Eagle Animation vs Zu3D
Eagle Animation
eagle-animation.comZu3D
zu3d.comSide by side
| Figure | Eagle Animation | Zu3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | £5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Stop Motion Software | 8.1 (#9) | 7.4 (#22) |
| Support | The project directs users to its Discord community for help and sharing tips. | Zu3D offers product support and advice through its contact page, and schools can request a free educational trial. |
Plans
Zu3D
- Zu3D Home User Licence£35.95, paid once
- Zu3D Animation Kit£59.95, paid once
- Zu3D Annual Family Licence£60 a year
- Zu3D Multi-Platform Site Licence for SchoolsPriced on request
In their own words
Eagle Animation
Eagle Animation is free, open-source software for creating stop-motion animation frame by frame. It runs as a desktop application on Windows, macOS, and Linux, or in a browser where the same software requires no sign-up or ads. Its timeline supports previewing, duplicating, and rearranging frames by drag-and-drop. Users can capture photos directly from webcams and supported DSLR cameras with live preview. Animation tools include adjustable onion skin, grids and margins, difference mode, and masking without a green screen. Image controls include frame averaging, manual exposure and white balance, high-resolution camera live view, and lossless full-resolution capture. Finished animations can be exported as video files, or frames can be exported for use in video-editing software. The project lists support for more than 20 languages and more than 520 cameras. Desktop downloads are provided for Windows 10/11 64-bit, macOS 11 or later on Intel and Apple Silicon, and 64-bit Linux distributions. On macOS and Linux, DSLR support in browsers uses WebUSB on Chromium-based browsers. The source code is published under GPLv3.