If artificial intelligences can generate images, imitate voices, create music, and prepare transcriptions, what about animation? The answer comes from Meta, which has just presented a new open source project called Animated Drawings. This platform lets you animate simple drawings directly in the browser, without advanced knowledge or special hardware.
Animation has always had a steep learning curve, and it still does when it comes to the main tools on the market. However, the algorithmic explosion of recent months is bringing it all down to the level of a basic prompt or a couple of mouse clicks. With that in mind, we come to Meta's Fundamental AI Research team, which has just launched a project called Animated Drawings. As its name suggests, this platform helps you animate simple drawings made on paper or with digital tools, without effort.
Animated Drawings: Animating simple sketches with AI
The first step is to load a drawing or use one of the available models. The site explains that the drawing must have a single character, with all its limbs separated from the body. It also recommends that the image be clear, well lit, and free of any identification.
In the second step, Animated Drawings asks you to place the selection rectangle as close as possible to the character. The third phase is separation: if the algorithm makes a mistake in recognizing the character, you use the pencil or eraser to add or remove affected parts. Finally, the last step focuses on the joints. Each node has its corresponding name, making calibration even easier.
If everything goes well, Animated Drawings presents the animated character on the next screen. There are 32 animation presets divided into four subcategories: Dance, Funny, Jumping, and Walking. If the results aren't good the first time, you can click the Fix button to return to joint adjustment.
Open source and training data
One of the most important aspects of Animated Drawings is its open source profile. As other AI projects become more competitive and closed, Meta decided to publish all the relevant material on GitHub. In fact, the original demo dates back to 2021, and since then users have authorized the use of more than 6.7 million images for training. The released dataset is based on 180,000 drawings, more than enough for any expert who wants to explore its code and create something different.
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