u/AdrienADR — reddlx

How do you guys recreate these iMessage/text message animations?

I'm working on a YouTube video and I'd like to recreate this kind of messaging animation (example attached).

The thing is... I'm not really a motion designer.

Do most people build these from scratch in after effects, use templates, or is there a website/tool that makes this kind of animation easier?

I'm mainly looking for something that looks clean and doesn't take hours to make.

Curious to hear what everyone here uses.

UPDATE: I received recommendations in DM, and some people suggested spaark.ee I gave it a try, and it ended up being exactly what I was looking for. Thanks everyone!

u/AdrienADR — 8 days ago

▲ 5 r/boltnewbuilders

I got tired of manually turning my Bolt apps into mobile apps

I've been building more and more projects with Bolt lately, and one thing kept bothering me.

Building the web app is incredibly fast.
Turning it into an iOS and Android app... not so much.

I found myself repeating the same setup every single time: creating the Capacitor project, configuring iOS and Android, installing plugins, setting up icons, splash screens, deep links, etc.

After doing it a few times, I ended up building a small CLI that automates the whole process.

Now it's basically:

npx capstart init

It takes an existing Bolt project and prepares it for iOS and Android in a couple of minutes.

I'm curious if anyone else here is taking their Bolt projects to mobile, or if most people keep them as web apps :)

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u/AdrienADR — 8 days ago

▲ 1 r/NewYouTubeChannels

How would you recreate this iMessage effect for a YouTube video?

I'm trying to recreate something like this for one of my videos.

I've seen this kind of iMessage animation in quite a few YouTube videos, and I was wondering how people usually make it.

Do you build it from scratch in after effects? Use a template? Or is there a tool/plugin that makes this easier?

Curious to hear how you guys would approach it. thanks :)

UPDATE: I received some recommendations in my DM, and som people suggested spaark.ee I gave it a try, and it ended up being exactly what I was looking for. Thanks everyone!

u/AdrienADR — 8 days ago

▲ 42 r/motiongraphics+1 crossposts

How do people find all those nice animations used in YouTube videos?

Maybe this is a dumb question, but where are people getting all these animations from?

I'm talking about the little things that make videos feel polished:

- subscribe button animations
- animated cursors
- Instagram/social media popups
- animated maps

Every time I watch a well-edited video, I see dozens of these.
Are most creators making them from scratch, buying packs, or using specific websites?

Curious what everyone's workflow looks like

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u/AdrienADR — 10 days ago

▲ 19 r/reactnative

How many of you are actually using OTA updates in production?

One thing I've noticed is that OTA updates seem to be one of the biggest advantages of React Native, but I rarely hear people talk about how they're using them in practice

For teams shipping production apps:

- Are you using OTA updates?
- How often do you rely on them?
- Do you push bug fixes only, or new features too?
- Have they changed the way you ship mobile apps?

Would love to hear how people are using them in practice :)

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u/AdrienADR — 12 days ago

▲ 35 r/shadcn+1 crossposts

The new shadcn registry system is cooler than I thought!

One thing I always struggled with when building mobile apps was navigation.

For a long time, getting smooth stack transitions, tab bars and native-feeling navigation meant combining multiple libraries and writing a bunch of glue code.

After reusing the same setup across several projects, I decided to package it into a registry item.

Now it's basically:

npx shadcn@latest add AdrienADV/capstart/react-capacitor-navigation

and you get a mobile-first navigation setup ready to use :)

The goal wasn't to create another component library.

I just wanted a way to reuse the same navigation system across projects without copying files around every time.

u/AdrienADR — 12 days ago