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How HN took it
39 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 12 critical, out of 75 comments about the project. Thread score +0.38.
Idea: 20 for, 1 againstExecution: 4 for, 8 againstDesign: 5 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, simple and quick to use
From 4 comments
>> Add cartoon style speech bubbles to photos within minutes I think you are underselling here... I don't think you'd be lying if you said "in seconds". I can't imagine any…
arscan on HNI concur. It took me maybe 10-20 seconds, because it's very intuitive to use and I don't have to upload to give it a try. Plus, the site has no loading issues, which is rarer…
kaybe on HNsimple idea, beautifully made, love it!
joren on HNThis is fun and works nicely.
Gobitron on HN
Not useless; good learning project
From 3 comments
It's sad that people call their little/fun projects useless. I just used your project and thought it was awesome. And even the worst project ever is useful for you. It's how you…
kurtvarner on HNExactly this. If the op learned anything at all from this project I would argue that it is in fact far from useless. Great job on setting a goal and creating something, op!
thisisdallas on HNThis is pretty awesome. A friend of mine wanted me to look into doing something exactly like this. And this is definitely not useless. Great job!
bryanjos on HN
Business or viral potential
From 3 comments
I think this could actually have utility in a business setting: many folks doing presentations, newsletters, etc... don't have image software (or the know-how) to create this…
mijustin on HNVery cool and lots of business potential. My nephew loves to 'make' comics. I can see parents uploading their kids drawing and adding speech bubbles.
qxf2 on HNfacebook would love this
jaequery on HN
Objections
Showed NSFW random images
From 4 comments
It can fetch images that may not be safe for work. I had to immediately close the window. Will check out in the evening after work.
sushantsharma on HNThis loaded a fairly NSFW random image when I tried it. Sort of uncool.
kevincennis on HNsame here as well. It did find a random image that was not safe for work. Please do add a warning somewhere above.
mind_heist on HNfor god's sake .. add a nsfw tag for the auto generated pics ... not cool man
gokulk on HN
Cannot add CJKV characters or more fonts
From 2 comments
Unfortunately, I can't add Japanese character for this. It seems that this application don't have CJKV fonts.
Inetgate on HNTurn this into a Facebook app that lets you make comics and it could be big. Also, add some more fonts ;)
instakill on HN
Cancel flow forces restarting to skip an image
From 1 comment
I've tried it 10 times, and have only been given two different images to work with. I suggest- A: more images B: a faster, more intuitive way to skip an image, rather than…
fastball on HN
Requests
Facebook app or social integration
From 4 comments
Why don't you create a facebook app for this? It could be quite viral if you give it a shot...
dfgonzalez on HNThis is simple enough to catch on with the tweeny Facebook crowd. Make is more SOCIAL NETWORK and with luck it may go viral.
sergiotapia on HNYou could add an option to select a photo from one of my existing albums on Facebook, make changes on top of it and then upload it back to Facebook as a new image. Nice…
alagappanr on HNTurn this into a Facebook app that lets you make comics and it could be big. Also, add some more fonts ;)
instakill on HN
More images or a next-image button
From 2 comments
I've tried it 10 times, and have only been given two different images to work with. I suggest- A: more images B: a faster, more intuitive way to skip an image, rather than…
fastball on HNGood point about the cancel button! Once i find more pictures i can put to the stock i'll definitively add a "next image" button.
chezmo on HN
Pull photos from Instagram, Flickr or webcam
From 2 comments
Simple and nice. I would suggest adding a third option to take a photo from webcam.
ya3r on HNEither webcam or from Instagram/Facebook/Flickr, like Picplum does.
MasterScrat on HN
Embeddable image links and imgur upload
From 3 comments
Yes, I think it has potential. It could also be nice to be able to directly embed the image in forums, so have a direct link to the image (might also be useful for reddit ?). I…
Gmo on HNI agree, this isn't useless. I know my mom used to buy stick-on thought bubbles to put on pictures of her kids in baby books and such. If she wanted to do that now she's have to…
nvr219 on HNI think reddit would go crazy for this sort of stuff. In fact, have it load images from imgur. Also, nice work.
orangethirty on HN
Questions
What technology stack was used and is it open source?
From 3 comments
actually its quite usefull project. Do you know. we can use this for campaign like we love Iran. http://www.weloveiran.org/ can you share the techonology stack or how its built.…
sandeepeecs on HN@chezmo I'd love to see a write up on the technology stack used for this project!
Pezmc on HNGood work. What did you use to build it?
bharad on HN
How the final image is rendered
From 1 comment
Just wondering how you render the final image?
thedangler on HN
Alternatives named
Comic Life desktop app
From 1 comment
If anyone’s looking for something like this but more flexible, the $30 desktop app Comic Life (http://comiclife.com/) also lets you add speech bubbles to images, as well as…
roryokane on HN
Mustachify
From 1 comment
Before clicking, I thought as though it would be like http://mustachify.me/ with a prompt/variable to render the bubble text.
hashtree on HN
Bubbleshare
From 1 comment
Some useless weekend projects are worth big money! There was a company called bubbleshare built around this feature a few years back. It was acquired by a company called Kaboose…
kitcar on HN
Picplum
From 1 comment
Either webcam or from Instagram/Facebook/Flickr, like Picplum does.
MasterScrat on HN