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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 Pro plan for £32.66/mo incl. VAT for the first 3 months of annual subscription and £66.49/mo incl. VAT after that. Annual billed monthly plan. New subscribers only. See terms

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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 customised 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 revolutionises live-performance animation with automatic lip sync and face and body tracking.

Bring art to life.

Puppet Maker lets you customise 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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How to get Character Animator.

Start for free or get it as part of the Creative Cloud Pro plan.

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Character Animator Starter

Free

Start for free

  • Get started — no experience needed.
  • Access basic features to create and export animations in minutes.
  • Choose from predesigned puppets.
  • Save time with select gestures.
  • Create with real-time face tracking.
  • Have fun without any commitment.

Creative Cloud Pro

Regularly at £66.49/mo Alternatively at £32.66/mo incl. VAT

Buy now

  • Get Character Animator and 20+ apps: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and more for the first 3 months, then full price for 9 months. See terms
  • Access all Character Animator pro features.
  • Create multiple characters and original puppets with Puppet Maker.
  • Make your own movements and gestures.
  • Create with real-time face and body tracking.
  • Livestream your characters.
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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.

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.

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.

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Create a character in minutes.

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

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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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Find the Creative Cloud plan that’s right for you.

Creative Cloud Pro
Regularly at £66.49/mo Alternatively at £32.66/mo incl. VAT

Annual, billed monthly

Save 50% for the first 3 months of annual subscription on Character Animator and 20+ apps plus Firefly creative AI for images, video and audio. Pay £32.66/mo for the first 3 months of annual subscription and £66.49/mo after that. New subscribers only.
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£16.24/mo incl. VAT

Save over 75% on 20+ Creative Cloud Pro — including Character Animator.

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£73.33/mo excl. VAT

Industry-leading creative apps with simple licence management.

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