Magic Animate

Bringing still images to life with smooth, believable animation has always been technically demanding — until now. Magic Animate is a groundbreaking open-source project that simplifies animation creation from the ground up. Upload a single reference image and a motion video, and its diffusion-based AI framework generates animated videos with exceptional temporal consistency and faithful preservation of the original image. It handles cross-ID animations, works across diverse visual domains like oil paintings and movie characters, and integrates seamlessly with text-to-image models like DALL-E 3 — meaning you can also animate AI-generated images directly from a text prompt. Whether you're a researcher, artist, or developer exploring the frontiers of AI-powered animation, Magic Animate makes the process genuinely accessible.