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New to Spine, do I need Ess or Pro?

Seiorai

Hello all,

I need to learn Spine for work, and I see (potentially) significant differences between Ess and Pro. I'd like to know about how much can be done with the Ess version (since I definitely can't afford the Pro), so I can judge whether to go with Spine or another animation program. Asking since I'm new to animation, and terms like "meshes", "weighted", "IK constraints and the like are kinda like Chinese to me for now 🙂

My work would consist mainly of animating 2D game assets - characters walking/fighting/etc, props, and the like.

Thank you in advance 🙂

Edit: specifying that I need to export these as usable game animations.

Erika

You can do pretty amazing things! Look at what kanevsky made for his troll animations Troll animation. without using meshes!

Nate

Great example Erikari, I had forgotten those. Also Super Spineboy is done with just ESS. Meshes, IK, and paths can do really neat stuff, but not required to make great animation.

Seiorai

Thank you kindly, seems like Ess will do the job nicely 🙂