Adobe Character Animator 2025 for Mac Animate characters with your real-time expressions and movements. With production speeds so fast, you can livestream as you work, wowing your audience every step of the way. Eye-popping animations are created in the blink of an eye.

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Character Animator uses your real-time expressions and movements to animate characters. Build speeds so fast you can livestream as you work, wowing your audience every step of the way.

June 2025 release (version 25.0)

Notice: 

The October 2024 release of Adobe Character Animator (version 25.0) includes improvements and stability updates; no new features.

Customize the background in Getting Started mode

In Getting Started mode, use a custom image for the background of your scene. Selectbackground button, selectCustom background (+), and then select an image.

Editable replay

Modify a replay to adjust the timing of its shots or record new shots for it. Right-clickpropertyIn the Replay panel, selectEdit Replay, and then modify the replayed footage in the temporary timeline. SelectSave Edited Replayto save your changes and automatically update all Replay instances.

Select a lens that is within or overlaps the work area.

Select the work area bar to access two new commands for selecting a shot within or overlapping the work area.

  • Select a lens within the work area:Selects all takes on all tracks whose start and end points are within the duration of the work area. Any previously selected takes will be deselected first.
  • Select a shot that overlaps the work area:For both commands, any previously selected shots are first deselected.

Take action quickly
Your performance brings your characters to life. Using your webcam and microphone, Character Animator revolutionizes live performance animation with automatic lip sync and face and body tracking powered by Adobe Sensei AI.

Bringing artwork to life
Turn any artwork into an animated character. Start with built-in puppet templates, or create/import artwork from Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. Then animate using your webcam, powered by Adobe Sensei AI.

Control using triggers
Time-saving triggers are easy to build, so you can create the actions you need and save them to keyboard shortcuts. Whether you want your character to change expression or strike a pose, triggers put you in control.

Start Your Own Animation Studio
Animation has never been more accessible. From online content creators to professional animators, everyone can create high-quality animations quickly and easily with automatic lip sync, pre-built templates, and seamless integration with other Adobe applications.

Puppet Maker is a fun and quick way to create rich and varied characters. No need to be an expert Photoshop or Illustrator user. Simply choose from a variety of character styles and customize them to suit your needs.

Body Tracker
Animate your character in real time using your body. Powered by Adobe Sensei, the body tracker automatically detects human motion using your webcam and applies it to your character in real time to create animations.

Smart Replay
Replays triggered during recording in new scenes are now displayed as trigger bars. This replaces multiple take bars for a simpler, more compact, and easier to modify timeline.

Head and Body Turn behavior
The Head Turn behavior is now the Head and Body Turn behavior. When you rotate your body left or right, you can switch between groups to get different views (such as front, quarter, and side profiles of your character).

New and updated sample puppets
Use new puppets (Al and Sam) in animations. Several puppets (Chloe, Tull, Bongo, Rugby, Ninja, Thorne, and Hazel) have been updated to support the body tracker.

Minimum system requirements for macOS

 

Minimum requirements

processor
  • Intel® 6th generation or newer CPU (Apple Silicon M1 or later recommended)

 

  • Requires support for Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

operating system

macOS Monterey (version 12) or later

RAM

8 GB RAM (16 GB or more recommended)

Hard disk space

4 GB 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)

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1440×900 monitor (1920×1080 or higher recommended)

GPU

A GPU that supports Metal.

Hardware requirements for recording
  • Webcam (for face and body tracking)
  • Microphone (for recording and lip syncing)
  • Headphones (prevents recorded audio shots from being re-recorded in subsequent shots)

compatibility: MacOS 10.14 or later 64-bit • Apple Silicon or Intel Core processor

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