WAN 2.5 in action
What WAN 2.5 renders on Genfire.
What WAN 2.5 is best at
Character animation
WAN's core strength — people and characters that move naturally and stay on-model.
Animate (Move)
A static image performs the motion of a reference video — puppeteering for stills.
Animate (Replace)
Swap the subject in a source video with your reference character, keeping the scene.
Two generations available
Proven WAN 2.2 plus the newer 2.5 preview, side by side.
WAN 2.5 at a glance
Prompt ideas
Built to WAN 2.5’s strengths — steal these to get started.
How to use WAN 2.5 on Genfire
- 1
Describe it
Write a prompt — or upload an image or reference media, and pick WAN 2.5 in the model selector.
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Generate & compare
Render the video, iterate on the prompt, or run the same brief on a sibling model to compare — all from one credit balance.
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Finish & publish
Send the result into Genfire's editor, upscaler, and audio tools, then export platform-ready output.
Puppeteering, not prompting
The WAN Animate variants change the control model. Instead of describing motion in words and hoping, you show it: a reference video supplies the movement, your image supplies the character, and WAN binds them. Move animates a still with the reference's motion; Replace keeps the original footage and swaps who is in it. For mascots, virtual influencers, and any character that must move a specific way, that is direction rather than dice.
Around the Animate variants, WAN 2.2 and the 2.5 preview are dependable generalists with a particular knack for people. The practical Genfire pattern: design the character in the image generator, lock identity with references, then hand WAN the choreography — and cut the results together with clips from Kling or Veo in the same editor.
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WAN 2.5 — frequently asked questions
What is WAN 2.5?
WAN 2.5 is the preview generation of Alibaba's WAN video model family, available alongside the proven WAN 2.2, with particular strength in character animation. Wan 3.0 has since become the current generation.
What does WAN Animate do?
Two things: Animate (Move) makes a static image perform the motion from a reference video, and Animate (Replace) swaps the subject of an existing video with your reference character.
What inputs do the Animate variants need?
Both need a character image plus a reference video — the image defines who, the video defines how they move.
Is WAN good for virtual influencers?
Very — pairing a locked influencer identity with Animate (Move) produces repeatable, directed character motion, which is hard to get from text prompts alone.
How do I try WAN free?
The 20 free credits a new Genfire account gets for personal use work across the WAN family — generate in the browser with no Alibaba account or API key, then buy a pay-as-you-go credit pack from $19 when you need a commercial license.
WAN or Kling for animating images?
Both excel; Kling has the edge on general image-to-video fluidity, WAN on directed character work via the Animate variants. Testing both on your material costs a few credits.
Is there a newer version of WAN?
Yes — Wan 3.0 is the current generation of Alibaba's Wan family and it runs on Genfire. It generates 2 to 30 second clips with native synchronized audio, defaults to 1080p, and takes reference pools of up to 10 images, 5 videos, and 5 audio clips, with a faster, higher-fidelity Prime tier at 1.4x the price. WAN 2.5, WAN 2.2, and the Animate variants stay available for the character-puppeteering workflows on this page.
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