Adobe Character Animator vs OpenToonz
Adobe Character Animator
adobe.comOpenToonz
opentoonz.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Adobe Character Animator | OpenToonz |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 9 | 1 |
| Spec score · 2D Character Animation Software | 9.2 (#3) | 7.9 (#23) |
| Spec score · Animation Software | 9.1 (#8) | 8.3 (#29) |
| Spec score · Cartoon Maker Software | 9.1 (#3) | 7.9 (#18) |
| Character rigging | Yes | Yes |
| Export formats | Exports include H.264 video, Adobe Media Encoder output, PNG sequences and WAV audio. | 3GP,AVI,BMP,GIF,JPG,MOV,MP4,PNG,RGB,SGI,Spritesheet,TGA,TIF,TIFF,WebM |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Supported platforms | Windows,macOS | The official FAQ lists requirements for Windows and macOS; the site says GTS is Windows only. |
| 2D animation tools | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Adobe Character Animator
- Character Animator StarterPrice not published
- Character Animator StarterPriced on request
- Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachersPriced on request
- Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachersPrice not published
- Creative Cloud Pro for teamsPrice not published
- Creative Cloud Pro for teamsPriced on request
- StarterFree
- Creative Cloud Pro annual billed monthly$34.99 a month
- Creative Cloud Pro$69.99 a month
In their own words
Adobe Character Animator
Adobe Character Animator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
OpenToonz
OpenToonz is 2D animation software for professional and amateur production, as well as school education. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and exports formats including AVI, GIF, MP4, PNG, Spritesheet, and WebM. Its tools cover scanning, digital painting, and compositing: the GTS scanner supports four scanning types and saves settings, while painting supports anti-aliased lines and keeps painting data separate from palette data. Compositing offers xsheet and timeline interfaces and combines effects through a node tree. The software supports raster and vector images, and can convert between colored binarized TGA sequence images and OpenToonz format. An effects SDK allows image-processing plug-ins. GTS is TWAIN-compatible but available only on Windows. OpenToonz is based on Toonz, which Studio Ghibli customized and used for many years. Its source code is available under the New BSD License. OpenToonz is free for commercial and non-commercial projects, with no free trial listed.