Character Swap AI Video
Replace the person in a clip with your own illustrated, anime, cartoon or 3D character. Every step, head turn and camera move from your footage carries over — only the performer changes.
Upload MP4 or MOV · up to 120s · 100MB — then mark the 4–15 seconds to recast. Add one image of your character. The credit cost is shown before you generate, and failed renders are refunded automatically.
Turn the person in your clip into a cartoon, 3D or anime character — motion, camera and timing follow your original clip. · Also called Motion Transfer
Reference images (required) — One character — a photo of a person who agreed to be depicted, or an illustrated, anime, cartoon or 3D character.
Best results: one clear, full-body character per image on a plain background — a photo, illustration, anime or 3D character. Only use photos of people who have agreed to be depicted, such as yourself.
Upload, then drag to pick your 5s
00:11—00:16
A longer video is fine — you choose which 4–15 seconds get transformed.
Generating uses credits: 1 credit per second of standard video, 2 per second in 2K. Credit packs start at $9.90. One-time payment, no subscription.
What AI Character Swap Does
An AI character swap takes a video you already have and puts a different character in the lead role. You upload the clip and one image of the character you want; the AI keeps the performance — the walk, the dance, the gestures, the head turns, the blinks — and redraws the person as your character, frame by frame.
Unlike a face swap, it replaces the whole figure: body, outfit, hair and art style all come from your reference image. Unlike a text-to-video generator, nothing about the motion is invented. Your clip decides how the character moves and where the camera goes, so the result plays out exactly like the take you filmed.
How to Swap a Character in a Video in 3 Steps
Step 1: Upload the clip
Use a normal camera or phone video at 24–60 fps, MP4 or MOV, up to 120 seconds and 100MB. Mark the 4–15 seconds you want to recast. Low-frame-rate screen recordings can fail, so record the take directly when you can.
Step 2: Add your character
Upload one image of the character — an illustration, an anime or cartoon character, or a 3D model. If more than one person is in the clip, add a short line to the prompt saying which one to replace.
Step 3: Generate and download
Pick 768P or 2K, check the credit cost on the Generate button, and start the render. It takes a few minutes, and the finished video waits in your account, ready to download.
What Your Clip Keeps and What Gets Replaced
What stays: the timing of every movement, the camera path and framing, the cut points, the background and the way the performer moves through the space. If the camera pans left at second three in your clip, it pans left at second three in the result.
What changes: who is on screen. The character's face, body, clothes, colors and art style come from your reference image. The soundtrack is generated with the new video, so the original audio is not kept — add your own audio afterwards if you need the exact sound.
Clips and Characters That Work Best
One clear performer
A single person who stays in frame, well lit and not hidden behind objects, gives the cleanest swap. Crowded scenes work too, but say in the prompt which person to replace.
A full, clean character image
Use one character on a plain background, ideally head to feet and facing the camera. A clean character sheet works far better than a busy scene, a group shot or a tight crop of the face.
A body that fits the movement
Pick a character whose proportions suit the performance — long limbs for a dance, visible hands for a presenter clip. When the body and the motion agree, the result reads as acting, not as a puppet.
Character Swap Use Cases
Short-form videos and trends
Film yourself doing a trend, a dance or a reaction once, then post the same performance as your own character. One take becomes a series of clips for TikTok, Reels or Shorts.
Mascots, OCs and VTuber-style clips
Give a brand mascot or an original character a real performance without animating it by hand. Record the movement on your phone and let the character play it.
Previs and pitches
Put a 3D or illustrated character into a rough take to show how a scene would feel before paying for animation, a costume or a reshoot.
What Character Swap Can't Do
Each render recasts one performer and runs 4–15 seconds, so longer videos need to be split into parts. Very fast motion, heavy motion blur or a performer who leaves the frame for long stretches gives the model less to follow and can produce glitches.
Photos of celebrities, public figures or minors are not allowed, and neither is impersonating someone. Anyone visible in your source clip must have agreed to appear. If you only want to change one thing — a jacket, a product, the background — and keep the person, use Object Swap instead.
How Much a Character Swap Costs
Generation is paid; there is no free plan. Credit packs start at $9.90 for 25 credits as a one-time payment, with no subscription. 768P costs 1 credit per second and 2K costs 2, so a 5-second 768P swap uses 5 credits — about $1.98 on the Starter pack. Failed renders give the credits back automatically.
Character Swap FAQ
Can I swap a real person in a video for an anime character?+
Yes. Upload the clip and one image of the anime character. The person's movement, timing and camera path stay as filmed, and the figure on screen becomes your character.
Does the camera movement stay the same?+
Yes. The camera path, framing and cut points come from your original clip, so pans, zooms and handheld shake carry over.
How long can the video be?+
You can upload up to 120 seconds and 100MB, then choose the part to recast. Each result runs 4–15 seconds.
Is character swap the same as face swap?+
No. A face swap changes only the face. A character swap replaces the whole figure — face, body, outfit and art style — with the character from your reference image.
How much does one character swap cost?+
Credits are charged per second: 1 per second at 768P, 2 per second at 2K. Packs start at $9.90 with no subscription, and you see the exact cost before every render.
What if the result looks wrong?+
If a render fails, the credits return automatically. For a better result, use a cleaner full-body character image, a clip with one clear performer, and a shorter, steadier section of the video.
1 credit per second at standard quality (768P), 2 credits per second at 2K. Precision Swap costs twice the Standard rate.
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