Day 10 of Building Cinemax π¬ Milestone unlocked! π It took me about two weeks to complete my fi...Day 10 of Building Cinemax π¬ Milestone unlocked! π It took me about two weeks to complete my fi...
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And somehow, almost one full day of those three went into the intro you see when the page first opens.
Not because it was necessary β mostly because Iβve wanted to try something like this for a long time.
Web design and development are far from my main field, so I kept putting this idea off. This challenge finally gave me a reason to test it properly β and seeing it actually work is ridiculously satisfying.
The video was converted into an image sequence and tied directly to scrolling on desktop and swiping on mobile, so the animation is controlled by the user as they move through the page.
Right now the project is already at Build 4.2.3.
The backend is working properly, the main mechanics are in place, but visuallyβ¦ thereβs still a lot to redo. The current plan is to rebuild almost the entire visual layer before the final version.
I also found out today that Lovable reduced the number of prize spots quite significantly β apparently, there will only be 3 finalists.
That definitely makes the odds a little more painful π
But either way, Iβm already getting a new portfolio case out of this project, and Iβm finally experimenting with things Iβve wanted to build for a long time.
Howβs everyone else doing?
Still working on your project, or have you already submitted it?
Or did you decide not to participate at all? If so, Iβm curious β what made you skip it?
That intro effect looks sick! π₯ By the way, I'm working on a car showroom project too, but not sure if I'll manage to finish and submit it on time. If luck is on my side, itβs going to be a really fun competition haha. Good luck!
Creating a fully animated 3D character with an actual transparent background used to take hours of rendering and painful cleanup. Here, the whole thing took just a couple of minutes:Β
Generated the base character in ChatGPT.Β
Built the landing page layout in Figma.Β
Dropped the asset into this AI tool, added a prompt, and got the animated loop with an alpha channel ready to go.Β
Coded the live page with Claude.Β
The biggest win: it exports directly with a transparent background, so it drops right into any UI β SaaS dashboards, landing pages, or mobile apps β without weird background artifacts.Β