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Experience Revolutionary Character Animation

Wan2.2-Animate brings your characters to life with unprecedented realism and precision

Advanced AI-Powered Character Animation

Wan2.2-Animate is an advanced AI video generation model developed by the Wan-AI team, specializing in character animation and character replacement tasks. As part of the Wan2.2 series released in September 2025, it leverages Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture and optimized training data to achieve high-quality video animation effects.

The model takes images and videos as input to generate realistic character animation videos, making it widely applicable for film production, virtual anchors, game development, and more. It's open source on Hugging Face and GitHub, supporting both single GPU and multi-GPU deployment.

The core purpose of Wan2.2-Animate is to solve character-driven video generation problems: given a reference video (containing performer movements) and a character image, it can generate new videos where the character image comes to life and mimics the movements and expressions from the reference video.

With support for high-resolution outputs (480P and 720P), expression and motion synchronization, and extensible LoRA adapters, Wan2.2-Animate represents a significant advancement over previous models like Wan2.1, particularly in motion coherence and detail preservation in complex scenes.

How to Use Wan2.2-Animate

Simple steps to create stunning character animations with Wan2.2-Animate

  1. Prepare your reference video and character image
  2. Choose between Animation Mode or Replacement Mode
  3. Run preprocessing to extract key points and pose information

Powerful Features

Comprehensive Wan2.2-Animate capabilities for professional character animation

Character Animation Generation

Wan2.2-Animate transforms static character images into dynamic videos, precisely replicating facial expressions, body movements, and overall poses from reference videos

Character Replacement

Wan2.2-Animate seamlessly replaces characters in existing videos with new ones while maintaining original backgrounds, lighting, and motion trajectories

High Resolution Support

Wan2.2-Animate supports 480P and 720P resolutions with customizable output dimensions (e.g., 1280x720) for professional quality results

Expression & Motion Synchronization

Wan2.2-Animate advanced diffusion models ensure generated animations maintain high consistency in facial expression details and full-body motion

Frequently Asked Questions

 What is Wan2.2-Animate?

Wan2.2-Animate is an advanced AI video generation model that specializes in character animation and character replacement tasks, developed by the Wan-AI team.

 What are the main operation modes?

Wan2.2-Animate offers two main modes: Animation Mode (creating animations from reference videos) and Replacement Mode (replacing characters in existing videos).

 What resolution does it support?

The model supports 480P and 720P resolutions, with customizable output dimensions up to 1280x720 for professional quality results.

 What hardware is required?

Basic inference requires a single GPU (A100 or higher recommended), while multi-GPU setups (8 cards) can significantly accelerate processing.

 Is it open source?

Yes, Wan2.2-Animate is open source under Apache 2.0 license, available on Hugging Face and GitHub, allowing commercial use.

 How does it compare to previous models?

Wan2.2-Animate shows significant improvements over Wan2.1, particularly in motion coherence and detail preservation in complex scenes.

 What file formats are supported?

The model accepts standard image formats (JPEG, PNG) and video formats (MP4, AVI) as input, and generates video output.

 Can it be used commercially?

Yes, the Apache 2.0 license allows commercial use, though you must comply with Hugging Face model card terms.

 What is the Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture?

The MoE architecture uses two expert modules: a high-noise expert for early denoising stages (focusing on layout and structure) and a low-noise expert for later stages (refining details and textures).

 How long does it take to generate a video?

Video generation typically takes 10-30 seconds depending on hardware specifications and video complexity. Multi-GPU setups can significantly reduce processing time.

 What preprocessing is required?

Preprocessing involves extracting key points and pose information from input videos. This is done using preprocessing scripts before the actual generation step.

 Does it support LoRA adapters?

Yes, Wan2.2-Animate supports LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) adapters, including relighting LoRA for enhanced lighting effects in generated animations.