Adobe Character Animator vs Descript: Which is Better in 2026?

• Automatic lip sync
• Facial motion capture
• Real-time animation
• Triggers
• Body tracking
• +2 more

• Text-based video editing
• Underlord AI editor
• Video transcription
• Remove filler words
• Remove retakes
• +10 more

Adobe Character Animator turns a webcam and microphone into a real-time motion-capture rig for 2D puppets, tracking facial expressions and body movement while automatically syncing lip movement to speech via Adobe Sensei AI. Characters built or edited in Photoshop and Illustrator can talk, blink, and react live, with behaviors and keystroke triggers used to swap poses, gestures, and walk cycles. It is part of Adobe Creative Cloud and has been used in professional productions such as The Simpsons and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Descript is the podcast and video editor that thinks like a word processor. Edit by editing text, remove filler words automatically, clone your voice with Overdub, and collaborate with your team — all in one tool.