Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite

Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by cryptarch on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:13AM (#13245064)

Pretty cool idea, though it's advertised rather vaguely. It's basically an HTML5-based Flash alternative with an HTML5-based editor.

The menu bar disappeared after a few seconds and I couldn't get it back, I'm on fresh Chromium.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by SpaceDingus9000 on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:31AM (#13245160)

Agreed, if the creator added something like "media creation suite" instead of "creation suite" it'd be a bit more clear.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by azamat-bagatov on Friday December 23, 2016 @10:41AM (#13245229)

Creator here!

Yup, I'm still trying to find the right wording for it; "media creation suite" is definitely more descriptive! Thx

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by DaiPlusPlus on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:16PM (#13245854)

"Media" is still too vague. I would be blunt and say "Flash-like content authoring tool for HTML5" or "HTML5 Interactive Animation Editor".

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by VT_Drew on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:34PM (#13245964)

Not creator here. "Flash-like content authoring tool for HTML5" isn't catchy at all, that's like calling an iPod "Digital music playing device". Branding and marketing count.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by bryanrasmussen on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:48PM (#13246063)

Flash-like content authoring tool for HTML5 would be a good headline for the Hacker News post, but not for the product.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by iNate2000 on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:39PM (#13245991)

Yeah - I'd call it "animation" instead of "flash".

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by radley on Friday December 23, 2016 @02:41PM (#13246793)

Well, first it's not a "suite" - it's just an app. In the industry we call it a Rich Media Editor. If "rich media" seems too old school, you can call it an HTML5 Media Toolkit.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by IanCal on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:26PM (#13245910)

I think for a short name, "creation suite" is fine, but a short description on the page would be handy. The demo does help, certainly.

Looks interesting, anyway, I'll have to check it out to for playing with.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by endergen on Friday December 23, 2016 @02:55PM (#13246862)

Or Vector Based Animation tool

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by Frondo on Friday December 23, 2016 @05:02PM (#13247448)

How about "Steady," har har, because it's not Flash.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by reflexive on Friday December 23, 2016 @05:01PM (#13247442)

The term “creator” as applied to authors implicitly compares them to a deity (“the creator”). The term is used by publishers to elevate authors' moral standing above that of ordinary people in order to justify giving them increased copyright power, which the publishers can then exercise in their name. We recommend saying “author” instead.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.en.html#Creato...

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by tomcam on Friday December 23, 2016 @05:56PM (#13247657)

Please, SpaceDingus9000, do not drink this Kool-Aid. Media Creation Suite is just fine here in the real world.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by radley on Friday December 23, 2016 @05:56PM (#13247656)

The industry term is "creative", i.e. this app is for creatives. Author is generally applied for written material.

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Re:Show HN: Wick – A free and open-source creation suite by reflexive on Monday December 26, 2016 @07:39AM (#13258040)

"2D animation software" and "multimedia authoring" are both pretty concrete terms. "Creator" suffers from vagueness more than anything.

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