Show HN: Shotstack – A cloud video editing API to create videos at scale

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Hello, I worked on this project for a long time. I've finally launched a business around it and got in to an accelerator.

You can sign up and I'll send you keys as soon as a I can (still a manual process): https://forms.gle/6RFwxFarHoNXV3mj6

Or check out the demo to see a sample application of what you could build (source code on Github): http://shotstack.io/demo/pexels/

I welcome any feedback, positive or negative.

What are the use cases? I can see companies like Buzzfeed getting a kick out of it as they produce so many videos with the same branded outros. Presuming they don't have an internal tool for adding their logo/outro to all their videos in batches, this would come in handy?

That's certainly something this could be used for. The main use cases we are seeing right now are those kids of batch operations (intros, outtros, lower thirds, titles, captions) and re-purposing user generated content; for example turning photos in slideshows, or uploaded footage in to an edit.

It's aimed at businesses who are building apps and services that handle large amounts of videos per day and they want automate repetitive tasks or build some kind of that needs a more refined, creative video to be output without the user needing to do anything.

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