LivePortrait is an AI-powered tool that brings static images to life by transforming them into lifelike animated videos. It can work with a range of media including real photos, animated styles, and artistic portraits.

Videos can be generated swiftly, with the duration dependent on the complexity of the image and system load. The software supports high-quality animation and precise motion control for accurate and realistic expressions, diverse style support, and custom animation patterns.

Images can be enhanced before animation for optimal results, with options to restore, colorize or upscale pictures. Utilizing a mixed image-video training strategy, upgraded network architecture, improved motion transformation, and stitching and retargeting modules, LivePortrait can be used for a wide range of applications.

These include adding motion to classical artwork, revitalizing family heritage photos, enhancing personal images, animating static anime illustrations, and bringing historical figures to life.

To use, users upload a clear static portrait image, select a driving video to determine the motion of the image, configure settings, and generate the animated portrait.

Custom videos or presets can be used as the driving video. While the software produces highly realistic and lifelike animations, the realism and lifelike features depend on several image and video characteristics.

The platform is open-sourced by Kuaishou Technology.