AI character animator

Animate characters with AI

Upload one character image, describe the action, and AnimGen AI turns it into motion: idle, walk, run, jump, or attack. Keep the clean part and export a video, GIF, transparent PNG frames, or a sprite sheet for your game.

Animate your character See five actions from one image

Real output

One character image, five actions

Every clip below started from the same robot image. Idle, run, and jump each took one 4-second Seedance 2.0 Fast generation at 480p, 36 credits each. Punch and kick were cut from a single 720p clip that cost 77 credits.

The orange and ivory robot character image used as the only input — Input image
One PNG with a transparent background

Idle

35 frames · 1.46 s loop

Run

16 frames · 0.67 s loop

Jump

77 frames · two jumps in 3.2 s

Punch

36 frames · 1.5 s

Kick

31 frames · 1.29 s

Any 2D style

Painted, pixel art, and creature characters

The motion follows the art you upload. Each of these started from a different project-owned character image.

Watercolor walk

Painted character · side view

Animate a transparent PNG

Pixel art sword slash

Pixel art · attack

Animate pixel art

Forest deer trot

Hand-painted creature · loop

Export character sprites

How it works

From a still character to a moving one

You describe the motion; the model generates it; you decide which frames to keep.

1
Upload one character image
A full-body character with a clear silhouette works best. A PNG with transparency keeps the background clean.
2
Describe the action
Say what the character does, which way it faces, and whether it should stay in place or loop.
3
Generate a preview
Pick a model, length, and resolution. The app shows the credit cost before you start; a 4-second 480p clip on Seedance 2.0 Fast used 36 credits.
4
Trim and export
Step through the frames, keep the clean range, and export a video, GIF, PNG frames, a sprite sheet, or an engine pack.

Export

Take the animation where you need it

On the free plan

Download the generated video
Export a GIF
Export a PNG frame sequence, including transparent frames

With a subscription or credit pack

Sprite sheets with JSON frame data
Packs for Unity, Godot 4, Unreal Paper2D, Cocos Creator, and Construct 3
WebM Alpha and ProRes 4444 with real transparency
Commercial use of what you export

Better results

Tips for clean character animation

Use one character per image, full body in view, facing the direction you want.
Keep arms and legs readable against the body; overlapping limbs are harder to animate cleanly.
Leave empty space around the character for jumps and big swings, or add it with Expand canvas.
Ask for in-place motion for game loops so the character doesn't travel across the frame.
Generate one action per clip, or plan two clear actions in one clip and cut them apart.

Give a character room to move with Expand canvas

What it doesn't do

It doesn't lip-sync or make a character talk from audio.
It doesn't design a character from a text prompt; start from your own image.
It outputs 2D video and frames, not a 3D rig or skeleton.
Results vary with the image, prompt, and model, so review each preview before you export.

Character animation questions

How do I animate a character from an image?

Upload the image, describe the action, and generate a preview. Then trim the clean part and export it. Each clip is one image-to-video generation, so if the motion isn't right you can change the prompt and try again.

Can I animate characters for free?

After verification, eligible new accounts receive 120 welcome credits, valid for 7 days. That covers about three 4-second 480p clips on Seedance 2.0 Fast. GIF and PNG frame exports are free; other formats and commercial use need a subscription or a credit pack.

Can I animate a drawing or a hand-drawn character?

Yes, if the drawing shows one character with a clear outline, like the painted examples above. Photograph or scan it on a plain background and crop to the character. Rough sketches and crowded scenes give less predictable motion.

Can AnimGen make my character talk or lip-sync?

No. AnimGen generates body motion from an image and a text prompt. It doesn't sync a mouth to audio.

Which actions can I create?

Anything you can describe for a single character: idle, walk, run, jump, attack, cast, get hit, and so on. One clear action per clip works best.

Can the background be transparent?

Yes. Start from a PNG with real transparency or use the transparent animation workflow, then export transparent PNG frames, WebM Alpha, ProRes 4444, or a sprite sheet.

Can I use the animations commercially?

Subscriptions and credit packs include commercial use. The free tier does not.

Related workflows

Character sprite generatorExport walk, run, and attack motion as character sprite sheets.Pixel art animatorAnimate pixel art characters and keep crisp, transparent edges.Animate PNGAnimate a transparent character PNG and keep the alpha channel.Image to animationThe full image-to-video workflow, from prompt to engine export.

Bring your character to life

Create an account, upload a character image, and generate your first motion preview.

Animate your character