Charios vs Melted Crayons TV

Charios is a browser-based 2D character animation tool that applies motion-capture clips to layered character art. It can detect alpha islands in an image and export the body parts as transparent layers for rigging. Characters use a fixed 17-bone humanoid skeleton, and users can retarget bundled motion clips or import their own.bvh or.fbx files. A 3×3 animation-check grid displays nine clips at once. Exports include animated GIFs, PNG sequences, JSON, Unity prefabs, Godot scenes, and Unreal Engine actors; files are bundled and downloaded in the browser. Charios says character art stays in the browser during export. The editor requires a modern desktop browser with WebGL 2, while mobile supports project viewing and animation previews only. The Free plan includes three active projects, 30 credits per month, and 13 bundled motion-capture clips. Pro costs $20/month, Studio costs $45/seat / month, and Lifetime costs $50 one-time. Pro and Studio list unlimited projects. Charios describes its audience as indie game developers, solo artists and animators, game-jam teams, and marketing or design teams.

Melted Crayons TV is a browser-based AI storytelling studio for creating comics, graphic novels, storyboards, animated videos, and published story pages. Character references help keep figures visually consistent across panels, clips, and pages, and the studio offers more than 30 art styles, including comic book, anime, watercolor, LEGO, and cyberpunk. Creators can set motion direction for each shot and add character voices or narration. Outputs include interactive comic pages, MP4 video, narrated read-alongs, PDF and print, and social cuts. Published stories can include trackable short links and QR codes with click analytics. The free Sketch tier provides 30 monthly credits for image-only work; it exports watermarked 1080p static comic video and does not include panel animation. Paid plans start at $9.99/mo, with listed tiers varying in credits, voices, resolution, animation, and commercial-use terms. Character photo background extraction runs in the browser, and the maker says the photo does not leave the device for that step. Account content is retained while an account is active; after deletion, backups may take up to 30 days to expire.