Adobe Character Animator
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Plans and prices
From Adobe Character Animator's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Character Animator Starter | Priced on request | Basic features for creating and exporting animations · Predesigned puppets · Real-time face tracking · Select gestures |
| Character Animator Starter | — | Basic features for creating and exporting animations · Predesigned puppets · Real-time face tracking · Select gestures |
| Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachers | Priced on request | 20+ apps |
| Creative Cloud Pro for students and teachers | — | 20+ apps |
| Creative Cloud Pro for teams | Priced on request | 20+ apps |
| Creative Cloud Pro for teams | — | 20+ apps |
| Starter | Free | Free simplified mode · premade puppets · record face and voice · short animated movies |
| Creative Cloud Pro annual billed monthly | $34.99 a month | Character Animator Pro · Creative Cloud membership required · annual billed monthly |
| Creative Cloud Pro | $69.99 a month | Character Animator Pro · Creative Cloud membership required · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Adobe Character Animator's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 2D animation tools
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Activation requirement
- Activation and use require an internet connection, Adobe ID and acceptance of the license agreement.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API and SDK
- Adobe's public Character Animator help presents user workflows for behaviors, rigging, recording, export and streaming but does not present a public Character Animator API or SDK section.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Automatic lip sync
- The application synchronizes a puppet's mouth with recorded or live speech from a microphone.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Auto-swap
- Auto-swap selects different artwork positions during animation to combine performance capture with frame-by-frame artwork changes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Body Tracker
- Adobe Sensei Body Tracker detects webcam-recorded body movement and applies it to the puppet in real time.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Characterizer
- Characterizer uses facial expressions and reference art to generate a stylized puppet.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Character rigging
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Cloud collaboration
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- The help center covers setup, projects, puppet creation, rigging, behaviors, recording, keyframes, export and streaming, plus known issues and release notes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic Link integration
- Dynamic Link keeps Character Animator scenes connected to After Effects or Premiere so edits flow between applications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- Exports include H.264 video, Adobe Media Encoder output, PNG sequences and WAV audio.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Face tracking
- A webcam tracks facial movement and expressions to control a puppet.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review score
- TechRadar rates the product 4 out of 5 for how it works, 3 out of 5 for pricing and plans, and 2 out of 5 for new features.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Latest release
- Adobe lists version 26.0 as the January 2026 release, with improvements and stability updates.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- Adobe lists Character Animator under Creative Cloud software governed by Adobe's general terms; it is proprietary commercial software rather than open source.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: crashes
- A G2 reviewer reports occasional crashes during use.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- Adobe's LinkedIn profile lists 1982 as its founding year.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Adobe's LinkedIn profile lists San Jose, California as headquarters.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- LinkedIn identifies the maker as Adobe, a public software-development company.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Adobe's LinkedIn profile lists company size as 10,001+ employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1982checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California, USAchecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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