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Haiku Animator — Create powerful animations for any app or website
Haiku Animator (formerly Haiku for Mac) lets you:
• Animate for any iOS, Android, or Web codebase
• Create Lottie files without After Effects
• Finesse animations with Animator's powerful timeline
• Use Figma, Sketch, or Illustrator to sync design assets
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@zackaboo I just opened the Haiku for mac (beta tester), it auto updated. Now it refuses to open. Is the beta killed to make space for paid version?
@43_mins That's definitely not intentional! Our team is looking into it right now. I recommend trying a fresh install (I'll message you a direct link + another troubleshooting option.)
@zackaboo Thanks for the update - Now, cant even open it so not sure how to send bug report. (I initially had the default mac bug screen, but i closed it without sending). Now not opening at all
@zackaboo Can you export to a png sprite or animated SVG? Looked like adding an animation requires loading in JS? How's it work when embedded on a website?
@mscccc you can export GIF or mp4. We use a PNG sequence internally to generate those, so it wouldn't be too crazy to expose that as a feature. [filed for discussion]
Otherwise yes, the animations require JS to run on the web, or swift/ObjC/Java/Kotlin to run on iOS/Android. This is handled by the open source Animator Core dependency https://github.com/HaikuTeam/core for web and Lottie for iOS/Android.
Note that Animator Core is the core rendering engine for Animator itself — there's no difference between 'design' and 'production' with Animator; every change is a 'live preview' because you're editing the underlying code.
Will file bug report
Pros:lovely animations... very easy coming from AE timelines
Cons:Beta app not working anymore (thot they killed it - but it maybe a missunderstanding)
It’s a bit steep. I don’t mind paying but 18$ month is quite high if I compared it with other indie subscriptions for suites like algorithmic. Then again for companies it’s a steal.
We didn't send a "kill". We love our early adopters! This is why we've offered a free Animator Pro subscription to EVERYONE who signed up before this transition.
Our team is working to track down the bug that caused your crash; we're having trouble reproducing it — it may be related to you having a very old account. If you could share more details (see DM) that would help us out a ton.
@glenn_de_backer yup - i am not animator, so i probably shouldnt comment on the pricing... I would love to pay for 50 export credits for say $10-20.
@glenn_de_backer @43_mins Cool idea! We're open to continuing to evolve our pricing, especially as we roll out our Teams plan. I've taken note of this idea for our team to discuss.
@zackaboo is that something that was offered by mail ? I registered may last year but did not received any communications about this offer ?
@myranda_bushman We have few resources on our Learn page to get you started. https://www.haikuforteams.com/le...
@rebeccahmo the core of a haiku is juxtaposition — two opposing themes, packaged together into a minimal, artful package.
At Haiku, our mission is to "revolutionize software creation: by unifying design and code." [Animations are just the beginning, by the way! We have more big news coming soon.]
Our company's juxtaposing themes are "design" and "code." And we are driving to unify those themes in an elegant & artful way. That's why Haiku.
awesome job so far!
Pros:developer friendliness, collaboration features
Cons:none
@hermann_yakushev1 coming soon!
We have a functional Windows build, but it requires some work to get it out the door (e.g. can't support Sketch on Windows; Illustrator support is slightly different on Windows; file-system watching and integration is different on Windows) — and then it will require a greater support burden once we release it. We have a small team [though we are hiring!] — so we'll launch Animator for Windows as soon as we can.
We'd love for you to be an early user — please join our Windows waitlist if you haven't already: https://www.haikuforteams.com/wi...
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