Important: Emote Puppet is a plugin for EmoteShowcase — a Windows desktop application. It is not standalone software. You must own EmoteShowcase to use this plugin. If you do not own it yet, purchase it here first.

Pin & Pull Mesh Deformation

A control mesh sits over your emote. Pin the parts you want to stay put (like the base), then drag any point and the surrounding area follows with a smooth falloff — bend, stretch, squash and wave a single image like a puppet.

Adjustable Mesh Density & Brush Tool

Choose how fine the mesh is — from a coarse grid for big, simple moves up to a dense grid for detailed deformation. Switch to the Brush tool to push many points at once inside an adjustable radius, sculpting whole regions in a single stroke instead of point by point.

Keyframe Timeline

Add keyframes anywhere on the timeline, pose your emote at each one, and Emote Puppet interpolates the in-between frames for you. Select or delete any keyframe right from the timeline, and choose the easing (linear, in, out, in-out) into each one for natural acceleration.

Full Transform Control

Beyond the mesh, every keyframe stores a global transform — position, scale, rotation, opacity and hue. Combine a bounce with a deform, a fade with a spin: layer movement and deformation however you like.

Real-Time Preview & Seamless Loops

Press play to watch your animation loop live as you build it. The timeline is circular, so the last keyframe always flows back into the first — your emote loops forever with no jump or stutter.

High-Quality GIF Export

Set the frame count and loop speed, then export at your image's original size. Frames are stitched with the libvips (sharp) engine and Floyd–Steinberg dithering for a clean, smooth GIF — with a progress bar so the app never feels frozen.

Save Projects & Pick Up Later

Save your whole session — image, mesh, every keyframe and setting — as a single .puppet file. Reopen it any time to keep working or make changes, just like real animation software: it asks where to save once, then quietly overwrites that file on every save. Perfect for client revisions. Full undo / redo (buttons or Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z) lets you experiment without fear.

Windows Security Notice: When you first run EmoteShowcase on Windows, you may see a SmartScreen warning that says "Windows protected your PC." This is normal for applications that are not digitally signed. Click "More info" then "Run anyway" to launch the application. This step is only required on the first run.