Animated sprites - in Unity or 3rd party?

Panupat

For 2D sprites that are broken down into smaller pieces like this

https://www.spriters-resource.com/download/101134/

And put together into animation like this (starting 0:45)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzmSgC6tfP0

Is this usually done straight inside Unity or in a 3rd party software? If latter, what software is most commonly used?

RyanB

Spine is the most common tool in studios.  There are free options like Anima2D.  You can also set up your own rig in whatever 3D package you use.

Panupat

Thank you, I'll check those out!