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Macula

Don't give away your content, share on your terms

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Storage
Photography
Legal
Data & Analytics

Hunted byElena TairovaElena Tairova

Stress-free asset management built for creators. Safely store your multimedia, with Macula's IPFS-based double backup. Choose what you want to share and set a license. Share anywhere with Unilink - we'll show how your content performs and who's using it.

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Hi, Product Hunters! 👋 Really excited to finally share with you what we've been working on for a while — a better way to manage and share your content — Why Macula? 🤔👁️ The life of a content creator is reliant on exposure. On the one hand, you're always looking for ways to gain more visibility, hoping for people to spot and appreciate your work. On the other hand, the more you share, the greater the risk of unauthorized use and loss of control over your creations. Further amplified by the rise of AI algorithms hungry for training data (a.k.a. content scraping), on top of the longstanding problem of "freebooting" that has plagued creators for years. — Growth or Control? For creators, it's a frustrating choice: sacrifice rights for potential growth, or stifle reach to protect your work. This is a bad business model for the creative economy. — We say Both! We believe you shouldn't have to choose. Creators should be able to grow their audience without compromising their rights and set their terms for the content they share. 🔗©️ >> And that's exactly why we built Macula. A future-proof content management tool for creators designed to let you focus on what matters most: creating. Meanwhile, we take care of all the boring (yet super important) stuff. ✅ We've got all the functionality you'd expect from a typical digital asset management platform: asset management, image editing, on-the-fly optimization, analytics, and sharing. ➕✨ And much more: ©️🦹 Metadata Hero: copyright info automatically embedded for your work (readable by humans & machines). No more "borrowing" without credit! ‍ Set your license terms & ensure proper attribution when your work is shared. 🔗©️ Universal Links: Smart gateways for your content. Share anywhere (websites, apps, social media) with copyright info intact! ✅ 👁️Track Your Impact: Built-in analytics with UTM code support. Run targeted marketing campaigns without relying on 3rd party tools. (basic UI for now, soon to be improved) 🥳 To celebrate World Art Day (and, of course, our launch too) the first 100 to sign up for Macula will get a generous upgrade: >> The Macula 'Free+ Extra Storage' is the perfect starter plan for photographers and visual artists, designed to help you grow. All the features of the standard free plan, plus: ➕an increased 10 GB of storage space, ➕larger upload file sizes, ➕and boosted bandwidth. That said, Macula is currently in Beta and completely FREE to use. 🖥️Heads up: It's currently a web app. We recommend desktop over mobile for a better experience. We're still in early development with plenty of ideas brewing! Check out our feature roadmap to see what's in the works: https://kelp.notion.site/b7a6acd... 🙌Your feedback is our rocket fuel! Let us know what you think! - feel free to DM me on X / LinkedIn - or shoot us an email to hey @ macula.link Try Macula now - https://macula.link/ See our docs for guidance and more: https://www.notion.so/kelp/97440... Cheers, Elena

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Great product for ensuring future-proof legal security of copyright on creators' shared work, together with a wide variety of choice of licensing terms. Congrats!
Congrats on launching Elena, Alex, Daniel! @eltairovy @alxwnth @woss This is awesome, imo something like this should be the go-to solution for all creators in today's AI world. Curious how you guys think about go to market for users??
Congratulations @eltairovy on the launch.. This product looks exactly what today's content creators want and need. I which you more progress and success and Good luck with your product.
Your product showcases ingenuity! The concept is intriguing. I'm curious, what exciting milestones or features are you planning for the next phase of development? Keep up the great work!
Absolutely intriguing concept, Macula! Leveraging IPFS for double backup seems like a solid approach to asset management, and the licensing aspect is a thoughtful touch. It's particularly interesting how creators maintain control over their content distribution. My question is: How does the Unilink feature track content performance in real-time, and how granular are the analytics provided? Can't wait to learn more about it!
Congratulations on the launch, team! I'm particularly intrigued by the Metadata Hero feature; how does it ensure comprehensive protection against content misuse across different platforms?
I created the idea behind Macula almost 10 years ago. The idea was simple; I wanted to share my photos under my terms on social media with least effort. Today finally I have a centralized place from which I can access my photos and videos using the API and share them with the world under the correct license. In the upcoming week, I am redesigning the https://woss.photo from a statically built git repo ( 1.5 GB ) where all images are stored on github to an API-based Macula solution ( 1.1 MB ) where images are hosted on IPFS with the ability to resize them and optimize for different screen sizes. I will also write a tutorial and probably make a video on how to do it. Please leave a replay of what you prefer to see first, a video or textual tutorial 🙂 And finally my Macula public page: https://u.macula.link/@woss/
Congrats on the launch guys! I’ve been eagerly awaiting this one from seeing your posts about it on the discussion boards. I’ve signed up and am excited to put it to the test.
Macula looks like an interesting app. I like the idea of having automatic backups and copyright protection, so you don't have to do anything yourself. I take a lot of photos, and backing them up is always a pain. I'm going to try it out today, and congratulations on the launch!
Hey everyone! This day has finally come; we've launched Macula on Product Hunt. It was a learning experience for all of us; after all, building products that aim to solve real problems (including your own problems) is not easy! But at the end of the day, it's extremely rewarding to complete another milestone and show your hard work to the world. For a quick glance on how awesome Macula is, take a look at my public profile: https://u.macula.link/@alxwnth/ Let's use this launch as an opportunity to raise more awareness and urge more people to take control over their content and share on their terms!