Live2D is a technique of generating animated 2D graphics, usually anime-style characters, using layered, continuous parts based on a single illustration, without the need of animating frame-by-frame or creating a 3D model.[1]Live2D is also the name of an eponymous animation software series employing the technique and the software' developer company, created by Japaneseprogrammer Tetsuya Nakajo.[2]
Developer(s) | Tetsuya Nakajo |
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Platform | Microsoft Windows, macOS |
Website | www.live2d.com |
Live2D Euclid 1 is the world's first software that renders illustrated 2D characters in 3D space with the original 2D art intact. Download TODAY and start 90-day free trial! Live2D スタッフの虹子と申します。 このたびはCubism Editor 3が起動できないとのことでご不便をおかけしており誠に申し訳ございません。 つきましては原因の特定のため、ご利用の環境についてお知らせください。.
The software, and its underlying technique, enable users to animate their illustration by providing an illustration prepared in layered parts that constitute the original illustration, such as its eyes, mouth and arms, and stitch the parts on a skeleton to generate animation. The Live2D Ltd. provides the software and SDKs under commercial licenses and for free.
Live2D has been used in a wide variety of video games, visual novels, virtual YouTuber shows, and other software. Well known examples includes FaceRig,[3]Nekopara,[4]Azur Lane,[5] and Tsukino Mito [ja],[6] a virtual avatar and YouTube celebrity from Nijisanji [ja]'s facial motion capture app.
- 2Works using Live2D
Software[edit]
- Live2D Cubism
- Live2D Euclid
Works using Live2D[edit]
Visual novels[edit]
- Nekopara (2014; Windows, macOS)
Mobile games[edit]
- Battle Girl High School (2015; Android, iOS)
- Girls' Frontline (2016; Android, iOS)
- Azur Lane (2017; Android, iOS)
- BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! (2017; Android, iOS)
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2017; Android, iOS)[7]
- Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE- (2018; Android, iOS)
Console games[edit]
- Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) (2012; PSP)
- Fire Emblem Fates (2015; 3DS)[8]
- Kancolle Kai (2016; PS Vita)[9]
PC games[edit]
Software[edit]
- Nijisanji [ja] (2017; Android, iOS)
References[edit]
- ^'Whats Live2D | Live2D'. www.live2d.com. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'Profile | Live2D'. www.live2d.com. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'FaceRig Live2D Module on Steam'. store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'Meet The Catgirls Of Sekai Project's Visual Novel NEKOPARA Vol. 1 - Siliconera'. Siliconera. 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^Siegal, Jacob (2018-08-25). 'The 8 best free iPhone games of the week'. BGR. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'バーチャルYouTuber「月ノ美兎」サブカル女子高生委員長が人気急上昇中 | Mogura VR'. MoguraVR (in Japanese). 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
- ^'MAGIA RECORD | Live2D'. Live2D. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^https://nichegamer.com/2016/02/04/despite-the-censored-petting-mini-game-fire-emblem-fates-still-uses-live2d-assets/.Missing or empty
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External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Live2D&oldid=905681803'
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Source: http://www.siliconera.com/2015/01/02...-to-swivel-in/
Japanese software developer DigInfo has released a video showing off the features of its new animation technology software Live2D Euclid which, simply put, brings 2D illustrations to life in 3D space.
To demonstrate the capabilities of Live2D Euclid, DigInfo used an anime character that has been drawn by an illustrator in 2D, which the technology then renders in 360-degrees while maintaining the drawing’s original characteristics at all angles. The issue that Live2D Euclid specifically solves, then, is the downgrade in the quality of 2D illustrations when realized as a 3D model.
“Imaginary, creative ideas unique to 2D, where you can draw freely, couldn’t be reproduced in 3D,” said Tetsuya Nakajo, DigInfo’s CEO. “For example, you couldn’t make the corners of Astro Boy’s hair look good from all angles. My vision is to make Live2D into a tool that enables even movies to incorporate things that couldn’t easily be done by hand or in 3D, like the ink-drawing touches of the manga Vagabond.”
Live2D has been around since 2009 allowing for 2D illustrations to maintain the integrity of the artist’s original drawing when translated to 3D models (the company has even collaborated on Hatsune Miku projects before). However, its use has been limited as before it was only capable of moving 2D drawings through 30-degrees horizontally. This new Euclid system, as said, allows for a full 360-degrees.
This means that, where Live2D has been great for producing more dynamic visual novels before, it should now be open to a wider range of uses, especially in full 3D games and perhaps interactive anime, and definitely in use with the Oculus Rift for virtual reality games.
DigInfo's next target is to allow for 2D illustrations to be moved vertically so that they can be viewed from the top and the bottom, as well as spun horizontally.