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AnimateDiff — Free AI Animation Generator (2026)

Create AI-generated animations from text or images for free. AnimateDiff extends Stable Diffusion to generate short animated videos.

📥 Download AnimateDiff — Free AI Animation Generator (2026)

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🔧 How to Install

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Step 1: First install ComfyUI (see our ComfyUI guide above)

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Step 2: Launch ComfyUI and open the Manager (if not installed, get ComfyUI Manager first)

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Step 3: In Manager → click 'Install via Git URL' → paste: https://github.com/Kosinkadink/ComfyUI-AnimateDiff-Evolved

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Step 4: Download a motion module model from civitai.com (search 'AnimateDiff motion module')

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Step 5: Place the motion module in: ComfyUI/custom_nodes/ComfyUI-AnimateDiff-Evolved/models/

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Step 6: Restart ComfyUI — AnimateDiff nodes appear in the node menu

✨ Key Features

✓ Generate animated videos from text prompts
✓ Animate still images into motion clips
✓ Control motion intensity and style
✓ Compatible with Stable Diffusion models
✓ Works as a ComfyUI plugin
✓ Free and unlimited video generation

🎯 How to Use

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Step 1: In ComfyUI, add a 'Load Image' node → select your starting image

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Step 2: Add an 'AnimateDiff Loader' node → select your motion module

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Step 3: Add a 'KSampler' node → connect all nodes following a workflow template

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Step 4: Set number of frames (try 16 for a short clip) and frame rate (8-16 fps looks smooth)

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Step 5: Click 'Queue Prompt' — generation takes 1-5 minutes depending on your GPU

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Step 6: The output is a short animated video — right-click to save

Bring images to life with AI-generated motion

AnimateDiff is a plugin for ComfyUI that extends Stable Diffusion into the world of animation. Feed it a text prompt or a starting image, and it generates short animated videos with smooth, natural-looking motion. It is the most popular free tool for AI video generation.

FAQ

What kind of animations can I make? Looping background animations, character motion from a single image, abstract visual effects, and short video clips (typically 2-5 seconds). Results range from dreamy and artistic to surprisingly realistic depending on the model used.

What hardware do I need? AnimateDiff is more demanding than still image generation. An NVIDIA GPU with 8GB+ VRAM is recommended. 16 seconds of animation at 512x512 can take 2-5 minutes on an RTX 3060.

Where do I find motion modules? The community shares motion modules on civitai.com. Search for “AnimateDiff motion module” — popular options include mm_sd_v15_v2 and the animatediff-v4 models. Each creates a different style of motion.

Can I control the motion style? Yes. Different motion modules produce different types of movement. You can also adjust motion scale parameters to control how much movement is applied — subtle drift or dramatic action.

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