Why creators choose DreamActor 2

DreamActor 2 solves a specific but important problem: you have great movement but the wrong person. A performer's motion language (the way they gesture, move their head, carry their body) can be transferred to a different character or person. That opens up powerful workflows for animation, reshoots, and content adaptation.

Pose-free motion transfer

Earlier motion transfer models required extracting a skeleton or pose data as an intermediate step. DreamActor 2 skips that. It reads motion directly from video and transfers it. That means cleaner results and fewer failure modes.

Works across visual styles

Because DreamActor 2 doesn't extract pose skeletons, it generalizes well across different visual styles. The same motion source animates humans, cartoons, animals, 3D renders, and illustrated characters with equivalent quality.

Preserves subtle movement

Micro-expressions, hand tremor, the way weight shifts on the feet. DreamActor 2 captures those subtleties. The transferred motion feels alive, not mechanical.

Handles multi-character interaction

Transfer motion to scenes with multiple characters interacting with objects and each other. Human-object interaction stays coherent across the motion transfer.

Complex gesture capture

Complicated hand-object interaction, dances, sports moves, and technical gestures transfer cleanly. The model understands spatial relationships and three-dimensional movement.

How to use DreamActor 2 in Craze

DreamActor 2 is a transform model: provide a source video with motion and a target image or character, and Craze transfers the movement.

1. Upload a video showing the movement you want to capture. This could be a performance, a dance, a sports move, or any motion. The performer should be reasonably centered and clearly visible.
2. Upload a photo or video of the character or subject you want to animate. This could be a still image of a different person, a character illustration, a 3D render, or an animal photo.
3. Ask Craze for DreamActor 2, or describe motion transfer and let Craze show available options with pricing.
4. Craze analyzes the motion source, reads the movement patterns, and transfers them to the target image.
5. Review in the editor. If adjustments are needed, try again with a different source video or target image.

DreamActor 2 works well when both the source motion video and target image have clear, visible subjects. Crowded scenes or footage where the performer is distant may need cropping or focusing first.

The skip-pose-extraction approach sets DreamActor 2 apart. Traditional motion transfer needs an intermediate skeleton or pose data, which introduces failure modes and limits compatibility across visual styles. By reading motion directly from video, DreamActor 2 preserves subtle details that pose-based methods lose. That's why animated characters look as natural as real people, and why hand-object interactions transfer cleanly without needing special handling.

DreamActor 2 pricing

DreamActor 2 is priced by the length of your source motion video at $0.053 per second of source video. A 15-second motion clip costs less than a 90-second performance. Pricing scales linearly with the duration of the motion source. Calculate exact costs on this page.

The target image or character doesn't affect pricing. Only the duration of the source motion video matters.

DreamActor 2 vs. talking avatar models

DreamActor 2 is motion transfer, not avatar generation. Unlike Kling Avatar 2 Pro, OmniHuman 1.5, and VEED Fabric 1.0, which animate a static image to match audio, DreamActor 2 copies movement from one video to animate a different subject.

Who DreamActor 2 is for

Animation and character rigging

Character animators and riggers can capture realistic human motion from video and transfer it to their 3D characters or illustrations. No manual keyframing required for natural movement.

Stunt and sports coordination

Filmmakers can capture a stunt performer's motion and transfer it to an actor's likeness. Safety performers can do the dangerous moves while the lead actor's image carries the motion.

Manga and comic adaptation

Adapt illustrated characters from manga or comics into animated video using human motion sources. The character design stays true to the source material while movement feels alive.

Dance and performance video

Choreographers can capture dance from one performer and have it performed by different dancers or characters. The motion transfers, the performer changes.

Accessible filmmaking

Filmmakers who can't cast trained performers for complex movement can capture motion from professionals and apply it to their cast. Stunt coordination and movement coaching become less necessary.

Cross-character video editing

Editors can modify performances in post-production by transferring motion between takes or from archived performances. A bad take's motion can be salvaged by transferring it to better footage.

Interactive avatar and game content

Game developers and VR creators can transfer complex human motion to game avatars and NPCs, creating characters with realistic, nuanced movement.

Real-time performance and streaming

Streamers and performance artists can use DreamActor 2 to control multiple characters in separate generations from the same performance. One motion source animates different avatars, characters, or stylized renderings in real time, opening up new possibilities for interactive content and virtual events.