Dragonbones vs spine software#
Dragonbones vs spine trial#

I Hope some of it is helpful as there is probably nothing out there which could seriously help, AFAIK. So, above steps can look vague to you but assured, they are correct observations. So, whatever it exported from spine should work, I guess) I am not sure if Spine exports other format as well. json animation file, DragonBones automatically selects 'Spine Animation Data' in the next window popup.ģ) So, now, you just select the corresponding texture. png files are correct are:ġ) Click on import(not import assets), form the toolbarĢ) It opens the popup and asks you to select 'Animation' data file which is your spine animation file. So, you must see that if the texture data finally matches with what is given in the default examples of DragonBones software.įINALLY, simple steps to import are if your. json texture data file which is readable to DragonBones itself. DragonBones reads atlas file and converts into correct. (5) Don't use random texture data file, example, don't generate it by script which converts json to atlas, or vice versa, etc. So, if correct file is not working for you, find if that's missing. If that meta is not correct or missing then it won't be read by DragonBones.

(4) There is some meta in the starting of animation file of spine(you can easily find it). png, it picks automatically corresponding to the name of. One tool I havent used yet but looks great is LDTK, which is a slick level editor.

Dragonbones seems pretty nice tool but exporting the sprites is somewhat hassle.

Dragonbones vs spine trial#

So, you have to manually browse the correct file. For me it is Spine, a really neat 2d skeletal animation software.The price is a bit steep, but some of the advanced features such as mesh deformation allow for really cool animations. Hey everyone, Been messing with Spine Trial and Dragonbones for a while now. Ideally, it should pick the one with the same name. atlas files are in the same folder then it picks the first. The author of dragonbones told that DragonBones doesn't support some features of spine. However, it shows the correct name of images in the slot but no sprite was actually present even if the assets are correct available in DragonBones library.

Dragonbones vs spine software#

Most forum posts only discuss Spriter and Spine and other proprietary software, and to top it all off DragonBones is open source, too From the looks of it, this is the most feature complete software out. (2) Even after importing Spine animation, it didn't put images in respective slots for me and in one case, the scale of some images were not correct. Regardless, thank you for this, you have no idea how helpful this data is before you posted this I had never even heard of DragonBones Pro. atlas sprite sheets of spine animation, do it at the time of Creating a new project from spine, otherwise, it won't give option to read. atlas file and its sprite sheet from the assets option. So, after hours of hit and trials, here are my OBSERVATIONS when importing spine project in DragonBones. However, since you mentioned that package, I am guessing you are after a skeletal animation solution for Unity specifically.