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Animate in real time. Really.

Use your expressions and movements to bring your characters to life with Character Animator. Get it in the Creative Cloud All Apps plan for PRICE - ABM - Creative Cloud All Apps 100GB{{small-tax-incl-label}}.

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Now everyone can get animated.

Whether you’re a content creator or animation lover, you can animate a character that’s an extension of you in the new Starter mode.

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Start now. Right now.

Select a puppet, record your audio, add motion and emotion, and you’re ready to export an animated character. Starter mode gets anyone animating in just a few minutes — and it’s free.

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Go all-pro with all the features.

When you’re ready to take your animations to the next level, discover all that you can do with Character Animator pro features. Create custom characters, rig them to move just like you do, and livestream while you work to wow audiences.
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Get into character.

Your performance can bring a character to life. Using your webcam and microphone, Character Animator revolutionizes live-performance animation with automatic lip sync and face and body tracking.

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Bring art to life.

Puppet Maker lets you customize a character. Use built-in puppet templates or start with art from Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. Then animate with your webcam and the power of Adobe Sensei.

Take control with triggers.

It’s easy to build timesaving triggers, so you can create and save desired movements to keyboard shortcuts. Triggers put you in control when you want your character to change expressions or make a gesture.

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See what new can do.

Character Animator is always getting better, with new features rolling out regularly. And with your membership, you get them as soon as we release them.

See all the new features

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Export your animations in seconds.

The new Quick Export feature makes it easier than ever to get your animations out there. Prep your work in a click for sharing on social channels, texting to friends, or sending by email.

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Get a more realistic look.

Specify which artwork shows at which position with Auto-swap. Merge the worlds of frame-by-frame animation and performance capture to give your work a well-deserved thumbs up.

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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.

Example of Puppet Maker being used to stylize a character.

Create a character in minutes.

The Puppet Maker interface makes it simple and fun to create your favorite character from an assortment of styles you can customize.

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Essential apps for motion graphics and animation.

Adobe offers animation apps that work with all your ideas. Animate in real time with Character Animator, or use Animate to create interactive vector animations. Create intros, transitions, and more with After Effects. And move between them all.
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