Layerpath - Plus Exclusive Reviews

The future is bright for Layerpath!

It's an exciting screen-recording app that shows great promise. While still in its early stages, I believe it has the potential to compete with more established players like Arcade Software.

After some initial testing and playing around with its functions, here are several areas for improvement that I would like to see (please note that my setup is Windows 11 using a 4K monitor):

**VIDEO EDITOR**

The video editor needs more basic editing functionalities, such as:
- Allow timeline resizing (expand/shrink) using mouse scrolling or hotkeys.
- Enable click-and-drag functionality for the timeline bar.
- Add transition effects for smoother, more professional cuts between slides.
- Slow down the default zoom in/out effect speed, and perhaps even allow users to choose their preferred default duration for each effect.
- Introduce a 'Pan' setting for moving video scenes up, down, left, or right for better control.
- Increase the size of the blur and highlight target area (in the side panel) for precise adjustments; currently, it's too small for accurate placement.
- Add fade-in/fade-out modifiers for blur and highlight effects to create smoother transitions.

**VIDEO PLAYER**

The video player requires more essential playback features, including:
- An option to play video from the beginning; maybe something like a 'Previous' button.
- Better navigation like buttons (and/or hotkeys) to rewind and fast-forward by a specified number of seconds; it's just Play/Pause right now.

**PANEL UI/UX ENHANCEMENTS**

- Allow adjustable panel width for side panels and height for the video editor panel.
- Improve visibility of 'Enhancement with AI' notifications during generation and at completion, as it's sometimes difficult to tell when the process has finished with a tiny pop-up on the lower-right corner and a "Generating..." indicator at the top.
- Display usage statistics (AI Content, AI Voiceover, and Video Exports) at the top of the screen during project work for easier credit management and monitoring.

**AI VOICEOVER**

- Allow the use or upload of custom voiceovers and audio (background music, sound effects, etc.).
- Consider providing a custom voice cloning feature.
- Add more customizability for voices, such as speed and pitch adjustments.
- Introduce a greater variety of voices, including different accents, emotions and cultural tones and inflections.

**DEFAULT SETTING CUSTOMIZABILITY**

Add a "Set Default" option under Settings for menu selection items like "Language" and "Recording Category" when setting up the 'Enhance with AI' feature. Currently, I have to adjust these settings each time, which is repetitive and frustrating.

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with my purchase and believe Layerpath is on a promising trajectory. However, it still has some way to go before it can truly mature and stand out among its competitors.

Addressing these points and adding features should undoubtedly help Layerpath unlock its full potential and compete effectively in the market. I'm excited to see how it evolves!

I have read previous answers that mentioned separating workspaces and considering the use of a custom domain. I have already purchased T4. In summary, everyone works in the same workspace and sees all the data. What I am looking for is to have separate workspaces and be able to invite teams into my own workspace or create workspaces for projects. I think you could sell LayerPath better than this. Right now, I am considering asking for a refund because the single workspace is not suitable for my work

ref.
https://tinyurl.com/2yk6bkzw
https://appsumo.com/s/12fisna/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19d4kYKZxGEGwkJBcIsJO4gKyloeklHnoJs8bu6B70D4/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v8po1a2KpBWIuXXdkaoza8QihPbTWIT-GUgzzHesPBE/edit?usp=sharing

Q4 and beyond

Tech challenges - bandwidth - priority

Organizing projects internally in folders
Desktop app
Workspaces
Multi custom domains

I've been using other training authoring tools for decades. A favourite tool of mine has just gone to a subscription-based model; yuck! Layerpath could be a good replacement for that tool. What I am concerned about, though, is how Layerpath does not distinguish between a mouse-click and mouse click-and-drag. Am I missing something? Is this in the development pipeline?

Using it for the past few months, and it has really been awesome. In my opinion, the concept is ingenious. Much easier than relying on demo scripts!
Active development during the time I am using it, I really hope it stays like that.

Testing out new apps is always interesting to see if they meet your expectations. I have been searching for an app like this for quite some time and it has most of the features I need. Where I did run into issues was the inability to annotate a video portion/slide. After recording, you will often see something that could do with an arrow or further explanation in a text box. However, this isn't possible in the video slide, but it is in the other static slides.

I found the developer most responsive to my comments to the point we had a video call and shared our screens. He now has a very clear understanding, not only of what I am talking about, but also why it is a necessary feature for busy consultants.

All in all, I find the product is slightly lacking in maturity at present, but with a few more enhancements, it will be a fantastic way of sharing guides with clients and on social media.