Live2D Cubism vs Wick Editor

Live2D Cubism Editor turns drawn illustrations into animated 2D models, with tools for shaping expressions through mesh deformation, physics, and lip sync. Live2D says its technology is used in mobile apps, console games, VTuber streaming, and animation. The editor runs on Windows and macOS, including Apple Silicon and Intel Mac versions, and exports PNG, JPEG, GIF, MP4, WebM, MOV, MOC3, model3.json, and motion3.json files. Editor files are supported by nizima LIVE and other third-party applications; Live2D also provides an After Effects plug-in and Photoshop scripts. The PRO trial lasts 42 days, after which the Editor continues as the FREE version. FREE is limited to one 2048 px texture file, 100 ArtMesh, 30 motion parameters, 50 deformers, and 30 parts; exceeding those limits prevents saving. FREE commercial use is restricted to General Users and Small-Scale Enterprises with annual sales under 10 million yen. Cubism PRO for indie is listed at $13.26 a month.

Wick Editor is a free, open-source tool for making games, animations and other multimedia projects in a web editor. Its drawing tools include a brush, pencil, eraser, shapes, line, path cursor and text. For animation, it provides onion skinning, timeline frames, playback preview and zoom controls; its welcome screen also lists a code editor. Exports include HTML,.wickobj, MP4, GIF, PNG image sequences and SVG. A help post also lists WAV and interactive HTML or ZIP exports. The project documents desktop builds for Mac, Windows and Linux, and downloadable apps have been released for iPhone and Android. The project is licensed under GNU GPL version 3. Tutorials cover animation, interactive scripting and keyboard interactions. Wick Editor is available on web and listed mobile and desktop platforms. Its plan costs nothing, and there is no free trial.