Character Image Animation

Character image animation focuses on generating realistic and controllable video sequences from a single character image, driven by various inputs like pose sequences, text descriptions, or even just noise. Current research emphasizes improving controllability and realism, particularly in challenging areas such as hand animation and multi-character scenes, often employing large multimodal models, diffusion models, and advanced neural network architectures like UNets with temporal attention mechanisms. These advancements are significant for fields like animation, gaming, and advertising, offering efficient and automated methods for creating high-quality, customizable character animations.