Moho Pro — Mac download

Version 14.4 ships a practical new export path: glTF/GLB. For animators who need to hand off 2D assets to a video game engine or 3D package, this removes a conversion step. The particle system and layers received targeted fixes, and under the hood, the scripting interface now runs on Lua 5.4.4.

Rig and animate a character: the direct path

I work on a short walk cycle for a game sprite. The task moves through three stages in Moho:

• Import a layered Photoshop character to keep the original stacking order.
• Build a bone rig with the curve-based tools and bind vector layers to the skeleton.
• Time the walk across the built-in sequencer, adjusting keyframes on the timeline.

The Smart Bone setup lets me dial in secondary motion—a swaying cape—with a single bone rotation.

Export ready for the engine

With the cycle approved, I switch to the new glTF export. Moho packages the rigged mesh and animation data into a single GLB file. The file lands directly in the game project folder without needing an intermediary converter. For standard delivery, the project can also be saved as a video file, an image sequence, or legacy SWF.

Auto-save tweak that saves hours of lost work

Out of the box, Moho has a few defaults that slow down a tight workflow. I change these immediately after a fresh install:

• Auto-save interval — Preferences > Documents. Set to 5 minutes. The default is too generous for production work.
• Timeline channel height — Drag the channel dividers taller. The compact factory setting hides keyframe detail on a busy rig.
• GPU acceleration — Preferences > Display. Confirm it is enabled. On Apple Silicon machines, this keeps viewport playback smooth with heavy vector layers.
• Default interpolation — Preferences > Timeline. Switch to Linear. Bezier at every keyframe creates unintended easing; I apply it deliberately later.

Also worth toggling: the Consolidate Timeline Channels option. With a multi-layer character rig, this collapses bone and switch channels into a single view, cutting vertical scroll by half.

Vector rigging versus traditional frame-by-frame

Three tools share the same conversation as Moho Pro. Each takes a different stance on the 2D animation problem.

Toon Boom Harmony — The studio-standard vector and bitmap hybrid. Harmony handles traditional frame-by-frame and cut-out rigs with a deeper tool set, but the interface carries weight. For a small team that needs a fast bone rig and direct engine export, Moho Pro feels lighter. Harmony demands more time before you see a result.

Adobe Animate — Tight integration with the Adobe ecosystem makes Animate convenient for designers already inside Creative Cloud. Its vector brushes feel natural. However, Animate leans toward web and video output; the bone system is less precise for complex character deformation. Moho Pro wins on rigging depth and the new glTF path for game assets.

Blender (Grease Pencil) — A free contender that blends 2D drawing inside a full 3D environment. Grease Pencil is inventive, but the workflow for a repeating character rig with Smart Bones and switch layers is more manual. Moho Pro treats cut-out animation as a first-class task, not an extension of a 3D tool set. For pure 2D rigging speed, Moho remains the purpose-built choice.

• New — glTF/GLB export for direct handoff to video game engines and 3D software.
• Improved — Scripting interface updated to Lua 5.4.4.
• Fixed — Targeted corrections to the particle system and layer behaviour.

• macOS 10.15 or later, 64-bit
• Intel or Apple Silicon Mac
• 2.0 GHz Intel Core i3 or higher
• 4 GB RAM or higher
• 1.6 GB free hard drive space
• OpenGL 4.1 supported graphics card
• Online connection for activation