How to Make Animated Characters Move Like You

It is not a secret that AI creates vivid animated videos, but the outputs are short of realism. When a character mirrors human motion, it feels more expressive and believable.

By applying the following method, you can easily replicate natural body movements, gestures, and expressions to animated characters. No complicated 3D software, no steep learning curve. Follow us and connect with audiences in a deeper level.

Make Animated Character Move Like You

How to Make Animated Characters Move Like You

We will be using only FlexClip, an AI tool that is designed for quick, accessible, and visually engaging animation. Let’s dive right in!

Step 1. (Optional) Create an Animated Character

The first thing you will need is an image of animated character. FlexClip’s Image Generator creates animated characters based on prompts, or your daily shots.

Generate Anime Image

Incorporated with advanced models like Google Nano Banana, OpenAI, Qwen, Flux, FlexClip will perfectly understand the prompt you’ve entered, analyze your facial features, and create animated characters in seconds.

FlexClip Image Generator Interface

We input the following prompt: Anime girl walking through a snowy pine forest, wearing a knitted hat and boots, footprints in the snow, magical winter ambiance, moonlight reflecting on snow, fantasy anime style, detailed background. here is what we got.

Anime Image Generated by FlexClip

Step 2. Upload Media Resources

Now, switch to FlexClip’s AI Image to Video tool. Use the Kling 2.6 Motion Control model. Drag and drop to upload the animated character image and a video of yourself to FlexClip. Please keep the character properly framed throughout the reference video.

Animate Cartoon Image

Upload Media Resources to FlexClip

Step 3. Basic Setups & Generate

Make some simple setups like character orientation, video resolution, hit Generate. The whole process takes only several minutes. Make preview and see if you like the output.

Preview the Result

Step 4. Edit the Animated Videos as You Wish

Now, turn to FlexClip’s timeline, where you can trim the animated video output, merge multiple clips, add text, bring in music, create a PIP to highlight the differences, and make more edits.

It is easy to create a video using FlexClip. Click on any video or element, all available editing features will pop up above the preview window. All available resources and AI tools are listed to your left.

Edit the Video

Step 5. Share Videos Freely

FlexClip offers you the ultimate freedom of sharing videos. Besides exporting the video to a local folder, you are also able to share it via a short link, post to social media, or save to cloud services.

Why Use FlexClip to Make Animated Characters Move Like You

FlexClip isn’t the only tool in the market to animate characters from reference video, but here are several persuasive advantages.

Most tools ask you to upload a photo and video, then get task done. And that’s all. FlexClip, however, helps you generate animated images from prompts or images, edit the output, and share. You don’t have to switch between tools.

As for making animated characters move, FlexClip utilizes Kling 2.6 model. It also incorporates other advanced models like Google Nano Banana, Veo 3, Sora 2 to better help you process videos and images. We will also work hard to bring in more advanced models. Please stay tuned.

With a large library of templates, stock media, animated elements and effects, you can enhance animated videos easier than ever!

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Anime Girl Typing

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Anime & Real Girl Walking

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Anime Scene and Real Girl

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What does it mean to make an animated character move like you?

It means capturing real human movements and applying them to a digital character to create more natural, lifelike animation.

2. Is this technique suitable for marketing or social media content?

Absolutely. Human-like animated characters perform well in ads, tutorials, brand videos, and social media posts, even professional animation creation.

3. Will animated characters look exactly like my movements?

They can closely match your motion, but results depend on video quality, lighting, and the animation model itself. But in general, FlexClip provides great results.

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Member of PearlMountain Limited. Has a mania for video editing. Love to share photo/video shooting tips and ideas.