From a pet photo to a desktop companion: how PetPal Studio works
I'm working on PetPal Studio, and I want to make the photo-to-desktop process easy to understand before someone orders.
Start with a clear photo of one pet. PetPal Studio uses AI to prepare an animated companion and packages the assets into a .petpet file for PetPal Desktop on Mac or Windows. You do not need to draw animation frames yourself.
Custom generation is a one-time paid service. Payment unlocks the generated preview; the private package becomes available when it is ready. The generated pet is an interpretation of the reference photo, so appearance and motion can differ from the original.
The walkthrough is here: https://petpal.studio/blog/how-to-make-a-desktop-pet
Developers can inspect the MIT-licensed desktop client and public demo assets at https://github.com/ethmoon/petpal-desktop. The paid generation service is separate.
Which part would you want explained more clearly: choosing a photo, understanding the generated result, or installing and importing the pet?

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