Adobe Character Animator

Animate your 2D characters in real time.

Character Animator uses your expressions and movements to animate characters in real time. It’s so fast, you can livestream while you work to wow audiences every step of the way. 



Key features

  • Get a move on—Your performance can bring a character to life. Using your webcam and microphone, Character Animator revolutionizes live-performance animation with automatic Lip Sync, Face and Body tracking, powered by Adobe Sensei AI.
  • Bring art to life—Turn any art into an animated character. Get started with with built-in puppet templates, or create import art from Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. Then animate with your webcam, powered by Adobe Sensei AI.
  • Make your puppet come alive—Body Tracker, powered by Adobe Sensei AI, makes it easy to animate the entire body at once. Just track your movement and your puppet will follow in your footsteps.

 

  • Start your own animation studio—Animation has never been more accessible. From online content creators to professional animators, everyone can craft high-quality animation quickly and easily with automatic lip sync, premade templates, and seamless integration with other Adobe apps.
  • Speech-Aware Animation—Animate a Photoshop or Illustrator puppet with an audio file. Powered by Adobe Sensei, any puppet’s face comes alive with a simple voice track, and Character Animator will automatically generate corresponding movements and expressions.
  • Capture more with Scene Cameras—New scene cameras let you set up specific shots like wide, close-up, and zoom, and trigger between them for a more dynamic performance.
     

 

System requirements

Windows

  • Intel 6th generation or faster CPU or AMD Ryzen 1000 Series or faster CPU
  • Windows 10 (64-bit) Version 22H2 or later
  • 8GB of RAM (16GB recommended)
  • 3GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
  • Additional disk space for disk cache (10GB recommended)
  • 1280x1080 display (1920x1080 or larger recommended)
  • Latest qualified graphics driver for your GPU, with at least OpenGL 3.2 support
  • Hardware requirements for recording:
    • Webcam (for face tracking)
    • Microphone (for audio recording and lip sync)
    • Headphones (to prevent recorded audio takes from being re-recorded in subsequent takes)
  • Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services*

 

macOS

  • Intel 6th generation or faster CPU (Apple silicon M1 or later recommended)
  • macOS 12 (Monterey) or later
  • 8GB of RAM (16GB recommended)
  • 4GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
  • 1440x900 display (1920x1080 or larger recommended)
  • GPU with at least OpenGL 3.2 support
  • Hardware requirements for recording:
    • Webcam (for face tracking)
    • Microphone (for audio recording and lip sync)
    • Headphones (to prevent recorded audio takes from being re-recorded in subsequent takes)
  • Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services*

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