SCAIL 2 AI Video Generator Animate Any Character

Drive any character with a video. No rigging, no skeleton extraction, no install. Upload a reference character and a driving video — SCAIL 2 handles the rest.

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SCAIL 2 AI Video Generator — character animation demo

What Is SCAIL 2

What Is SCAIL 2? Open-Source Character Animation

SCAIL 2 is an open-source character animation model by Z.ai that transfers motion from any driving video to any reference character in a single end-to-end pass — no skeleton extraction, no pose mapping. It works with illustrations, animals, and multi-character scenes that skeleton-based tools cannot handle, and runs fully in-browser with no installation or GPU required.

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Free credits on sign-up

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Any character, any style

Animate illustrations, cartoon figures, animals, and stylized art. No humanoid skeleton required — any reference image works regardless of body shape or style.

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4 animation scenarios

Animate a solo character, swap character identity in a video, handle group scenes with multiple characters, or drive animals using human motion — all in one model. This tool currently supports Animate and Replace modes.

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Ready in under a minute

Upload a reference character image and a driving video, pick a resolution, and generate. No Python, no GPU, no install. 15 free credits on sign-up, no card required.

SCAIL 2 Video Examples

SCAIL 2 Video Examples See What It Can Do

Example outputs are generated by the SCAIL 2 model. Results may vary based on input quality.

Realistic character animation and illustration created with scail 2 motion control tools.
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Character Animation & Illustration

Apply real dance or action choreography to illustrated characters, mascots, or concept art using SCAIL 2 Motion Control.

High-quality product and brand videos featuring animated characters driven by scail 2.
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Product & Brand Videos

Transfer human gestures to animated brand characters for product demos, explainer videos, and marketing assets using SCAIL 2.

Professional storyboarding and pre-visualization scenes enhanced by scail 2 performance.
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Storyboarding & Pre-Visualization

Generate realistic character performances early in the creative pipeline using SCAIL 2 Motion Control for rapid ideation.

Creative social media content creation featuring custom characters animated with scail 2.
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Social Media Content Creation

Apply trending motion clips to custom characters to produce engaging short-form videos with consistent motion quality using SCAIL 2.

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Key Features of SCAIL 2

SCAIL 2 Core Capabilities What the Model Actually Does

Six distinct capabilities — from motion encoding architecture to commercial licensing.

  • Skeleton-Free Motion Encoding

    Motion is encoded directly from the driving video into latent space — no pose estimation, no keypoint map, no intermediate representation. Removes the information bottleneck that limits all skeleton-based tools.

  • Consistent Identity Preservation

    The reference character's appearance, colors, and style are preserved throughout the animation. The model binds character identity spatially and applies motion without altering the source visual.

  • Multi-Character & Group Scenes

    Animate multiple characters in a single pass. SCAIL 2 handles spatial relationships and interactions between figures without requiring separate inference runs per character.

  • Zero-Shot Animal & Non-Human Figures

    Drive animals, creatures, and stylized non-human figures from human driving videos — without any species-specific training. Works out of the box in the same model as human character animation.

  • In-Browser, No GPU Needed

    Run SCAIL 2 directly in your browser. No local environment, no VRAM requirements on your end. Upload your files and generate — everything processes on our cloud infrastructure.

  • Open-Source & Commercially Licensed

    Model weights are published under Apache 2.0 on HuggingFace. Generated outputs can be used freely in commercial projects — ads, client productions, and content creation.

How to Use SCAIL 2 Online

How to Use SCAIL 2 Online Animate Any Character in 4 Steps

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    Upload your reference character

    Upload an image of the character you want to animate — photos, illustrations, 2D art, and stylized figures all work. No skeleton or rig required.

  2. 02

    Upload your driving video

    Upload the video whose motion you want to transfer. This can be a human performer, a motion clip, or any video source.

    Tip: Cleaner, well-lit driving videos produce more consistent motion transfer results.

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    Select animation mode

    Choose Animate to apply motion from the driving video to your reference character, or Replace to swap character identity in an existing video while preserving the original motion.

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    Generate and download

    Click Generate. The model processes your inputs and returns a video at your selected resolution — 480p or 720p. Output length matches your input video (5–120 seconds). Download directly — no editing pipeline needed.

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SCAIL 2 FAQ

SCAIL 2 FAQ Model, Animation Modes & More

SCAIL 2 is an open-source end-to-end character animation model released by Z.ai (Zhipu AI) in June 2026. It transfers motion from a driving video to any reference character without skeleton extraction or pose mapping.
Most animation tools extract a skeleton from the reference character and remap motion onto it. SCAIL 2 skips that step — it encodes motion directly from the driving video into latent space. This means it works on characters that don't match a humanoid body schema, including illustrations, animals, and stylized figures.
No. This tool runs SCAIL 2 in-browser. You don't need to install software, configure a Python environment, or own a GPU. Self-hosting the model weights requires a local GPU — see the official GitHub repo for requirements.
This online tool currently supports two modes: Animate (apply motion from a driving video to your reference character) and Replace (swap character identity in an existing video while preserving the original motion). The underlying SCAIL 2 model supports four modes in total — multi-character scenes and zero-shot animal animation are not yet available in this tool.
Yes. Videos generated through this site can be used for commercial purposes. There are no restrictions on using your outputs in ads, client work, content creation, or any other commercial activity.
Yes. This is one of SCAIL 2's specific capabilities — it can drive animal figures and non-humanoid characters from human driving videos in a zero-shot manner, without animal-specific training inputs.
Yes. SCAIL 2 does not require the reference character to match a humanoid skeleton, so 2D illustrations, cartoon characters, and stylized art all work as valid inputs.
No. This is an independent third-party online tool built on the open-source SCAIL 2 model. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Z.ai or Zhipu AI. The original model is available at github.com/zai-org/SCAIL-2.

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