First researchers from the Institute for Intelligent Computing, Alibaba Group, unveiled a cutting-edge character animation technology called ‘Animate Anyone’, aimed at seamlessly transforming still images into dynamic character videos.
People on Twitter are talking about how "this could be the end of TikTok influencers."
Then ByteDance revealed MagicAnimate. It needs a single image and a motion video, and it produces an animated video.
I'm not sure what the implications of this will be, but I think it'll be bigger than TikTok dancers.
About MagicAnimate on Product Hunt
“A model framework to transform images to dynamic videos”
MagicAnimate launched on Product Hunt on December 5th, 2023 and earned 193 upvotes and 18 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. MagicAnimate from ByteDance Inc team allows you to animate a human image following a given motion sequence.
On the analytics side, MagicAnimate competes within Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, GitHub and Video — topics that collectively have 598.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how MagicAnimate performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted MagicAnimate?
MagicAnimate was hunted by Sarah Wright. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of MagicAnimate including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Sarah Wright