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Show HN: Palmier Pro – Open-source macOS video editor built for AI (github.com)
Marciplan 1 hours ago [-]
This looks great! Have you thought about dropping the 'subscription'-part and 'just' selling credits instead?

Here's my thinking as a SaaS founder: when I launch a product, I don't need a video every month. So a monthly pricing makes me do this little calculation every time: "do I need a video this month? nah. Then I'll wait. I lose the early-bird price, but I still net out cheaper." And since there's no yearly option, there's nothing pulling me into the early plan either.

What I would jump on is a launch offer. Something like XXX credits for a good price, enough that it feels like 3 videos over the course of a year. Even if I never use them all (very likely, honestly), I'd buy it. Credits sit there and wait for me, a subscription just quietly bills me for months I don't need it.

Hope that makes sense :)

harrisontin 46 minutes ago [-]
It makes sense! We are still early in experimenting the pricing and would want to reduce user's overhead in thinking about pricing/credits as much as possible.
misterchocolat 2 hours ago [-]
I've been following Marcos's youtube channel and it's so great to see that they've finally found their thing. Looks like an awesome product that people actually want. Well done.
Marcosricopeng 2 hours ago [-]
hey Marcos here - really appreciate it! In hindsight this idea makes so much sense and we're extremely excited to build and make something people want
nsbk 3 hours ago [-]
This is what I have been waiting for in order to process my massive action camera library, I will definitely give it a try!

I will start with older standard GoPro videos, and hope that by the time I make it to the Insta360 videos the editor supports 360 video (unless it does already!)

harrisontin 3 hours ago [-]
not yet with .360 files. we currently support .mov and .mp4 for videos!
mrkstu 2 hours ago [-]
I assume using Swift means cross-platform support is tertiary at best?

I have mostly Macs in my workflow so not an issue for me, but its good to have that plainly stated if so.

Being able to edit a long video to pull out different speakers segments automatically or do automatic edits of speaker transitions would be great- I'll give it a try and see what scenarios are best suited for our use cases...

harrisontin 48 minutes ago [-]
Yes currently its only macOS support.

Long videos with different speakers is a core use case that we are trying to optimize for, please let us know how it goes for you!

draw_down 3 hours ago [-]
I don't work with video but this seems very nice, and your promo video is wonderful. Great work!
Marcosricopeng 2 hours ago [-]
Thank you! We're trying to make video editing accessible to everyone
didriksg 4 hours ago [-]
Seems super convenient! I spent yesterday trying to edit a simple video for a project by hand and it was not a fun experience! Will check it out!
harrisontin 4 hours ago [-]
please try it out! Would love to learn more where agent helps you and fails you
adenta 2 hours ago [-]
Love to see it. We have been experimenting with https://github.com/ronak-create/FableCut, how is this similar? How is it different?
harrisontin 39 minutes ago [-]
I have not heard of FableCut, but looks like an interesting project!

It's similar in a sense that we're both exposing a mcp server to let claude runs editing tools, and also a traditional video editor interface.

It's different in terms of how you run it. FableCut requires you to install node, ffmpeg, and run a local server and connect to it via Chromium-based browser, whereas Palmier Pro is a native Mac App.

I don't know enough about the feature parity to comment on it. How is your experience with FableCut?

adenta 24 minutes ago [-]
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cpursley 3 hours ago [-]
Love seeing real native apps (vs electron hogs), starred. For heavy lifting and easier cross platform, Rust-based Crux is pretty cool, I'm experimenting with it now: https://github.com/redbadger/crux
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