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Face swap any video online — directly in your browser, no software to install. Two modes: Animate Photo with dance moves, or replace a person in existing video footage. PoseNet skeleton tracking + WAN 2.2 for realistic motion transfer.
From 60 credits (~$1.85) per 5-second clip · No subscription required
Choose the right mode for your use case: Animate Photo or Replace Character
Your photo copies the dance, action, or movement from a driving video. The background stays as your original image.
How it works:
Upload a photo + a driving video. AI extracts the motion and applies it to your photo while preserving your image's background.
Best for:
Input: Your photo + driving video
Output: Your photo animated with video's motion
Replace the person in a video with your character. The original video's background, lighting, and scene stay intact.
How it works:
Upload a character image + source video. AI swaps the person with your character while preserving the scene's environment and motion.
Best for:
Input: Character image + source video
Output: Original video with your character replacing the person
Both modes use the same WAN 2.2 Animate model with PoseNet skeleton tracking • Same pricing applies
Advanced pose detection and character animation with PoseNet skeleton tracking technology
Advanced AI analyzes reference videos to detect human poses and movements using PoseNet technology. Tracks 17 key body points including joints, limbs, and torso for accurate motion capture and realistic character animation.
Upload a character image that will be animated with the detected motion. AI preserves character appearance while applying realistic movement, gestures, and poses from the reference video for seamless animation.
Transfer complex movements including walking, dancing, gesturing, and actions from reference videos to characters. AI maintains motion dynamics, timing, and natural movement flow for lifelike animations.
Image+Video to Video generation using WAN22 Animate PoseNet model. Combines character image with reference video motion to create professional-quality animated output with smooth transitions and realistic movement.
Generate character animations in 40-60 seconds with optimized AI processing. Quick turnaround for iterative animation work, character testing, and rapid prototyping of movement sequences.
Fine-tune animation quality with adjustable step count, seed values for reproducibility, custom dimensions, and optional prompts to guide the character animation generation process.
From viral TikTok trends to enterprise training — 704% face swap growth in 2025
Replace outdated presenter footage without reshooting. Update training videos when employees leave or content changes. Save $2,000-10,000 per reshoot.
$2K-10K savings per updateCreate consistent branded content with AI characters. Test different presenters without hiring talent. Scale video production 10x.
10x production scalingReplace stunt doubles, fix continuity issues, or swap actors in post. Used by indie filmmakers to achieve Hollywood-level effects.
Indie to Hollywood VFXReplace faces in documentary footage, news reports, or witness testimonies. Protect identities while preserving natural movement.
GDPR-compliant optionSync lip movements to dubbed audio in different languages. Create localized versions without reshooting actors.
70% localization savingsAnimate still photos with realistic movement. Bring historical photos, product images, or illustrations to life.
Static to dynamic contentPay only for what you use. No subscription required. Viggle & Kling alternative.
60 credits / 5s
~$1.85 per 5 seconds
Based on Ultra Max plan (6,500 credits for $199.99)
5s
60 credits
$1.85
10s
120 credits
$3.69
Max 60 seconds per video • No subscription required • View all plans
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Honest comparison — every tool has strengths. Here's where Imagera fits.
| Feature | Imagera | Viggle AI | Kling AI | Runway Gen-5 | Pika Labs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $1–2 per 5s (pay-per-use) | Free tier + paid | $5.99–89.99/mo | $12–95/mo | Subscription |
| Subscription Required? | No | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Video Length | 60 seconds | Short clips | 2+ minutes | 10 seconds | 4 seconds |
| Technology | PoseNet + WAN 2.2 | Motion templates | Motion Brush | Generic V2V | Text-to-video |
| Browser-Based? | Yes — no download | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Character | Any image | Yes | Limited | Limited | Limited |
| Two Modes (Animate + Replace) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Best For | Social media, training videos, marketing | Memes, viral clips | Cinema-grade realism | Hollywood VFX | Surreal visuals |
Pricing verified February 2026. Kling excels at cinematic quality. Viggle is best for quick memes. Imagera's advantage: two distinct modes + pay-per-use + 60s videos.
Face swap content saw 704% growth in 2025, driven by TikTok's "dancing photo" trend and enterprise adoption for training video updates. The deepfake AI market reached $850M in 2025 and is projected to hit $7.27B by 2031 (42.8% CAGR). AI VFX — the broader category including face swap — is a $4.87B market growing to $28.66B by 2035.
Traditional face swap requires desktop software, powerful GPUs, and technical expertise. Tools like DeepFaceLab need NVIDIA GPUs and hours of training per face. Online AI face swap eliminates all of that — upload your image and video, get results in 60 seconds, from any device with a browser. No installation, no GPU requirements, no learning curve.
Unlike generic video-to-video approaches, Imagera uses PoseNet to detect 17 key body points (head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles) in each frame of the reference video. This skeleton data maps movement precisely to your character's proportions, producing natural-looking motion that respects body mechanics. Combined with WAN 2.2 Animate (released September 2025), this pipeline delivers state-of-the-art face swap video with better hands, physics-correct interactions, and reduced motion blur.
Corporate training teams save $2,000–$10,000 per video by replacing departed employees in training footage instead of reshooting. Marketing agencies create localized content by swapping presenters for different markets — 70% savings over traditional localization. The "dancing photo" trend alone generated 2.1B+ views on TikTok in early 2026. Privacy-conscious organizations use face swap for GDPR-compliant anonymization of documentary and news footage.
Traditional motion capture systems (Vicon, Qualisys) cost $200K–$2M. Professional VFX compositing runs $1,000–$50,000 per minute of footage. AI face swap delivers comparable results at $1–$2 per 5 seconds — a 95–99% cost reduction. A full 60-second face swap video costs $12–$24 on Imagera versus thousands in a traditional studio.
Animate characters with motion capture in three steps
Upload the character image you want to animate. This can be an illustrated character, photograph, or any figure you want to bring to life with movement.
Supported formats: JPG, PNG
Upload a reference video showing the movement you want to transfer. PoseNet AI analyzes poses and extracts skeleton tracking data.
60 credits/5s (~$1.85)
The AI combines your character with the detected motion to create a realistic animated video with natural movement in 40-60 seconds.
High-quality video output
Imagera AI Character Replacement swaps faces and transfers motion between characters in videos. Upload a source video and target face to create photorealistic face swaps with natural motion transfer. Browser-based with pay-per-use pricing.
AI Character Replacement Imagera AI Character Replacement uses deep learning to swap faces and transfer body motion between characters in video. Creates seamless, photorealistic results with accurate lighting and expression matching.
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Common questions about AI pose transfer animation
Two modes for different use cases: **Animate Photo (Move Mode)** makes your photo copy the motion from a driving video while keeping your image's background. **Character Replacement (Mix Mode)** swaps the person in a video with your character while keeping the original video's background and scene. Choose Animate Photo for "dancing photo" effects. Choose Character Replacement to update existing video footage with a new person.
AI Character Replacement uses WAN 2.2 Animate with PoseNet skeleton tracking to capture human movement from a reference video and apply it to a character image. The AI detects 17 key body points (joints, limbs, torso) and recreates the same poses and movements on your character. You can either animate your photo with the motion (Move Mode) or replace the person in the video (Mix Mode).
Use **Animate Photo (Move Mode)**. This transfers the dance moves from a driving video onto your photo while preserving your image's original background. Perfect for viral content where you want your photo to "come alive" and dance. The 704% growth in face swap content is driven by exactly this use case.
Use **Character Replacement (Mix Mode)**. This replaces the person in your existing training video with a new presenter photo while keeping the original video's background, lighting, and scene intact. Save $2,000-$10,000+ per video that would otherwise require reshooting.
Just 60 credits per 5-second clip (~$1.85) for all resolutions. Scale to any length up to 60 seconds — no subscription required, pay only for what you create.
You can transfer various types of motion including walking, dancing, gesturing, waving, jumping, and other body movements. The AI captures the full range of human motion from your reference video and applies it to the character while maintaining natural movement dynamics and physics-correct interactions.
For character images, we support JPG and PNG formats. Reference/driving videos can be MP4, MOV, or other standard formats. The character image should clearly show the full body or at least the parts you want animated. Maximum video duration is 60 seconds, resolution up to 1920×1080.
Both Animate Photo and Character Replacement typically take 40-60 seconds for processing, regardless of video length. The AI processes pose detection and character animation generation simultaneously for fast turnaround.
Yes! All outputs come with full commercial rights. Use them for marketing videos, training content, social media, films, or any commercial purpose. You own the output videos. Ensure you have consent from any real individuals depicted.
Character replacement supports up to 1920x1080 resolution in square, landscape, or portrait orientation. All resolutions cost the same: 60 credits per 5 seconds (~$1.85). Uses the WAN 2.2 Animate model with Relight LoRA for motion quality and lighting preservation.
AI researchers, engineers & content specialists
Imagera is a unified AI creation platform for images, video, voice and avatars. Outputs ship at up to 16K resolution with no watermark and a commercial license included — choose from 500+ AI models in a single workspace.
A: A Viggle AI and Kling alternative that animates characters using motion from reference videos. Uses PoseNet skeleton tracking + WAN 2.2 Animate (Sep 2025) for realistic motion transfer. Pay-per-use, no subscription required.
A: Just 60 credits per 5-second clip (~$1.85). Scale to any length up to 60 seconds. No subscription required — pay only for what you create.
A: Viggle: Great for memes but limited customization. Kling ($5.99-89.99/mo): Cinema-grade but subscription-locked. Runway ($12-95/mo): 10-second limit. Imagera: Pay-per-use, 60-second videos, any character image, actual skeleton tracking.
A: Yes! The viral 'dancing photo' trend (704% face swap growth in 2025) is our specialty. Upload any photo, provide dance video as reference, get your photo dancing with realistic movement. Perfect for TikTok, Instagram Reels.
A: WAN 2.2 Animate is state-of-the-art for character animation. Better hands, physics-correct interactions, reduced motion blur. Competitive with Sora 2, Kling 3.0, and Hailuo in benchmarks. We use it with PoseNet for best results.
A: Yes, with consent. We're designed for legitimate use: updating training videos, marketing content, animating illustrations, creative projects. Using for non-consensual content, impersonation, or misinformation violates our terms. Always get consent for real people.
Last updated: July 2026 | 6 frequently asked questions
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From 60 credits (~$1.85) per 5-second clip · No subscription required
