🚀 Bring Photos to Life: Animate Any Character with Your Expressions

Ever wondered what it would look like if a photo could mimic your facial expressions? 🤯

In this demo, we use Fal.ai’s Live Portrait AI to animate still images! Upload a character image, record a short video of yourself, and watch as the character comes to life matching your movements and expressions perfectly.

In this demo, my face is matching Lady Gaga… yes, I’ve officially become a pop star… in AI form!

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👉 Links & Resources

• Fal.ai Homepage
• Live Portrait Model

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🚀 Clone and Run

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Ashot72/Live-Portrait-AI

# Navigate into the project directory
cd Live-Portrait-AI

# Copy .env.local,example to create a new .env.local file, then add your FAL_KEY.
cp env.local.example .env.local

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the development server
npm run dev

# The app will be available at http://localhost:3000

🛠 Debugging in VS Code

• Open the Run view (View → Run or Ctrl+Shift+D) to access the debug configuration

📺 Video: Watch on YouTube