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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by jasperstory on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:42AM (#40232761)
That one is ScreenStudio - it's a great product!

I'm a founder at Yarn (YC W24) – we're building in this space and launching on HN soonish.

We often see teams combining ScreenStudio with products like iMovie, AfterEffects, or Veed. Other products in the space to check out are Tella.tv, Kite, or Descript.

For more advanced motion graphics, you'll often need a freelancer or agency.

Feel free to drop me a message (email in bio) to talk through options!

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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by shafyy on Thursday May 02, 2024 @03:22AM (#40233575)
+1 for ScreenStudio, use it and love it.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by TheFreim on Thursday May 02, 2024 @02:27AM (#40233277)
How long is the Yarn wait list?
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by jasperstory on Thursday May 02, 2024 @02:37AM (#40233328)
Not sure. Hopefully next 4-6 weeks. Building as fast as possible with current teams – but lots of tricky webGL, Swift, and headless Chrome involved.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by heyarviind2 on Thursday May 02, 2024 @01:04AM (#40232870)
ScreenStudio looks amazing, thanks for sharing
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by ImHereToVote on Thursday May 02, 2024 @02:27AM (#40233280)
Mac only?
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by jasperstory on Thursday May 02, 2024 @02:32AM (#40233307)
Many of the apps are macOS only unfortunately. For Windows, there's Descript or Camtasia. Linux not sure, but Descript and Veed are browser-based.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by darou on Thursday May 02, 2024 @03:42AM (#40233704)
Yes, I use Camtasia for over a decade. It not only solves screen recording but also most other tasks you would need cutting video and sound.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by xrd on Thursday May 02, 2024 @08:20AM (#40235309)
I chuckled when you said you weren't sure about Linux tools. Real Linux users code all their sleek demo videos inside emacs in hex.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by snide on Thursday May 02, 2024 @08:28AM (#40235384)
Unfortunately this is one of the places where Linux really doesn't have any good options. While there are definitely raw capture options for Linux, there isn't anything as nice as Screen Studio or Screen Flow or Camtasia for quick, short videos with basic editing.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by djbusby on Thursday May 02, 2024 @09:10AM (#40235798)
On Linux I've used SimpleScreenRecorder. Can invoke ffmpeg to screengrab too.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by bawabawa on Monday May 06, 2024 @12:02AM (#40271040)
I work for https://www.canvid.com, and we recently released a beta version of our product, which is similar to Screen Studio but designed for Windows. If we see enough interest, we may even release a Linux version around Q3.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by victorbjorklund on Thursday May 02, 2024 @06:26AM (#40234581)
ScreenStudio looks nice. And thank god a pay once app.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by jasperstory on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:21PM (#40238010)
Yep although to be precise it's a pay-for-a-year-of-updates model, and the underlying macOS APIs in this space change significantly between minor and major macOS releases, so ymmv in terms of "pay once forever". (For upcoming features like shareable links, they'll presumably move to a part-subscription pricing model.)
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by vunderba on Thursday May 02, 2024 @01:55PM (#40239244)
Agreed, as far as I can tell, this is the only one in the space that doesn't insist upon a monthly payment.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by mavsman on Thursday May 02, 2024 @09:53AM (#40236346)
A lot of fragmented promise for video editing amongst these different apps. Hopefully someone will make a comparison chart for these. Good luck on your launch!
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by jamesbfb on Thursday May 02, 2024 @10:09AM (#40236518)
I’m a dev lead who is a rusted on Linux user, I’ve always hated that ScreenStudio is Mac only since it’s a great product. Any plans for Linux support? I would love the ability to dem stuff and have it actually look pretty.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by jasperstory on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:15PM (#40237945)
The problem is that a lot of the details requires macOS accessibility permissions (identifying active window, measuring cursor movements), so there's non-trivial platform specific code.

For product demos specifically, best bet might be a Chrome-extension-based product like Arcade!

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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by duckmysick on Thursday May 02, 2024 @05:08PM (#40241387)
This would be difficult because mouse and window controls are different in X11 and Wayland.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by rrrx3 on Thursday May 02, 2024 @11:51AM (#40237631)
Another +1 for Screen studio. I use it legitimately daily in my Product Design job, and not just for customer-facing demo videos.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by bcjordan on Thursday May 02, 2024 @12:03PM (#40237792)
ScreenStudio is really good, I use it for all of my capture. Main feature I find missing is ability to reorder or combine multiple recordings into one clip, or add audio from within the app.
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by ldenoue on Friday May 03, 2024 @04:43PM (#40252179)
You can do that with ScreenRun (which I developed) https://screenrun.app/
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Re:Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos fo... by yodon on Saturday May 04, 2024 @01:04PM (#40258928)
I'm baffled why you'd name your product in a way that conflicts with a heavily used front end tool.
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