Wan Animate | AI Character Animation ToolAI-powered character animation and video character replacement from a single reference.

Animate any character with precise facial expressions and movements using Wan Animate's AI-powered character animation tool. This technology can animate any character based on a performer's video, or seamlessly replace characters in existing videos with holistic replication. Wan Animate works best with well-lit images and videos with visible facial expressions and body movements. To use the tool, upload your character image and a reference video, then select your preferred animation mode. Choose 'wan2.2 - Animate-move' to animate your character image with movements from the reference video, or 'wan2.2 - Animate-mix' to replace the character in the reference video with your character image while preserving the original environment and lighting. The Wan Animate framework uses spatially-aligned skeleton signals to replicate body motion and implicit facial features extracted from source images to reenact expressions, enabling the generation of character videos with high controllability and expressiveness. Additionally, for character replacement, Wan Animate includes an auxiliary Relighting LoRA module that preserves character appearance consistency while applying appropriate environmental lighting and color tone. The tool can be used to bring static character images to life, create animated content from reference performances, and generate expressive character animations with realistic facial expressions and body movements. Wan Animate excels at transforming static images into dynamic character animations and seamlessly integrating new characters with consistent lighting and color matching.