How to Put Your Face in a Video With AI (No App Needed)
Three ways AI can put your face into an existing video, what each is good for, and how to do it from a browser with one photo.
Short answer: open the trend you want on Remake The Video, upload one photo of your face, and press Remake. You get the same video back with you in it, in about five to fifteen minutes, without installing anything.
There are a few different techniques behind “put my face in a video”, and they suit different clips.
Face swap vs. full recast vs. motion transfer
Classic face swap pastes a face over someone else’s, frame by frame. It is fast, but it keeps the original person’s hair, skin tone and clothes, so the result often looks like a mask.
Full recast edits the whole person: face, hair and clothes come from your photo, while the camera, the room and the timing stay from the original. This is what we use for trends built on real footage, such as End of Watch or Fancy Cafe. Each camera angle is edited separately, then cut back into the original edit.
Motion transfer works the other way round: it keeps your photo (you, your outfit, your background) and moves you through someone else’s movements. It is what dance trends like Zany Emote and Gangnam Style use.
Which photo to use
- A recent, unfiltered photo of one person.
- Face clearly lit and roughly toward the camera.
- For dances, your whole body in frame; for close-ups, head and shoulders.
Photos of other people are fine only if they are adults who agreed to it. Photos of celebrities are refused by the models.
Why a browser tool is enough
Recasting a clip takes heavy video models that do not run on a phone anyway; every app sends your photo to a server. Doing it in the browser just skips the install. Your photo is used for your video only, and you can delete the result from My videos whenever you like.
Try it
Pick a clip from the trend wall, add your photo and see yourself in it in a few minutes.