A new Adobe program allows you to animate using just a microphone, a webcam, and your face.

Adobe's new Character Animator app, announced today for its Creative Cloud service, uses advanced face tracking to create animated effects that are downright playful.

Adobe Character Animator is a simple 2D animation studio that allows you to use your webcam to apply your head movements and speech to your puppet, with a few additional tools to help your puppet ...

Adobe isn't exactly covering new ground here but what is new is the ability to use a webcam to track your movements and facial expressions and apply them to a character illustration in real-time.

Veterans of The Colbert Report, both have enjoyed creating something outside the realm of what people expect to see on television—real-time interaction with an animated character.