AI Animation Generator

To generate an animation with Kapwing, start by creating a new chat with Kai. Type in a prompt describing your ideas, including the overall style, characters, plot, and any specific scenes or dialogue. If you want, you can click "Attach media" to upload reference images or sketches that Kai can use as a starting point. Click the arrow to have Kai build your video plan, then review and edit it before clicking "Confirm."

Kai will develop and action a detailed plan for your video, including generating individual elements like start frames, video clips, and native audio, as well as putting the animation together into a finished video and reviewing it.

Kapwing combines an AI animation maker with an AI video assistant, so you can generate animated scenes and keep directing the project through follow-up prompts. Once your animation is ready, you can download it directly or click to move to the Studio for access to manual editing tools. When you're ready, click "Export project" at the upper right to download your video in high resolution as MP4, MOV, or WebM.

Anyone can generate a polished, eye-catching animation using an AI video assistant like Kai. You can direct your animation with natural-language prompts instead of creating movement frame by frame or working with keyframes.

Describe what should happen on screen and let the animation AI handle the generation. You can then refine the result through Kai or move into Kapwing’s editor for more hands-on control.

Yes, keep chatting with Kai to change scenes, adjust creative direction, add subtitles, or make other supported edits. You can iterate on the same project instead of treating the first generation as the finished result.

For manual edits, move into Kapwing’s online video editor to adjust the timeline, text, audio, branding, and other elements.

You can create animations in styles like anime, cartoons, 3D animation, claymation, stop motion, hand-drawn illustration, and cinematic animation. Describe the look you want in your prompt or upload reference images to guide the visual direction.

Experiment with different styles as you create. Ask Kai to adjust the look, characters, scenes, or other visual details until the animation matches your idea.

Yes, upload a hand-drawn or digital sketch and ask Kai to turn it into an animated video. Use your sketch as a reference for characters, objects, scenes, or composition, then describe the movement and visual style you want.

You can also create a sketch with Kapwing’s online drawing tool in the Studio, then use Kai to develop it into an animation. Keep refining the result with prompts as you move from an initial drawing to a finished animated video.

Kapwing’s AI Animation Generator gives you access to leading AI video models like MiniMax H3, Seedance, Grok Imagine, Happy Horse, Kling Omni, and Google Veo through one workflow. Use different models to explore animation styles, motion, characters, and visual directions without switching between separate platforms.

Kapwing is constantly adding the latest AI models as new options become available, giving creators access to new generation capabilities directly through Kai.

Yes, upload reference images to guide the characters, scenes, composition, or visual style of your animation. Add sketches, character designs, photos, illustrations, or other visuals to give Kai more context for what you want to create.

Use references as creative direction for a new animated video, or combine multiple images to guide different parts of your animation.

Describe the animation style, characters, setting, action, and camera movement you want to see. Include specific details that matter to the story, such as character appearance, mood, lighting, pacing, or how a scene should unfold.

Add reference images when visuals are easier to show than describe. You can also start simple, review Kai’s animation plan, then use follow-up prompts to refine the direction before generating.

Yes, ask Kai to add an AI voiceover or character dialogue and describe the type of voice you want, including details like tone, style, accent, or delivery. Kai generates the voice and syncs it with your animation.

Combine AI voice for animation with characters, music, sound effects, and subtitles to build out the full audio experience without recording everything yourself.