LogoWan-Animate.org
HomeFAQ
AI VideoNew
PlaygroundPricing
Menu

Wan 2.2 Animate: Unified Character Animation & Replacement With Holistic Replication

Animate any character with precise facial expressions and movements. Replace characters while preserving environmental lighting and color tone.

Experience state-of-the-art character animation technology that can animate any character based on a performer's video, or seamlessly replace characters in existing videos with holistic replication.

Wan Animate character animation demonstration - Click to play video

Start Creating with Wan Animate

Transform your creative ideas into stunning character animations. Upload a character image and reference video, then watch Wan Animate bring your characters to life with realistic expressions and movements.

Wan Animate Usage Tips

Two Animation Modes:

  • •
  • •

Input Requirements:

  • •
  • •
  • •
  • •
  • •
  • •
  • •
  • •
  • •

Due to limited server resources, this page is for testing purposes only and stability is not guaranteed.
For more features, including persistent saves and output resolution selection, please visit Playground.

How to Use Wan Animate

Follow these simple steps to create stunning character animations. Learn how to bring your characters to life with Wan Animate's powerful AI technology.

1

Select Reference Image and Template Video

Start by uploading your character image and a reference video. Choose a clear, high-quality character image and a video with the movements you want to replicate. Wan Animate works best with well-lit images and videos with visible facial expressions and body movements.

Wan Animate Step 1: Upload character image and reference video interface
2

Choose Animation Mode

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.

Wan Animate Step 2: Select animation mode between Move and Mix modes
3

Generate Your Animation

Click the "Generate Video" button to start processing. Wan Animate will analyze your inputs and create a high-quality character animation. The process typically takes a few minutes depending on video length and complexity. You can monitor the progress in real-time.

Wan Animate Step 3: Generate video button and processing interface

What is Wan Animate?

PaperGitHub

Technical Foundation & Innovation

Wan Animate is built upon the advanced Wan 2.2 Animate model and employs a modified input paradigm to differentiate between reference conditions and regions for generation. This innovative design unifies multiple character animation tasks into a common symbolic representation. 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.

Move Mode: Character Animation

Given a character image and a reference video, Wan Animate can animate the character by precisely replicating the expressions and movements of the character in the video to generate high-fidelity character videos. This Wan 2.2 Animate mode is perfect for bringing static character images to life, creating animated content from reference performances, and generating expressive character animations with realistic facial expressions and body movements. Wan Animate excels at transforming static images into dynamic character animations.

Mix Mode: Character Replacement

Wan Animate can integrate the animated character into the reference video to replace the original character, replicating the scene's lighting and color tone to achieve seamless environmental integration. This Wan 2.2 Animate mode excels at character replacement tasks, maintaining the original video's environmental context while seamlessly integrating new characters with consistent lighting and color matching. Wan Animate's advanced technology ensures perfect character replacement with natural environmental adaptation.

Explore Wan Animate's Advantages

Discover the impressive capabilities of Wan Animate through our comprehensive results gallery showcasing expressive human animation, character replacement, and seamless environmental integration powered by Wan2.2 Animate technology.

Expressive Human Animation

Wan Animate excels at creating highly expressive human animations with precise facial expressions and natural body movements. The Wan 2.2 Animate system can replicate complex emotional expressions and subtle gestures, bringing static character images to life with remarkable realism and expressiveness. Experience the power of Wan Animate's advanced character animation technology.

Generalizable Arbitrary Character Animation

Beyond human characters, Wan Animate demonstrates exceptional generalization capabilities for animating arbitrary characters including cartoon figures, fictional characters, and stylized designs. The Wan2.2 Animate system maintains character consistency while adapting to diverse artistic styles and character types. Wan Animate's versatility makes it perfect for various character animation projects.

Dynamic Motion and Camera

Wan Animate handles complex dynamic motions and camera movements with exceptional quality. The Wan 2.2 Animate system can replicate intricate dance moves, sports actions, and dynamic camera angles while maintaining character consistency and realistic motion flow throughout the animation sequence. Wan Animate delivers professional-grade character animation with dynamic precision.

Character Replacement with Seamless Environmental Integration

The Mix Mode showcases Wan Animate's ability to seamlessly replace characters in existing videos while preserving the original environmental context. The Wan2.2-Animate system maintains lighting conditions, color tones, and environmental details, creating natural-looking character replacements that blend perfectly with the original scene. Wan Animate's character replacement technology ensures flawless integration.

Consistent Lighting and Color Tone Replication

Wan Animate's auxiliary Relighting LoRA module ensures consistent lighting and color tone replication during character replacement. This advanced Wan2.2Animate feature analyzes the original video's lighting conditions and applies them to the new character, creating seamless environmental integration that maintains visual coherence. Wan Animate's lighting technology delivers professional-quality results.

Qualitative Comparisons

Our comprehensive qualitative comparisons demonstrate Wan Animate's state-of-the-art performance against existing methods. The Wan 2.2 Animate results showcase superior quality in facial expression replication, motion accuracy, and environmental integration, establishing Wan Animate as a leading solution in character animation technology. Wan Animate consistently outperforms competing character animation solutions.

Who Uses Wan Animate?

Wan Animate's unified character animation and replacement framework powered by Wan2.2Animate technology is revolutionizing content creation across industries. From entertainment professionals to creative agencies, discover how this cutting-edge Wan 2.2 Animate AI technology is transforming the way we create and animate characters with unprecedented precision and quality.

🎬

Content Creators & YouTubers

Create engaging character animations for videos, tutorials, and entertainment content. Wan Animate's Move Mode brings your characters to life with realistic expressions and movements, perfect for educational content and storytelling. The Wan 2.2 Animate system ensures high-quality character animation results for content creators.

🎭

Film & Animation Studios

Enhance production workflows with seamless character replacement and animation. Use Wan Animate's Mix Mode to replace actors in existing footage while maintaining environmental consistency, or create expressive character animations for pre-production visualization. Wan Animate's Wan 2.2 Animate technology delivers professional-grade results for film studios.

🎮

Game Developers & VR/AR Studios

Generate character animations and interactive content for games and immersive experiences. Wan Animate's precise motion replication and character consistency make it ideal for prototyping character behaviors and creating dynamic game content. The Wan 2.2 Animate framework provides game developers with powerful character animation tools.

📢

Marketing & Advertising Agencies

Create compelling character-driven campaigns and branded content. Replace spokespersons in existing videos, animate mascots and brand characters, or create personalized marketing content with consistent character representation. Wan Animate's character replacement capabilities powered by Wan 2.2 Animate technology revolutionize marketing content creation.

🎓

Educators & Training Professionals

Develop interactive learning materials and training videos with animated characters. Create engaging educational content by animating historical figures, scientific concepts, or training scenarios with realistic character expressions and movements. Wan Animate's educational applications showcase the power of Wan 2.2 Animate technology in learning environments.

📱

Social Media & Influencers

Stand out on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube with unique character content. Create viral videos, animated avatars, or replace yourself in existing content while maintaining your personal brand and style. Wan Animate's social media tools powered by Wan 2.2 Animate technology help influencers create engaging character content.

🔬

Researchers & Academics

Advance computer vision and animation research with Wan Animate's open-source framework. Study character animation techniques, develop new applications, or contribute to the growing field of AI-driven content creation. Wan Animate's research applications demonstrate the cutting-edge capabilities of Wan 2.2 Animate technology in academic settings.

🎨

Creative Agencies & Freelancers

Offer cutting-edge character animation services to clients across industries. From corporate presentations to creative campaigns, Wan Animate provides the tools to deliver professional-quality character animations efficiently and cost-effectively. Wan Animate's professional solutions powered by Wan 2.2 Animate technology enable creative agencies to deliver exceptional character animation services.

Wan Animate Community Showcase - Real User Experiences

Discover how creators worldwide are using Wan Animate to create amazing character animations and character replacements. See real user feedback, creative examples, and success stories from our growing community.

Frequently Asked Questions about Wan Animate

Have another question? Contact us at [email protected]

What is Wan 2.2 Animate and how does it work?

Wan Animate is a unified framework for character animation and replacement developed by Tongyi Lab at Alibaba. Built on Wan 2.2 Animate technology, it animates characters with precise facial expressions and movements, or seamlessly replaces characters in videos while preserving environmental lighting. Wan Animate uses advanced skeleton alignment and facial feature extraction for realistic results.

What are the two main modes of Wan 2.2 Animate?

  • Move Mode: Wan Animate animates characters with movements from reference videos, creating realistic expressions and body movements.
  • Mix Mode: Wan 2.2 Animate replaces characters while maintaining environmental lighting for seamless integration.
  • Both Wan Animate modes ensure character consistency and natural-looking results.

How do I use Wan Animate?

Upload a character image and reference video, then select Move or Mix mode. Wan Animate processes inputs using Wan2.2 Animate technology and generates animated results. Choose between wan-pro (25fps) or wan-std (15fps) quality settings.

What video and image requirements does Wan Animate have?

  • Video: Less than 200MB, 2s-30s duration, mp4/avi/mov formats
  • Image: Less than 5MB, jpg/png/jpeg/webp/bmp formats
  • Resolution: Video shorter side >200px, longer side <2048px; Image shorter side >200px, longer side <4096px

What quality options are available?

Wan Animate offers two quality variants: wan-pro (25fps, 720p) for higher quality and wan-std (15fps, 720p) for faster processing. Choose based on your Wan 2.2 Animate processing needs.

Can Wan 2.2 Animate work with any type of character?

Yes, Wan 2.2 Animate works with humans, cartoon figures, fictional characters, and stylized designs. Wan 2.2 Animate maintains character consistency while adapting to diverse artistic styles.

How does the environmental integration work in Mix Mode?

Wan Animate's Relighting LoRA module analyzes original video lighting and applies it to new characters. Wan2.2-Animate ensures seamless environmental integration with consistent lighting and color tone.

Is Wan Animate free to use?

Wan Animate is open-sourced for research purposes. For commercial use, check official licensing terms. Wan2.2 Animate technology is available for demonstration and research applications.

How long does it take to process a video with Wan 2.2 Animate?

Processing time depends on video length and quality setting. Wan 2.2 Animate typically processes videos within a few minutes. Choose wan-std for faster processing or wan-pro for higher quality Wan 2.2 Animate results.

Can I use Wan Animate for commercial projects?

Check official licensing terms for commercial use. Wan Animate is open-sourced for research, but commercial usage may have specific requirements. Wan 2.2 Animate technology licensing varies by application type.

What makes Wan Animate different from other character animation tools?

Wan Animate's unified framework handles both character animation and replacement in one system. Wan 2.2 Animate uses advanced skeleton alignment and facial feature extraction for precise motion replication, with superior environmental integration capabilities.

Does Wan Animate preserve the original character's appearance?

Yes, Wan Animate maintains character appearance consistency while applying movements and expressions. Wan 2.2 Animate preserves visual identity, clothing, and distinctive features during animation.

Can I animate multiple characters at once?

Wan Animate processes one character at a time for optimal quality. For multiple characters, process separately and combine in post-production. Wan 2.2 Animate is optimized for single-character animation.

What file formats are supported for input and output?

Wan Animate supports mp4, avi, mov video formats and jpg, png, jpeg, webp, bmp image formats. Wan 2.2 Animate generates mp4 output maintaining specified quality settings.

How can I get the best results with Wan Animate?

  • Use high-quality, clear character images with good lighting
  • Choose reference videos with clear, visible movements and expressions
  • Match character pose/angle between image and reference video
  • Select appropriate Wan Animate quality settings (wan-pro for best quality, wan-std for faster processing)
  • Keep videos within recommended duration and resolution limits

Ready to Create Amazing Character Animations?

Experience the power of Wan Animate's unified character animation and replacement framework. Bring your characters to life with precise facial expressions and movements, or seamlessly replace characters in videos while maintaining environmental consistency. No complex software required—just upload your character image and reference video, then watch the magic happen!