Tencent’s New Tool Animates Static Pictures

Building on the excitement of artificial intelligence advancements, the collaboration between Tencent, Tsinghua University, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has yielded an innovative image-to-video tool, “Follow-Your-Click.” This project is now showcased through a detailed and interactive online platform, inviting users to explore the capabilities of transforming static images into dynamic videos with straightforward prompts like “Tune the head,” “Flap the wings,” or even “Storm.”

“Follow-Your-Click” stands out for its open-domain regional image animation, allowing users to animate specific parts of an image through simple commands, leading to outputs such as images smiling, dancing, or undergoing various other transformations. This gallery of animations is not just a testament to the tool’s versatility but also serves as an inspiration for potential users on the endless possibilities it offers.

In a comparative analysis against other leading animation methods and commercial tools like Animate-Anything, SVD, Dynamicrafter, I2VGen-XL, Gen-2, Genmo, and Pika Labs, “Follow-Your-Click” demonstrates its prowess. It provides a nuanced approach to animation, allowing for motion strength control through optical flow motion magnitude (OFM) and frames per second (FPS) based controls, ensuring users can fine-tune their animations to achieve the desired effect.

Moreover, the project delves into an ablation study to assess the impact of its constructed short prompt dataset (D) and motion-augmented module (M) on the quality of animations, particularly focusing on the complexity of generating realistic human motions. While the tool showcases significant potential, it candidly acknowledges its limitations in animating large and complex human movements, attributing this to the intricate nature of such actions and the scarcity of related training samples.

“Follow-Your-Click” not only paves the way for more intuitive and accessible AI-driven animation tools but also sets a benchmark for future developments in this field. Its project page, borrowing the template from DreamBooth, serves as a comprehensive resource for exploring the depth of this innovation, encouraging users and researchers alike to engage with and expand upon its capabilities.

Source: Follow Your Click

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