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Cracked (YC S24) - AI Motion Graphics Copilot

Cracked is your motion graphics copilot. Instantly create animations with text descriptions and continue refining them until they’re perfect. Whether you're looking for a creative spark or faster turnaround times, Cracked makes animation accessible.

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kelly
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Hey there 👋 Anirudh (@anirudh_rahul) and I built Cracked as part of this summer’s YC batch. It’s well known that Adobe AfterEffects and similar platforms are notoriously painful to use. Only a handful of individuals have mastered the motion graphics techniques required to make even simple animations. Cracked lets anyone create animations with intuitive text prompts. Our goal is to make motion graphics truly accessible through promptable animation generation. We’re focused on building a motion graphics copilot that not only helps generate ideas, but also brings them to life. We hacked on v0 of Cracked in just 2 days. Check it out: https://cracked.studio/. We’d love to hear initial thoughts and ideas. We are tracking some of our favorite creations. Go take a look: https://imgur.com/a/lv89wgc! Join our waitlist to stay in touch as we embark on this journey — this is just the beginning! Kelly
Pradhumn Vijayvargiya
@anirudh_rahul @keellylu this is super promising, I have been using Aftereffects to create these things. Would save hours if it does what it claims to be. Thanks for building, will definitely give it a go.
Kelly Kim
@anirudh_rahul @keellylu @anirudh_rahul @keellylu This seems like it would be useful for working on animations within an app! Thanks for creating it. One question: if working with vectors, is it possible to extract JSON as well
kelly
@anirudh_rahul @kellypoly Yup, totally possible. That's the beauty of vectors!
Aman Priyanshu
@anirudh_rahul @keellylu This is super exciting. Have always found it interesting how people had used stuff like Manim to code out amazing YT videos. But this will definitely be something much easier to use!! Looking forward to it
Tanay Kothari
@anirudh_rahul @keellylu Congrats on launching Cracked! Love the idea of making motion graphics accessible with text prompts—AfterEffects is no joke, so this is a total game-changer. Can’t wait to see how this evolves. Good luck!
Mo
Launching soon!
@keellylu this is sooo cool. This is basically Playground but for motions. Did you make the intro video with Cracked also?
kelly
@theonlymoyouknow Playground for motion is the vision 😎. Parts of it!
Mo
Launching soon!
@keellylu great vision, love it! One other low-hanging fruit for you guys might be motion animations that people create in no-code website builders like Framer. I use Framer for my website, and it would be a game-changer if Framer had a motion composer or something like that. that would be the death of threejs 😅
kelly
@theonlymoyouknow This is a great idea!
Anirudh Rahul
@theonlymoyouknow Framer/Webflow are a great ICP for this, a lot of this was inspired by seeing how many animations those sorts of websites have!
Muhammad Salman
I love animation. I always add animation to my videos to make it more interactive. animation takes time doing it manually. If AI does this work for me its great.
kelly
@muhammad_salman39 Animations are a pain, but really do add a lot!
Anirudh Rahul
Our playground is like Claude Artifacts but better 😎 https://cracked.studio/
kelly
@anirudh_rahul ^Try it out for yourselves :)
Tanmay Parekh
All the best for the launch @keellylu & @anirudh_rahul
kelly
@anirudh_rahul @parekh_tanmay Thank you Tanmay!
Faisal Ishaque
This looks like a great addition to our motion graphic team. Waiting for the full launch! FYI - the playground has an error. 1. go to rain effect 2. play 3. increase particle count 4. play again 5. app crashes !!
Anirudh Rahul
@faisal_ishaq1 ! thanks for pointing this out working on a fix
Alex Dulub
Hi Kelly, Cracked sounds like a game-changer for the motion graphics industry! I love the idea of using text prompts to create animations. How detailed can the text descriptions get for generating animations?
Anirudh Rahul
@web3_antivirus Hey Alex, right now simple prompts work best, but it as able to some complex animation effects like squash/stretch on bounces!
Daniel Kuh
Super excited for this! Hacking together an app myself and will definitely try to implement some of this stuff here :)
kelly
@cozydan Super exciting! Let's stay in touch :)
Rez Havaei
super cool! Would be great if I could share the link to what I make int he playground.
kelly
@rez_havaei Good idea!
Evan Paul
Endless motion graphics exploration! Love what has been built here. Hoping developer take note of how they can exploit it. Congratulation to the team involved on the YC and launch!!
kelly
@evan_paul Thanks Evan!
Shakif Fahim
Will we able to use Cracked as figma plugin for web designs!
kelly
@shakif_fahim We plan to!
Kieran Taylor
Hell yeah this is amazing
kelly
@kietay_ Let's gooo
Elizabeth Qiu
so cool. congrats anirudh and team!
kelly
@elizqiu Thanks Elizabeth!
Anushka Nijhawan
This is SO cool! I wish I had access to cracked when I was trying to animate my demo videos. It would be awesome to see if I’d be able to export my own components to cracked in the future
kelly
@anushka_nijhawan Coming up next
Margret Rhyme
The addition of tutorials or example projects might be useful for users to get the most out of the AI features.
kelly
@margret_rhyme Great idea 💥
Anirudh Rahul
https://imgur.com/a/lv89wgc ^ We are tracking some of our favorite creations here go take a look!
Ditarth Desai
Congrats on the launch of Cracked! This will make animation so much easier.
kelly
@ditarth_wbs Thanks Ditarth!
Congratulations on the launch of Cracked! This AI-driven tool democratizes motion graphics creation, making it accessible to all. Will there be advanced customization options for more complex animations, and are there plans to integrate with existing design software for a seamless workflow?
kelly
@flowsz V1 All in the works! Would love to chat more — shoot over an email to kellylu@cracked.so.
Sriram
All the best Anirudh @anirudh_rahul and @keellylu
kelly
@anirudh_rahul @sriram2k4 Thanks Sriram!
Tabish Ali
Great experience, I recommend it.
kelly
@tabish_aali Thanks Tabish!