Watch a still portrait come to life. Upload a face and a short driving video, and the engine copies every blink, smile and head turn onto your image — a lifelike clip rendered right in your browser. Free, no sign-up, no install. A free, Hedra-style alternative for making live avatar videos.
A sharp, front-facing portrait with good lighting and one visible face gives the cleanest result. Avoid sunglasses and heavy shadows.
A short driving video with clear expressions — a smile, a blink, a nod — transfers the most life onto your portrait.
The first launch may take up to a minute while the GPU warms up. After that, clips render faster.
No rigging, no 3D software, no editing timeline — just a face and a driving clip.
Drop in a clear, front-facing photo of the person or character you want to bring to life.
Choose a short clip of a face talking and moving — the expressions and head motion to copy onto your portrait.
Press generate; the engine maps the motion onto your image and gives you a lifelike video to download.
Turn a headshot into a presenter whose face moves naturally — for ads, explainers and product demos.
Give an illustrated character, mascot or portrait a face that blinks, smiles and reacts on cue.
Make eye-catching talking-head and reaction clips for Reels, Shorts and TikTok without filming.
A live portrait is only as good as its two inputs: the photo and the driving video. For the photo, use a clear, front-facing shot of a single face, evenly lit, with the eyes and mouth visible and unobstructed — no sunglasses, no heavy shadows, no group shots. A high-resolution portrait animates far more cleanly than a small or blurry one.
For the driver, a short clip of a face showing clear expressions — talking, blinking, a smile, a head tilt — gives the most lifelike result. The engine transfers that motion onto your still, so a lively, well-framed driver with the head roughly front-on produces the smoothest animation. Starting with a few seconds is a good way to preview the look before committing to a longer clip.
Live portraits are a fast way to make presenter intros, reaction clips, UGC-style ads and social content without filming — you can turn a headshot into a face that performs, and they bring illustrated characters and mascots to life too.
One important rule: only upload photos and videos you own or have permission to use. Bringing a real person's face to life without their consent is not what this tool is for, and you are responsible for what you make.
Yes — free with no account, supported by ads on the page. Because it runs on shared GPU infrastructure, it can queue at busy times.
A clear front-facing photo of one face and a short driving video of a face making the expressions and head movements you want copied onto the portrait.
A short clip of a real face talking, blinking and moving. The engine transfers those expressions and head motion onto your still portrait so it appears to come alive.
The Talking Avatar lip-syncs a face to an audio clip. The Live Creator copies the full expression and head motion from a driving video — blinks, smiles and turns — for a more lifelike, performance-driven result.
Whatever you generate is yours to use, subject to the underlying open model's licence. Only use photos and videos you have the right or consent to use.
Generate a portrait with our free AI Image Generator, then bring it to life here.