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Wan and motion or performance transfer: the dated notes

3 Wan entries on motion or performance transfer, 9 January 2025 to 10 November 2025, across Wan 2.1 and Wan 2.2. The latest: Wan 2.2 Animate moves a character photo with the performance from a reference video. As of 2026-09-25.

Entries on motion per line, this one markedA count of entries, which follows how often a maker writes notes.Entries on motion per line, this one markedKling AI44Runway33Wan33Adobe Firefly Video11HappyHorse11Luma Ray11Midjourney video11MiniMax Hailuo11PixVerse11
Fig. 1 A count of entries, which follows how often a maker writes notes.
Entries on motion or performance transfer per line, read 2026-09-25.
LineEntries
Adobe Firefly Video1
HappyHorse1
Kling AI4
Luma Ray1
Midjourney video1
MiniMax Hailuo1
PixVerse1
Runway3
Wan3

Inclusion rule. Lines with at least one entry of this kind. Order. Alphabetical by line.

Wan has 3 entries on motion or performance transfer in the register, the first of them dated 9 January 2025.

1The entries

9 January 2025, Wan 2.1

Wan2.1 text to video Plus version, one sentence generated video. Support for large and complex movements, adherence to physical laws, artistic styles, and visual quality of movies.

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, newly released models

28 July 2025, Wan 2.2

The upgraded Wan 2.2 Plus text to video model, delivers higher quality results with stable sweeping complex movements, cinematic vision control, more powerful prompt following, and realistic world recreation.

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, newly released models

The gap from the previous entry: 200 days.

10 November 2025, Wan 2.2

Users simply upload a character photo and a reference performance video, and the model transfers the expressions and actions from the video onto the character in the image

Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, newly released models

105 days after the entry before it.

2The same kind of change in other lines

  • Adobe Firefly Video: 1 entry, July 2025
  • HappyHorse: 1 entry, June 2026
  • Kling AI: 4 entries, November 2024 to March 2026
  • Luma Ray: 1 entry, June 2025
  • Midjourney video: 1 entry, June 2025
  • MiniMax Hailuo: 1 entry, October 2025
  • PixVerse: 1 entry, February 2026
  • Runway: 3 entries, July 2024 to July 2025

Wan, every entry · Motion and performance, every line · Wan 2.1 · Wan 2.2

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