I made this because I never know if I look like I’m headed to present Q4 earnings or the pub.

📸 Upload your outfit
🤖 Get roasted (gently)
💡 AI gives styling tips

Free to try. Unlimited use is £4.99 (vibes tax).

→ fitcheck-nine.vercel.app

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I suppose the difficulty with any SaaS product isn't in the building, but the marketing of the products themselves.

To get an idea of where to look I suppose a blog section is in order given the initial (first day) Search Console results for video effects.

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Thanks! Over-engineering is always my worry with things, but that probably stems from the Unknown unknowns of UI design!

VideoEffectMaker update:

Optimising the UI of the Landing Page is a nightmare speaking as a Backend Engineer.

I've gone through so many different design approaches with Lovable trying to find the right words for what I want.

Any tips on creating landing pages that stand out?

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I found v0 is really good at the technical side. The code quality seems better in terms of complexity and understanding.

Where it really falls short is design.

Asking to create a rough dashboard with v0 you get a bunch of ugly blocks, no real CSS, no colour.

Lovable gets design a lot better!

That's really valuable, thanks! I tend to shy away from subscription-based models but maybe its worth a look, keeping the X videos / month, but just changing it from 50 per $50, to 50 per $49.99/month, every month! With options for bigger and better prices!

I'll see how traffic goes first!

Interesting! I was trying to avoid going too high on the pricing so as not to overwhelm. I like the one-time fees from a user perspective as I myself found it annoying having to subscribe to something when I just wanted 1 effect.

Would you go higher on the middle->upper fees?

Realised I should have added some actual screenshots of the app...oops!

Another thing I learned... you can’t just slap a UI on a backend and hope it works (sadly)! It’s been a learning curve, but I’m buzzing with how it’s turned out.

Next Steps? No Idea! Will see what feedback says!

It’s live: VideoEffectMaker.com. Would love your feedback!

Cheers 🍻

Under the hood:

* Supabase for DB
* FAL for video generation APIs
* Stripe for payments
* Lovable for FE

Lovable was perfect for someone like me who needed frontend assistance. I learned the importance of having a clear frontend idea from the start, instead of just saying, “Build me a thing.”

Here’s the process:
1️⃣ Upload your video
2️⃣ Generate RGB and Alpha Channel files
3️⃣ Download and drop them into your editing software

It’s quick, simple, and works with any editing suite.

Back when I had a brewing YouTube channel, I spent ages hunting for effects, only to hit some £29.99/month paywall.

With recent AI improvements and better processing, I realised that I wanted to try my hand at building something frontend-heavy, so I built one myself. (I'm a Backend Engineer)

🎬 I got tired of the hassle with video effects, so I made this:

videoeffectmaker.com

It’s a web app that helps YouTube editors and VFX artists create transparent video effects (RGB + Alpha Channel) in minutes. No subscriptions, no faff—just pay for what you need.

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