Parallax Studio

Summary

Parallax Studio turns a still image into a looping 2.5D parallax animation, for artists who want motion from still artwork without a 3D pipeline. Auto Depth uses Depth Anything V2 to separate a subject from its background and soften depth around hard outlines. Body Relief detects people and poses, then assigns depth across body parts for parallax movement. A depth brush provides adjustable size, hardness, strength and depth value, plus a colour-ramped overlay and undo and redo. Motion controls cover focus, path, zoom, loop type, duration and intensity, with previews at 24, 30 or 60 fps. Export animations as MP4 or GIF at a chosen resolution and frame rate; NVIDIA GPU rendering and NVENC encoding are optional. It imports PNG, JPG, JPEG and WebP, and saves .parlx JSON projects that reference image files by path. The maker says downloaded models run locally and pictures are not uploaded to a cloud service. The app is free and open source for Windows, Linux x86_64 and Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 12 or newer.

Who it is for

It suits artists making short loops or visual novel scenes from still art. Users who need to use output from the optional Depth Anything V2 Base model commercially should note its stated licensing limit.

Compared on photo animation software

Free plan

Yeslongweekendlabs.github.io

Depth animation

Yeslongweekendlabs.github.io

Face animation

Nolongweekendlabs.github.io

AI motion effects

Yeslongweekendlabs.github.io

Mobile apps

nonelongweekendlabs.github.io

Export formats

MP4, GIFlongweekendlabs.github.io

Facts

Purpose

Parallax Studio turns a still image into a looping 2.5D parallax animation.longweekendlabs.github.io · 30 Sept 2026

Auto Depth

Auto Depth uses Depth Anything V2 to separate a subject from its background and feather the depth map around hard outlines.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Body Relief

Body Relief detects people and their poses, then creates separate depth across body parts for parallax motion.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Depth painting

The depth brush offers adjustable size, hardness, strength and depth value, with a colour-ramped overlay and undo and redo.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Motion preview

Motion controls include focus, path, zoom, loop type, duration and intensity, with preview options of 24, 30 or 60 fps.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Image and project formats

It imports PNG, JPG, JPEG and WebP, and saves projects as .parlx JSON files that reference source images by path.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Privacy

The maker says models run locally after download and that pictures are not uploaded to a cloud service.longweekendlabs.github.io · 30 Sept 2026

Model licensing limit

The optional 389 MB Depth Anything V2 Base model is CC-BY-NC-4.0, and the README says not to use its output commercially.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Supported systems

Downloads are available for Windows, Linux x86_64 and Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 12 or newer.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Support

The maker directs users to open a GitHub issue for bugs or feature requests.github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Intended users

The maker describes the product as built for artists who want motion from still art without a 3D pipeline, including visual novel scenes and short loops.longweekendlabs.github.io · 30 Sept 2026

Where it ranks on Everything Xiaomi

• Best Photo Animation Software in 2026#4 of 26

Sources

• longweekendlabs.github.io/parallax-studio/· checked 30 Sept 2026
• github.com/longweekendlabs/parallax-studio/blob/ma· checked 30 Sept 2026