Haiku Animator : p/haiku

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6yr ago

Haiku Animator (formerly Haiku for Mac) lets you:

• Animate for any iOS, Android, or Web codebase

• Create Lottie files without After Effects

• Finesse animations with Animator's powerful timeline

• Use Figma, Sketch, or Illustrator to sync design assets

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Best

Will file bug report

Pros:

lovely animations... very easy coming from AE timelines

Cons:

Beta app not working anymore (thot they killed it - but it maybe a missunderstanding)

6yr ago

Glenn De Backer

It’s a bit steep. I don’t mind paying but 18$ month is quite high if I compared it with other indie subscriptions for suites like algorithmic. Then again for companies it’s a steal.

6yr ago

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Maker

We didn't send a "kill". We love our early adopters! This is why we've offered a free Animator Pro subscription to EVERYONE who signed up before this transition. Our team is working to track down the bug that caused your crash; we're having trouble reproducing it — it may be related to you having a very old account. If you could share more details (see DM) that would help us out a ton.

6yr ago

@glenn_de_backer yup - i am not animator, so i probably shouldnt comment on the pricing... I would love to pay for 50 export credits for say $10-20.

6yr ago

Crow.app

@glenn_de_backer @43_mins Cool idea! We're open to continuing to evolve our pricing, especially as we roll out our Teams plan. I've taken note of this idea for our team to discuss.

6yr ago

Glenn De Backer

@zackaboo is that something that was offered by mail ? I registered may last year but did not received any communications about this offer ?

6yr ago

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Maker

A year ago, our team released Haiku for Mac in beta. At the time, we wanted Haiku to be a bit of everything — animation tool, UI builder, "the missing link between design and code." Through a year of user feedback and steady improvements, we've discovered that what users loved most about Haiku was its animation capabilities. It turns out "visual animations that ship to production" were a big unmet need! So Haiku is now Haiku Animator. Animate your Figma, Sketch, or Illustrator files with our powerful timeline. Add your animations to any iOS, Android, React, Angular, or Vue app. Stay connected between motion design & code like never before with our version-controlled Publish workflow. Animator represents a year of dedication and progress from our team — anyone who checked it out before, we invite you to check it out again. And new users, welcome! We hope you love using Haiku Animator to create cross-platform UI animations.

6yr ago

@zackaboo I just opened the Haiku for mac (beta tester), it auto updated. Now it refuses to open. Is the beta killed to make space for paid version?

6yr ago

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Maker

@43_mins That's definitely not intentional! Our team is looking into it right now. I recommend trying a fresh install (I'll message you a direct link + another troubleshooting option.)

6yr ago

@zackaboo Thanks for the update - Now, cant even open it so not sure how to send bug report. (I initially had the default mac bug screen, but i closed it without sending). Now not opening at all

6yr ago

Mike Coutermarsh

PlanetScale Boost

@zackaboo Can you export to a png sprite or animated SVG? Looked like adding an animation requires loading in JS? How's it work when embedded on a website?

6yr ago

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Maker

@mscccc you can export GIF or mp4. We use a PNG sequence internally to generate those, so it wouldn't be too crazy to expose that as a feature. [filed for discussion] Otherwise yes, the animations require JS to run on the web, or swift/ObjC/Java/Kotlin to run on iOS/Android. This is handled by the open source Animator Core dependency https://github.com/HaikuTeam/core for web and Lottie for iOS/Android. Note that Animator Core is the core rendering engine for Animator itself — there's no difference between 'design' and 'production' with Animator; every change is a 'live preview' because you're editing the underlying code.

6yr ago

Rebecca

so why is it called Haiku?

6yr ago

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Maker

@rebeccahmo the core of a haiku is juxtaposition — two opposing themes, packaged together into a minimal, artful package. At Haiku, our mission is to "revolutionize software creation: by unifying design and code." [Animations are just the beginning, by the way! We have more big news coming soon.] Our company's juxtaposing themes are "design" and "code." And we are driving to unify those themes in an elegant & artful way. That's why Haiku.

6yr ago

look is so good

6yr ago

SocialSignal AI

This is a well made project. Good job team

6yr ago

I'll check it out.

6yr ago

@oliverriechert ok but i am new to this animating thing how do I do it all?

6yr ago

Taylor Poe

Diez

Maker

@myranda_bushman We have few resources on our Learn page to get you started. https://www.haikuforteams.com/le...

6yr ago

Matthew Kuritz

Meetup

awesome job so far!

Pros:

developer friendliness, collaboration features

Cons:

none

6yr ago

Sam Schultz

Honeyfi

Really cool tool. And the support looks solid too. Thanks for sharing!

6yr ago

Sparky uk

14 day trial is a bit limiting - I'd prefer 30 days with a watermark over the output, as 14 days in development can be soaked up fast! Looks to be a great product and the samples shown look really slick. Is this another product that ceases working if you stop paying monthly/annually?

Pros:

Really nice interface, sample outputs look slick

Cons:

Subscription model pricing.

6yr ago

Yakushev Hermann

RemoteUkraine

What about windows?

6yr ago

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Maker

@hermann_yakushev1 coming soon! We have a functional Windows build, but it requires some work to get it out the door (e.g. can't support Sketch on Windows; Illustrator support is slightly different on Windows; file-system watching and integration is different on Windows) — and then it will require a greater support burden once we release it. We have a small team [though we are hiring!] — so we'll launch Animator for Windows as soon as we can. We'd love for you to be an early user — please join our Windows waitlist if you haven't already: https://www.haikuforteams.com/wi...