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doll-studio

Turn a layered PSD into an animated 2D character — web editor, player and macOS desktop pet. 中英双语。

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GITHUB · launched Nov 9, 2026 · 59 upvotes (top 55%) · 0 views

Niche: animation and motion graphics software · 226 launches, 24 in the last 7 days ▲ +26% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Media & entertainment
  • Content generation
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product

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Could you build this?

Partial A web editor, player, and desktop pet are buildable, but turning layered PSD files into rigged, animated characters requires real animation and graphics work that vibe coding alone won't reliably produce.

What it would actually take: The stack would combine a PSD parser (such as ag-psd) with a canvas or WebGL renderer, a layer-to-bone rigging model, and keyframe or procedural animation playback. A macOS desktop pet would wrap the player in a transparent always-on-top window. The hard parts are automatic or semi-automatic rigging and mesh deformation from flat layers, plus smooth animation, which call for graphics and animation expertise.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 1330 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #711 of 1331 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 373 days after the earliest competitor.

  • image-to-psd · github · 2026-11-10 · 75 upvotes · similarity 0.66
  • cartoon-terrain-studio · github · 2026-09-27 · 32 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • ClaudeAnimationBase · github · 2026-09-23 · 453 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • StandRig · github · 2026-09-09 · 47 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • dogehiro · github · 2026-09-16 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Animator · github · 2026-10-03 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • psp-web-recomp · github · 2026-10-07 · 220 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • Wink & Woobble · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55

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