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GUI for making animated webcomics

Shown by jimhi on Dec 29, 2022. Click the card to turn it over.

149points

28comments

#404of 2,570 in 2022

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4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Idea: 3 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against

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Nicely done and fun to prototype with
From 2 comments
- That's really nicely done! My first impression was that this could also be useful to replace some video tutorials or thought-explainers I send to people. Looking forward to…
  themodelplumber on HN
- I tried to make a webcomic tool with WebGL (via P5.js) a long time ago. It was fun to prototype. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHqexqBVeSA https://github.com/xrd/yume.js
  xrd on HN
Webcomic market is large and underserved
From 1 comment
- I’ve loved webcomics since the early days. There’s huge amounts of truly amazing work. You can find incredible horror stories like The Sword Interval or Stand Still Stay Silent…
  kposehn on HN

Music audio timing lags or pauses across browsers
From 3 comments
- The music didn't sync up well for me (it slowed down and lagged) There were also a few cases of overlapping images on the text Brave on Linux at 1920x1080 with a latest-gen CPU…
  fareesh on HN
- Neat! Using Safari, the music pauses each time it transitions to another panel.
  lilactown on HN
- The timers are wonky depending on the device and browser
  jimhi on HN
Looks like slideshows or impress.js
From 2 comments
- Looks a lot like... slideshows
  Jorengarenar on HN
- looks like [impress.js](https://impress.js.org/) with music added.
  gengear on HN
No obvious mute button
From 1 comment
- Interesting concept, but you need to put an obvious mute button on there somewhere so users can kill the audio if they need to.
  sbarre on HN

Better audio sync using Web Audio API timing
From 2 comments
- After some research it seems there’s a web audio api in JavaScript that lets you access a much more precise timer. Should be fixed when I implement that soon.
  jimhi on HN
- I like the idea of coupling sound to the page/slide. Would be even better if the audio was generated so that the transition was seamless. To whom it may be of interest:…
  marci on HN
Use for replacing video tutorials
From 1 comment
- That's really nicely done! My first impression was that this could also be useful to replace some video tutorials or thought-explainers I send to people. Looking forward to…
  themodelplumber on HN

How does this differ from Prezi?
From 1 comment
- How does this differ from Prezi?
  derezze on HN

impress.js
From 2 comments
- I like the idea of coupling sound to the page/slide. Would be even better if the audio was generated so that the transition was seamless. To whom it may be of interest:…
  marci on HN
- looks like [impress.js](https://impress.js.org/) with music added.
  gengear on HN
Prezi
From 1 comment
- How does this differ from Prezi?
  derezze on HN
ComicFury
From 1 comment
- The best webcomic hosting site I'm aware of is ComicFury. Its not very well known, probably because its layout is very early 2000s, but it's loaded with features, and allows…
  Bick2 on HN