Show HN: SteadyCam. Real-time video stabilization on the iPhone 4

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11 points·alexkcd··8 comments

Oh man, I had this "brilliant" idea to make SteadyCam free to try, by inserting a watermark in the demo mode and limiting recording time to 15 seconds. The full version can be unlocked via in-app purchase.

That was the theory, anyway. In practice this has created a lot of confusion as to whether the app is free or not (spoiler: it's not). I'm trying to fix that by making it more clear on startup that you're in demo mode.

If you guys have better suggestions, I'd love to hear them :)

I would expect a trademark complaint from Tiffen the second this gets published in the app store.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steadicam

Other than that, great work!

Why does it need location permission to display the camera roll? I don't want to give it location permission...

That's how Apple's SDK works. Existing photos in the camera roll might be annotated with location information. So for security reasons 3rd party apps need location permission to access the camera roll.

SteadyCam does not collect any location information. We respect your privacy, the HAL 9000 icon notwithstanding ;)

Thanks for the clarification!

That's really impressive! The video is a great demonstration and a real eye-opener.

Really cool. I guess it works by using the motion sensors?

Yup :)

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