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LivePortrait

Animate still portraits using facial expressions from a driving video.

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LivePortrait is an open-source portrait animation tool developed by the Kling team and hosted on Hugging Face Spaces. It transfers facial expressions, gaze, and head movements from a reference video onto a static image. It lets creators produce realistic talking-head animations quickly without 3D rigging or manual motion tracking.

What it's for

  • Animate static character illustrations or photos using a webcam recording
  • Generate talking-head video clips from a single reference image
  • Transfer realistic facial expressions and head turns onto digital avatars

Features

  • Single-image portrait animation
  • Motion and expression transfer from square driving videos
  • Accurate gaze and lip-sync movement matching
  • Web interface hosted via Hugging Face Gradio Spaces

Pricing

Open source. Free to use on Hugging Face Spaces

Details

Type
AI model
Category
AI
Topic
AI Video Generation
Open source
Yes
Platforms
Web, Self-hosted
For
Video creators, AI hobbyists, animators, and digital artists
Alternative to
SadTalker, D-ID, HeyGen
Tags
animation, talking head, facial animation, hugging face, deepfake, video synthesis

Why it was saved

  • @vaibhavv.ai, 5 January 2025: Allows users to create realistic talking-head videos and animated avatars from a single still photo without requiring complex 3D animation skills.

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