Based on our record, LibreSprite should be more popular than Limber for After Effects. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I never really use puppet tool, to be honest, I don't like how it distorts the shapes — hard to get clean bends. The characters are rigged with Limber which uses regular paths and strokes for the limbs, and gives a lot more control when animating. Source: over 2 years ago
LibreSprite is a nice free one that's forked from Aseprite. Source: over 1 year ago
LibreSprite is an older version (a fork) that has downloads. Source: almost 2 years ago
I have also seen Aseprite being recommended. It looks nice and I'm sure it works well, but it is not open source unfortunately. There is an open source alternative called LibreSprite, which seems to mimic Aseprite quite closely. Source: over 2 years ago
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