your comments about it...

taitems• 15 years ago

I struggled to find the demos from a deep-linked page. I think a nav item called "examples" would be handy. It's the most important thing I want to see with this kind of software, as the proof is really in the pudding.

Also investing the time in creating some more impressive animations would really sell this to people. If you don't have the knack for it yourself, outsource it to a designer or, dare I say it, make a competition out of it.

pavlov4• 15 years ago

There's a handful of examples at the top of the landing page (blue box with heading "Watch some examples"). Is it poorly placed or too small maybe...? I'll add a nav item for it to the menu.

Anyway, I hear what you say about the need for impressive examples. I don't have the talent for that; my current examples are certainly not too interesting.

I guess I'll have to invest some money into it... (Since Radi is free, it's not making me anything, and so far it's been strictly a hobby project. Maybe it's time to take it a bit further.)

ryaf• 15 years ago

For a hobby project, it is awesome and impressive. Things like this light a fire under my ass, and remind me I need to get cracking and start something awesome like this.

Congrats.

pavlov4• 15 years ago

Thanks :)

To be fair, I didn't start from scratch because a substantial part of Radi is in frameworks that I originally made for Conduit Live, my bread-and-butter product [1]. I've been working on it for about 5 years, and with Radi, I was exploring the idea of doing something "webby" with these imaging/video software pieces that I had at hand.

[1] http://lacquer.fi/conduitlive.html

breckinloggins• 15 years ago

You need a big, blue "Download BETA!" button.

nchuhoai• 15 years ago

this is awesome. any ideas of open sourcing, licensing, price range etc.? you could market this as a competitor to the recently announced iBooks Author

Show HN: Radi v0.8 - my HTML5 animation app now has brushes, shape poses, etc.

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