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Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by volandovengo on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:16PM (#3270747)
Looks cool, I could see using this for a wedding video compilation.

Some feedback - it's a little hard to decipher what the service is all about upon landing upon the homepage. I would suggest making the page longer to explain how it works. groupme.com is a good example to look at.

Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by fapi1974 on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:17PM (#3270754)
Thanks! What sort of wording do you think is better than "creating group videos?"
Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by volandovengo on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:41PM (#3270838)
Perhaps "Creating videos as a group."

I agree there is a tradeoff between too many words and too few. I'd suggest that you can improve it by just making the landing page longer, ie - put more information in the scrollable area.

Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:35PM (#3270812)
Looks great!

A nitpick - when I log in via Facebook, my photo gets resized to a square, which looks weird (proportions get distorted). I'm pretty sure other websites tended to maintain proper aspect ratio and just crop a scaled down image to fit into a square.

Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by astartupaday1 on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @01:17PM (#3270992)
FYI - if you can make do with smaller images (50x50 or lower), you can use the param 'type=square' to pull Facebook's standard square photos. For example, graph.facebook.com/ID/picture?type=square
Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by bambax on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:34PM (#3270808)
> Now matter how hard it is to shop for someone

I'm unsure of what it means to "shop for someone" but I'm pretty sure you meant "No matter" instead of "Now matter"...?

Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by fapi1974 on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:37PM (#3270824)
Oops good catch - thanks!
Re:Show HN: Cinecandy, a Movie Studio As A Service (MSAAS) by nicklovescode on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:43PM (#3270849)
I would suggest having an example group video on the homepage, maybe to start the screencast you already have?