I got sick of the same old screen studio look So I made a screen recorder that looks like you're filming your laptop (in 3D) It's called ShotGlass, is themed like a little glass of whisky, and is free to try. Only pay when you're ready to export

Improving render speed in a screen recorder is actually easy Just redo the code that takes the longest time and boom, twice as fast The hard part? Remembering to check if your videos still look good (learned this the hard way after generating blurry garbage for a week)

I just hit all-time high traffic on HowToConvert after 16 months The initial spike from launch was amazing, but depressing as it is, viral growth only lasts a day or two After that I spent months struggling to grow on Google BUT, clicks are finally going up and revenue with it. feel like this guy

I just added SVG vectorization to How to Convert Turn logos, sketches, and icons into real scalable vector paths Not those fake SVGs where it's just the image wrapped in a file These are actual vectors that stay crisp when you resize them. You can even drag each part around

macOS updated and broke my file converter installer 2,500+ people use it, so I had to move fast v1.4.2 is out now with stability fixes and bug patches If you were getting crashes or weird behavior after updating macOS, this should fix it

Making a screen recording 3D has never been easier

I built a screen recorder that turns Mac demos into cinematic shots 2 weeks in and 159 people have bought it It records your screen with 3D camera effects, virtual backgrounds, and a full timeline editor Makes your product demos look way more professional without spending hours in Premiere

ShotGlass can do smooth auto zooms and instant transitions. But what other zoom types or transitions do you want for your screen recordings? Thinking about adding more options but want to know what people would actually use.

Coding in a cabin this weekend working on ShotGlass updates. Pretty good place to work. Except the fire hasn’t warmed up the cabin yet and it's freezing.

I built a screen recorder that turns your janky demos into Apple keynote quality videos the problem every builder faces: you ship something amazing but the demo looks like trash (we're talking 2014 screencapture vibes)

Working on the annotation part of ShotGlass Got arrow, line, text, rectangles, circles, cursors. What else do you want added?

I made a screen recorder that turns Mac demos into cinematic shots like this It crossed 100 paying users in its first week

ShotGlass has a full video editor timeline like Premiere Pro You can trim clips, adjust timing, layer multiple tracks, add and mix audio and other videos, and fine-tune everything frame by frame But it's way simpler and built specifically for screen recordings No 20-minute tutorials needed

My file converter now turns images into actual vector graphics Not the fake SVG wrapping BS that most tools do Real vectorization. You can scale it infinitely and it stays crisp Just added it and honestly didn't think it would work this well

You know those super clean screenshots you see on your timeline with perfect backgrounds? I added that to ShotGlass Just pick your window and drop in a beautiful background Makes your screenshots look 10x more professional instantly

I wanted a screen recorder themed like a glass of whisky So I named it ShotGlass and spent way too much time coding a realistic whisky liquid that moves around when you interact with it Was it necessary? No Was it worth it? Absolutely

I made an app to convert almost any file to any other file 2,500 people are now using it Here's me using it to convert pngs to pdfs to docx just because I can

ShotGlass has a simulated camera with adjustable bokeh You can control the focal length and f-stop to get that Apple Ad depth-of-field look Been messing around with it and the results are kinda insane

ShotGlass is my first project with MRR! The bulk (99%) is still one time purchases But it feels amazing to have power users and businesses want to support the app in an ongoing way!

Having an app go viral is every developers dream But what they don’t tell you is it’s FREAKING EXHAUSTING 😅 Been fixing bugs all day every day for a week and I can actually feel my hairs turning grey

Just shipped the first ShotGlass update! Here's what I've added: - Instant zoom looks amazing now (like the video below) - Editor runs 2x faster, way less lag - Export file sizes cut in half. Added bitrate controls and render ETAs - Fixed a bunch of audio issues

Testing the new renderer and squashing bugs for an update dropping later this week. ShotGlass v0.1.1 is coming soon!

You can change the cursor size in ShotGlass Goes from normal to absolutely massive And you can swap between the new macOS cursor and the old Mickey Mouse one Keep fiddling around with it

I'm a solo dev that builds this little file converter app It converts almost any file (supports over 5,000 document, video, image, audio, email and comic formats) To use it, you just drag and drop Instead of uploading your files to random sites on Google Or forgetting how to use cli tools

I made an app to make screen recordings like an Apple Ad And it just crossed 70 paying users in its first 3 days!

My Whisky glass-themed screen recorder, ShotGlass, JUST WENT VIRAL! Here's what happened: - Launch post hit the TOP of r/MacApps on Reddit - Started getting shared on X and Instagram - Went viral from someone else's X post - My phones been dinging non-stop and it's made over $800 USD in 2 days 👇

Just woke up and ShotGlass is top of r/MacApps!

Not too bad for a few hours after posting

aaaaannd we're still top of r/MacApps 6 hours in ... with 69 upvotes 👀

WOOOOO My new screen recording tool is top of r/MacApps on reddit!

The #1 question people ask me on launch posts (other than questions about my apps) is "what did you use to record this video" Here it is: ShotGlass A screenshot and screen recording app that does auto zooms and can even compose your screen capture in 3D with a simulated lens

I made a screen recording app to make demos like an Apple commercial. I was tired of using four apps to make one product demo. And I saw the MacBook Neo ads (recording playing on a 3D MacBook in a scene) and wondered why no screen recorder just did that.

I made a screen recording app to make demos like an Apple commercial. I was tired of using four apps to make one product demo. And I saw the MacBook Neo ads (recording playing on a 3D MacBook in a scene) and wondered why no screen recorder just did that.

I've been building this universal file converter app for 17 months now. Why? I was sick of sending my files to random sites on Google And sick of repeatedly having to look up how to use command-line tools if I wanted to do things locally.

Today I woke up to my website being under attack Then I checked, and nope, it was just that my domain rating jumped and I now have shit loads of traffic from Google!

$0 for 2 days then 3 sales in an hour back to back when i check my phone starting to think my phone checking is what triggers the sales 👀

$0 for 2 days then 3 sales in an hour back to back when i check my phone starting to think my phone checking is what triggers the sales 👀

Adding vector file support to my file converter app SVG is coming

My bsky followers, what should I start posting on instagram?

My little photomosaic site just crossed 500 clicks a month on Google!

This is a little app I made. It converts almost any file to any other file locally. You just drag it in, select the output format, and you're done. Completely offline, no uploads to sketchy sites on Google, no need to touch the command-line. It just crossed 2,560 users

Not really. I just had hotpot last night And couldn’t sleep after what came in the morning 🥲

Today I woke up at 5am like some kind of psychopath The sun isn't even up But no, I got an app to ship

Into comic books or manga? You can now convert PDFs to CBZ/CBR files (or vice versa) Also converts them to JPEG, PNG, or any other image format Works completely local on your computer The site demo also does it free! howtoconvert.co

Shipping a project that I've spent way too long on this week (4 months). Will try and ship some 1 day builds afterwards to keep rolling the dice 🤞 fingers crossed it was worth it

Into comic books or manga? You can now convert PDFs to CBZ/CBR files (or vice versa) Also converts them to JPEG, PNG, or any other image format Works completely local on your computer The site demo also does it free! howtoconvert.co

Helped a customer compress a 228.9 MB PDF down to 1.8 MB Better result than they got with Adobe Just shipped v1.4.0 of How to Convert with 10x better PDF compression. Converts 5,000+ file types. Runs completely local on your computer. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Helped a customer compress a 228.9 MB PDF down to 1.8 MB Better result than they got with Adobe Just shipped v1.4.0 of How to Convert with 10x better PDF compression. Converts 5,000+ file types. Runs completely local on your computer. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

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