Wan 2.2 Animate Replace
Wan 2.2 Animate Replace is Alibaba's video character replacement AI generator — seamlessly substituting people in existing videos with character images while preserving scene, motion, and cinematography. This open-source AI video editor enables creative character swapping on AI Compare Hub.
What you can create
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Character Substitution Videos
Replace the main subject in existing video footage with your character, illustration, or artwork. Wan 2.2 Animate Replace preserves camera work, background elements, and scene context while seamlessly swapping the character.
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Video-Based Content Adaptation
Take existing performance videos (acting, dancing, presenting) and replace the performer with your character while keeping the original motion and camera work intact. Ideal for creating alternative versions of video content.
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Creative Character Integration
Integrate animated or illustrated characters into live-action video scenes. Wan 2.2 Animate Replace maintains lighting consistency and environmental coherence when placing characters into realistic video backgrounds.
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Multi-Take Video Editing
Create alternative versions of video content by replacing talent with different character images, maintaining identical camera work and framing across variations.
Why creators choose Wan 2.2 Animate Replace
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Intelligent Motion Preservation
Wan 2.2 Animate Replace preserves original video motion, facial expressions, and scene context while replacing the visible character. The model intelligently transfers performance quality from the original video to your character image.
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Relighting for Environmental Coherence
Advanced relighting LoRA technology applies appropriate environmental lighting and color tone to your character, ensuring seamless integration into the original video scene. Characters look naturally lit and integrated rather than composited.
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Scene and Camera Work Preservation
Original camera movements, framing, and scene context remain completely intact. Only the character itself is replaced, maintaining the cinematography and composition of the original video.
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Expression and Gesture Transfer
Wan 2.2 Animate Replace transfers facial expressions, gestures, and emotional performance from the original actor to your character image. Performance nuance and delivery quality translate seamlessly to the replacement character.
How to generate your first video
- Select your character image. Choose a portrait, character illustration, or artwork that you want to place into the video scene.
- Upload your reference video. Provide existing video footage showing the performance or motion you want to preserve (acting, dancing, presenting, etc.).
Common questions
What is Wan 2.2 Animate Replace?
Wan 2.2 Animate Replace is an open-source video editing AI model that seamlessly substitutes characters or people in existing videos. It replaces the visible performer while preserving camera work, motion quality, facial expressions, and scene context. Ideal for creative character swapping, performance adaptation, and alternative video takes.
Does Wan 2.2 Animate Replace preserve the original camera work?
Yes, Wan 2.2 Animate Replace preserves the original video's camera movements, framing, and cinematography completely. Only the character itself is replaced; all scene context, background elements, and camera work remain unchanged from the original video.
What's the difference between Animate Replace and Animation modes?
Animation mode takes a character image and a reference video to generate a new video of your character performing the reference motion. Replace mode takes a character image and replaces an existing person in an actual video while keeping the original scene, camera work, and background intact. Replace is better for video editing, Animation is better for pure character animation creation.
How can you use Wan 2.2 Animate Replace on AI Compare Hub?
To use Wan 2.2 Animate Replace on AI Compare Hub, click the "Wan 2.2 Animate Replace" button at the top of this page. Upload your character image and select your reference video, then generate in seconds. You can also compare Wan 2.2 Animate Replace side-by-side with other leading video editing models — all in one place, for free.
Key Parameters
- Category: Image
- Processing speed: slow
For the Use of This Model
The wan-video/wan-2.2-animate-replace model animates characters from a reference image by either mimicking motion or replacing characters in a video, with open-source licensing that enables commercial use and creative workflows. Before you use it on AI Compare Hub, please keep in mind:
- Use responsibly. Do not create or share content that is harmful, misleading, or that violates others’ rights. You are responsible for the prompts, images, and videos you submit and how you use the outputs.
- Outputs & responsibility. You control the videos you generate here. The model provider does not claim ownership of your outputs, but you must also ensure your usage complies with copyright, privacy, and other applicable laws.
- Animation & replacement. This model can transfer motion from an input video onto a character image or replace characters in a base video, enabling expressive animated results. It supports rich animation and can incorporate audio-driven motion when paired with audio inputs.
- No guarantees. Outputs are generated probabilistically and may not always match your intent. The model and this service are provided “as is” without warranties.
- Terms of use. This model is open-source and governed by the Apache 2.0 License, but platform API use is also subject to the provider’s terms.
- Restrictions reminder. You must not use this model or its outputs for unlawful or prohibited purposes, or in violation of this site’s policies.
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