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AiAn

ToolIn development

A 2D animation engine that turns character images and a written script into an animated film with voice and lip sync.

Abstract cover art: a paper figure exploded into layers with a skeleton drawn through it

Overview

AiAn takes a small number of character images and a script, and produces an animated film.

It separates the character into layers, rigs a skeleton, drives it from the script, and renders 2D animation with generated speech and lip sync. Character sheets give a character several angles; an editor lets a human correct joints when the automatic rig gets one wrong; PSD files can be imported for artists who would rather draw than describe.

It exists because animated storytelling is slow, and because a studio that publishes video needs a way to make it that does not depend on other people's footage.

Key features

What it does

  • 01

    Script to film

    A written script drives the shot list, the acting and the timing.

  • 02

    Automatic layering and rigging

    Character images are separated and given a skeleton without hand-cutting every part.

  • 03

    Voice and lip sync

    Generated speech is matched to mouth movement.

  • 04

    Correctable rigs

    An editor for fixing joints the automatic pass gets wrong.

  • 05

    PSD import

    Bring artwork in from the tools illustrators already use.

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