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AI Character Swap: Drop Any Character Into a Video

Pick a trending clip or upload your own, add an image of your character, and the AI recasts the person on screen as them. The moves, camera, timing and sound stay as filmed. Up to 15 seconds per swap, from 24 credits per second.

Character Swap

Driving video

Upload a video with no camera cuts

Or pick a trending video

Cliptalk Character Swap24 cr/s

Swap any character in your video

Keep original sound

Swaps need an account and credits: 24 credits per second of video on this tier.

How to Swap a Character Into a Video

An AI character swap follows the person in the clip frame by frame and repaints them as your character. Nothing else in the shot changes.

1. Pick a video

One of the 31 trending clips, or your own upload trimmed to the part you want, up to 15 seconds.

2. Add your character

One clear image is enough. Front-facing, with the face and body visible, works best.

3. Swap and download

Choose Fast, High or Pro, see the price, and get an MP4 in your media library.

Characters You Can Swap In

If you can show it in one picture, you can put it in a video.

Cartoon and anime characters

Flat 2D art and anime styles carry over to a real moving body, outfit included.

3D, game and VTuber avatars

Your own 3D character or avatar, moving like a real person in a real place.

Mascots and brand characters

Put your brand's mascot into a dance, a street walk or a product moment.

You, or a version of you

A photo of yourself to star in a trending clip, or a stylized picture to appear as your character.

Character Swap vs Motion Transfer

Both give your character someone else's moves. Character swap keeps the real video around them.

Character swap (this tool)Motion transfer
You start fromA real video and a character imageA character image and a reference clip
BackgroundThe video's own sceneUsually your image's background, or a new one
Camera movesKept exactly as filmedRebuilt by the model
Original soundKept (or muted, your choice)Varies by tool
Best forRecasting a real shot with your characterMaking a still character move

Trending Videos to Swap Into

The tool comes with 31 ready-made clips: dances, street-style walks, stage moments, driving shots, a lip sync and a couple of cats. Each is 15 seconds or shorter, so you pick one, add your character and swap, with no trimming.

Where Character Swaps Get Used

One clip, as many characters as you like.

Trend remakes

Join a dance or meme trend as your character instead of on camera yourself.

Brand mascots

Give a mascot real moves for social posts and ads, without animating a frame.

Streamers and VTubers

Turn a real clip of you into your avatar for shorts and channel intros.

Skits and stories

Film one performance, then recast it with different characters for each episode.

What a Character Swap Costs

  • 24 credits per second at 720p (Fast and High), 48 per second at 1080p (Pro). A 10-second swap is 240 or 480 credits.
  • The $19 Basic plan's 3,000 monthly credits cover about 125 seconds of 720p swaps.
  • You see the price before you start, and a swap that fails gives the credits back.

Characters and Videos You Can Use

  • Characters you created or have the rights to use. Famous film, game and anime characters belong to their owners.
  • Real people only with their consent. No public figures, no minors, no sexual content.
  • A safety filter checks every swap. When you post the result, say it was made with AI.

Want to change a person's whole look rather than bring in a character? Try the AI body swap. Want your character to talk? The AI talking character tool makes it speak your script. To caption the result, use the video meme generator.

Frequently asked questions

An AI character swap puts a character of your choice into a real video, from a single image. The AI follows the person in the clip frame by frame and repaints them as your character, while the moves, camera, timing, background and sound stay as filmed.

Pick one of the trending videos in the tool or upload your own clip, then add an image of your character and press Swap. Uploads longer than 5 seconds open a trimmer so you can keep the part you want, up to 15 seconds. The finished MP4 plays on the page and is saved in your Cliptalk media library.

Any character you can show in one image: a cartoon, an anime character, a 3D render, a game or VTuber avatar, a mascot, or a photo of a person. Clear, front-facing images where the face and body are visible give the most faithful result.

Yes. Use a clear photo of yourself to star in any of the trending clips, or a stylized picture of you (a cartoon or 3D version) to appear as that character instead.

No. Character swaps need a Cliptalk account and credits: 24 credits per second of video at 720p and 48 per second at 1080p. A 10-second swap costs 240 credits at 720p or 480 at 1080p. You see the price before you start, and if a swap fails you get the credits back.

31 ready-made clips in the tool, from dances and street-style walks to stage moments, driving shots and a couple of cats. Each one is already 15 seconds or shorter, so you pick it, add your character and swap, with no trimming.

Up to 15 seconds per swap. You can upload a longer video (up to 10 minutes and 200 MB, as MP4, MOV or WebM) and trim it to the part you want. The result keeps your clip's aspect ratio, so vertical stays vertical.

Yes, up to 3 in one clip. Character 1 replaces the main person, and you can add more for a group shot and say who goes where, for example "character 2 replaces the woman on the right".

No. Motion transfer animates your character image with the moves from a reference clip, usually in your image's own background. Character swap keeps the real video, its scene, camera and sound, and only replaces the person in it.

Use characters you created or have the rights to use. Well-known characters from films, games and anime belong to their owners, and real people should only appear with their consent. No public figures, no minors, no sexual content.

Put your character in the next trend

Pick a clip, add your character, and get the MP4 in a few minutes.

Swap a character

Free credits on signup · no credit card

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