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Looks really nice. I think you've done a good job with the landing page. The app itself is pretty barebones right now and doesn't seem to support importing imag

Looks really nice. I think you've done a good job with the landing page. The app itself is pretty barebones right now and doesn't seem to support importing images or exporting video (correct me if I'm wrong)? I'm curious how you plan to handle rendering the animations to a video. I think that will be a really challenging part to do in-browser, but maybe there are some libraries for this that I'm unaware of.

dylan604 5y ago
Someone has already compiled ffmpeg into wasm, so there's that as an option. As slow as that might be, but it could be done.
devwastaken 5y ago
One way would be to connect the browser version to a desktop version, so you can save your project and open it in desktop which can access video encoding.
johndough 5y ago
Two options to record canvas to video file: 1. MediaRecorder (requires browser support) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaStream_Recording_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaStream... 2. ffmpeg.wasm https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm/ https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm/
detritus 5y ago
I'm afraid that I disagree with your appreciation of the landing page. It seems, from first blush, that I can't get an immediate sense of what it does and how it does so, exactly. A link to some video description or example would be handy. I can't even find something on YouTube? Do I have to install and see? If so, that seems like a wee bit of a high bar.
- bonestamp2 5y ago
  Agreed. As soon as I knew it was an animation tool, my next question was: which formats can it output? That would tell me a lot about what I can use it for and infer some things about what it does. That is not answered on the landing page. Even after using the app, I can't figure out how to save/export to any format other than their own (eaf). Maybe that's why they don't mention it on the landing page. I have high hopes, but it needs more work before it'll be useful to the masses.
- fenomas 5y ago
  > Do I have to install and see? If so, that seems like a wee bit of a high bar. It runs in the browser. There's a big huge "try now" button at the top of the page.
  - detritus 5y ago
    I have literally no idea how I missed that. Moron! Still, being dropped into that example doesn't really put me anywhere useful. A quick video or some quick step-through from the homepage would be good. How did I miss that button?!

dylan604 5y ago

Someone has already compiled ffmpeg into wasm, so there's that as an option. As slow as that might be, but it could be done.

devwastaken 5y ago

One way would be to connect the browser version to a desktop version, so you can save your project and open it in desktop which can access video encoding.

johndough 5y ago

Two options to record canvas to video file: 1. MediaRecorder (requires browser support) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaStream_Recording_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaStream... 2. ffmpeg.wasm https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm/ https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm/

detritus 5y ago

I'm afraid that I disagree with your appreciation of the landing page. It seems, from first blush, that I can't get an immediate sense of what it does and how it does so, exactly. A link to some video description or example would be handy. I can't even find something on YouTube? Do I have to install and see? If so, that seems like a wee bit of a high bar.

bonestamp2 5y ago
Agreed. As soon as I knew it was an animation tool, my next question was: which formats can it output? That would tell me a lot about what I can use it for and infer some things about what it does. That is not answered on the landing page. Even after using the app, I can't figure out how to save/export to any format other than their own (eaf). Maybe that's why they don't mention it on the landing page. I have high hopes, but it needs more work before it'll be useful to the masses.
fenomas 5y ago
> Do I have to install and see? If so, that seems like a wee bit of a high bar. It runs in the browser. There's a big huge "try now" button at the top of the page.
- detritus 5y ago
  I have literally no idea how I missed that. Moron! Still, being dropped into that example doesn't really put me anywhere useful. A quick video or some quick step-through from the homepage would be good. How did I miss that button?!