Key Takeaways
- Adobe Express offers Animate From Audio for character animation using voice in real-time.
- Choose from 200 characters, 100 backgrounds, and 6 aspect ratios for unique animations.
- Record or upload an audio file, preview, trim, and download your character animation easily.
Have you ever wished you could bring a drawing to life, but don’t have a degree in animation? Thanks to this nifty Adobe tool, you can animate characters using just your voice—no experience required. Let me show you how.
How I Create Character Animations Using Adobe Express
Animating your graphics, text, and images in the Adobe Express editor is pretty simple thanks to the Animation feature. But this isn’t the only animation tool that Adobe Express has to offer.
Enter Animate From Audio, a free Adobe Express tool that lets you animate pre-drawn characters in real-time using just your voice—or any audio really. Every time the program picks up an audio signal, it animates the character along one of the pre-drawn paths.
There are over 200 characters you can choose from, and all of them move a bit differently. You can also choose from over 100 different backgrounds, and select one of six different aspect ratios. So make your selections and get ready to record.
Make sure you have a mic plugged in and hit Record. I also recommend turning on Enhance Speach for better-sounding audio. Click Done once you’re happy with your recording.
If you don’t want to record audio, you can upload any audio file via Browse, which is is the option I went for. It will take a few minutes for Adobe to generate your results.
Once the results are ready, Adobe will load a preview that you can play through and also trim using the handlebars on the sides. You can go ahead and Download the video straight to your device, or you can Open in Adobe Express to continue editing your results.
Here’s what mine ended up looking like:
And that’s all there is to it! Who knew character animation would require this little time or skill? Visit the Animate From Audio tool, select your character and background, record your audio, and await a fun creation.
