Animate Any Character from Video

Upload a portrait or character image and describe motion and expression. Our image-to-video pipeline turns it into a short MP4 while preserving subject consistency—perfect for animate image to video and social-first clips.

Keywords: animate image to video, AI animation generator. Pair with our AI Video Generator hub for positioning and examples.

Create your character animation

Source video

Click to upload or drag and drop

MP4, WebM, MOV · max 200MB · max 8 seconds

Source image

Click to upload or drag and drop

JPG, PNG, WEBP (max 10MB)

Video settings

Video prompt (optional)

Describe motion, camera, and mood. The AI animates from your image and prompt.

Aspect ratio

Width (px)

Height (px)

Output size per side: 256–852 px (preset values are clamped automatically).

Preview

Generated video appears here

Polish prompts with clear motion and scene details. Pure text scenes are handled via the platform workflow.

Tip: Use a clear, high-resolution reference. The model follows your prompt together with the image.

Why Wan Animate for character animation?

Wan Animate focuses on identity-consistent motion from a single reference image—ideal for creators looking for animate image to video workflows without a full studio. See also Replace tool.