thelifeofrishi
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Comment · 11 months ago
i’m working on Canva like app for automated image/pdf/video via API, also connects with n8n, zapier, make, airtable, pipedream etc.
it’s https://orshot.com
it’s being used by agencies and teams to automate pdf invoice/reports, instagram/tiktok/pinterest posts etc.
basically design a template, autofill the layers with your data from anywhere and generate visual content for marketing at scale
Comment · 1 year ago
hehe
Comment · 1 year ago
Hi, I'm a solo-founder, went full-time in April on solving two problems with Orshot(bootstrapped):
1: Help non-designers design beautiful visuals(Canva solves this nicely)
2: Also help same users and teams/agencies to automate their designs and produce visual content at scale(easily), via Rest API/Integrations etc. This is something that Canva doesn't solve, and I'm pretty sure this is the future of designs and templates
Currently Orshot handles images and pdfs easily, you design a template in a Canva-like editor(some more work is needed to make it more useful for non-designers)
For each template you get a Rest API with template ID, which you can use in your backend to generate images/pdfs from your data. There are 10+ integrations and I'm looking to work on more(Hubspot, Shopify etc.)
If you give it a try, I would love your feedback, because I'm only as good as the bounds of my thoughts. Help me cover a bigger space :)
PS: I know Canva has API in enterprise plan, I want to bring it to consumers and small teams
Comment · 1 year ago
Built this quick extension to create tweet screenshots
Features: - one-click tweet screenshots for free - no signup required - shows original tweet if you screenshot a reply tweet - shows quoted tweet - one-click download/copy to clipboard
How to use: - after installing the extension, you'll start seeing a camera icon on bottom-right of each tweet - all you need to do is click on that Camera icon() and it'll give you the tweet screenshot right away
Comment · 3 years ago
being a designer, i share my experiments in UI and design on Twitter and some other sites. to present designs, i used to beautify them in Figma. this was a routine process where i would open Figma, create a gradient background for my design, add shadows, rounded corners etc. and export the image in correct size, so if i’m to share it on Dribbble I would export it in Dribbble size, for Twitter the size is different
this whole process used to take like 20 to 30 minutes easily. so i built an app https://pika.style to do all of that for me quickly
it started as a hobby, open-source and free to use project which i was building in public on my twitter(@thelifeofrishi). in a matter of time i started getting DMs on Twitter for feature requests
i remember a founder of a company wanted to have a certain feature, we discussed that and in the end i asked whether he would be happy paying for that feature, to which he said yes. i added the requested feature in 2 days and got back to him, he instantly purchased annual subscription and started using Pika. that was in February, 2022
fast forward to today, almost an year later, Pika now has 150+ paid users and makes $1,500+ in revenue each month. i’ve turned it from just a screenshot beautifying tool to a tool to design very customisable mockups and images. you can use it to generate images for your website, app, code, tweet etc. and to keep it more accessible, it has a free tier which doesn’t even require registration to use
i’ve also added a plan just for students and teachers so they can use Pika’s paid fearures at a very discounted subscription fee
if you’re a programmer, marketer, designer, no coder or work in the tech industry, i think you’ll definitely find Pika useful :)
Comment · 4 years ago
I think you're right. There needs to be an option to try the app with some demo image. I've noted and will add it :)
Comment · 4 years ago
I missed it, will keep it in mind. Thanks for sharing.
Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks for the suggestions, I've updated the repo with paid features and license :)
Comment · 4 years ago
Thanks Dmytro, and welcome to HN :)
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