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9 points·nkkollaw··6 comments

...it's an image proxy that does on-the-fly image processing for animated GIFs.

This is the site: https://www.gifsonic.com

And here are docs with examples:

• https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/

• https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=width

• https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=height

• https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=reverse

• https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=background_color

• https://www.gifsonic.com/docs/example/?t=meme_top_text (my favorite)

• etc. etc.

What do you guys think about the whole thing? I would love some feedback before I open it to signups.

Does it look OK? Would you ever use such a service? What could I improve?

I really like your front-end design - it looks crisp and fun at the same time. Did you outsource that or did you do the design yourself? Every time I try designing a front end for one of my web apps, it just looks like a generic Bootstrap page.

No, I did everything myself, but if it does look crisp I probably got lucky :-)

Very nice. The problem I've seen with all the other on-the-fly image manipulation services is that they can't charge but also can't stay free.

Thanks!

I definitely won't be able to go nor stay free.

The plan is to create a SaaS with 5 tiers, and to use the service you have to subscribe to a plan—possibly starting at $6.

There are a lot of image-manipulation SaaS that charge (Imgix, Cloudinary, etc.), but I have no idea if my service will be useful enough for someone to want to pay for it.

"Coming soon" button does nothing..

No, I know.

It's a placeholder for "Getting started", which I'll activate once I open to signups.

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