Are you tired of seeing the same old static lifeless portraits? Do you wish you can bring any portrait to life? Well, now you can, and today I'm going to show you how.

Life Portrait is an incredible new tool that allows you to perfectly transform any portrait image into an animated talking image. You simply need to provide a video of someone talking and a source image, and it will then transfer the video onto the image, giving you an amazing quality result.

With a bit of editing and RVC, you can even give your character a new voice that fits perfectly. I'll show you how to do this from scratch, so sit back, relax, and let's get started.

The installation process is straightforward, with both a one-click installer for my Patreon supporters and a manual installation method. Once installed, you can easily upload your source image and video, enable the necessary options, and click "Animate" to see the magic happen.

The results are truly incredible, with the precision and quality of the animation being highly impressive. You can take this even further by combining a video clip of someone talking with a different source image, and then using RVC to apply a custom voice to the character.

Don't worry if you don't have a powerful computer, as I'll also show you how to use RunPod to run the Life Portrait software on a rented GPU, making it accessible to everyone.

The potential of this technology is vast, and with the upcoming ability to use a video as the source, the possibilities will only continue to expand. So, give Life Portrait a try and unleash your creativity!

To install Life Portrait, you have two options:

1. One-Click Installer (for Patreon Supporters):

   • Download the files onto your computer.
   • If you don't have FFmpeg installed, run the installer file as an administrator to automatically install it.
   • Double-click the launch.bat file to install and launch the Life Portrait web UI.

2. Manual Installation:

   • Ensure you have Python, Git, and FFmpeg installed on your system.
   • Clone the Life Portrait repository using the provided GitHub URL.
   • Create a virtual environment for Python and activate it.
   • Install the required dependencies, including PyTorch.
   • Delete the pre-trained weights folder.
   • Download the pre-trained models from the provided Hugging Face repository.
   • Launch the web UI by running the python app.py command.

Once installed, you can easily transform any portrait image into an animated, talking character by following the instructions provided in the web UI. The process is straightforward, and the results are impressive, allowing you to bring your portraits to life with ease.

To animate your source image using the driving video, follow these steps:

1. Upload your source image. This can be any portrait or image you want to animate.
2. Upload your driving video. This is the video that will provide the animation for your source image.
3. Scroll down to the "Animation Instructions and Options" section.
4. If your source image is not a square, enable the "Do crop source" option.
5. If your driving video is not a square, enable the "Do crop driving video" option.
6. Click the "Animate" button and wait for the process to complete.

The tool will then transfer the animation from the driving video onto your source image, resulting in a realistic, animated portrait. The precision and quality of the animation are quite impressive, bringing your static image to life.

You can further enhance the result by applying additional video editing techniques, such as changing the voice of the animated character using tools like RVC. This allows you to create unique and customized animated portraits that fit your needs.

To further enhance your animated portraits, you can leverage voice customization capabilities. By separating the audio from the video and using tools like RVC (Real Voice Changer), you can apply a custom voice that perfectly fits your character.

Here's how you can do it:

1. Obtain a clip of someone speaking that you want to use as the basis for your animation.
2. Upload your source portrait image to the Life Portrait tool.
3. Enable the "Do crop driving video" option if your video is not square.
4. Click the "Animate" button and wait for the process to complete.
5. Separate the audio from the generated video using a basic video editing tool.
6. Use RVC to convert the audio to a voice that better suits your character. Adjust the transfer value as needed to achieve the desired effect.
7. Combine the custom audio with the animated video to create the final result.

The combination of Life Portrait's animation capabilities and voice customization allows you to bring your portraits to life with a unique and personalized touch. Experiment with different voice styles and character expressions to create truly captivating and immersive animated content.

Don't worry even if you don't have a powerful computer to run the life portrait, I will show you how to use RunPod to do the exact same thing.

First, all you have to do if you don't have a RunPod account is click the link in the description down below and create a new account on RunPod. Then, click on "Deploy", and to save money, you're going to select "Community cloud" and then scroll down until you see the RTX 3090. Select it, click "Change template", make sure that you have selected "Romu py 2.1", and then click "Deploy on demand".

Next, you're going to click "My pods", wait for everything to be installed, and then click "Connect" to connect to Jupyter Lab. If you are one of my Patreon supporters, this is going to be very easy for you because I made a one-click installer for you to use. Just drag and drop the RunPod installer inside the workspace, click on the terminal icon, and then copy and paste the two lines of code that you will find in the Patreon post and press enter. This will install life portrait automatically.

Once this is done, in the end, you should get a public URL that if you click on it will open the web UI as if it was running on your local computer. Simple as that, you really don't need to do anything.

If you're not a Patreon supporter, don't worry, I will also show you how to do it the manual way. First, click on the terminal icon, then before doing anything, we're going to install FFMpeg with these two commands: apt-get update and apt-get install -y ffmpeg. Then, we're going to clone the repository, go inside the folder, and install the requirements. Just like for the local install, we're going to delete the pre-trained weights folder, install GLSF with these three commands, download the models repository, and finally, launch the web UI with the command python app.py --share.

In the end, you'll get a public URL that if you click on it will launch the web UI, ready to be used.

The life portrait software has the potential to take things even further in the near future. Very soon, it may be possible to use source videos instead of just static images. This would allow for even more realistic and dynamic animations.

Imagine taking a video of a woman with an open mouth, looking to the side, and merging it with a video of a man smiling. The result would be a man smiling with an open mouth, looking to the side - an incredibly realistic and seamless animation.

This kind of video-to-video merging capability is expected to be added to the life portrait tool in the coming days. So by the time you're watching this, you may already be able to experiment with using videos as the source, rather than just images.

The possibilities with this technology are truly exciting. The ability to combine multiple video sources to create unique, lifelike animations opens up a whole new world of creative potential. With the right tools and a bit of experimentation, you can bring any portrait to life in truly remarkable ways.

The life portrait tool is an incredible new technology that allows you to transform any portrait image into an animated talking image. By simply providing a source image and a video of someone talking, the tool can seamlessly transfer the video onto the image, creating a highly realistic and engaging animated character.

The process is straightforward, with the option to either use a one-click installer or a manual installation process. The tool also provides the ability to further enhance the result by applying custom voice modifications using tools like RVC, allowing you to give your character a unique and fitting voice.

Even if you don't have a powerful computer, the tool can be easily set up on a cloud-based platform like RunPod, providing you with the necessary resources to run the tool and create your desired animations.

The potential of this technology is truly exciting, as it opens up new possibilities for creative expression and storytelling. With the upcoming ability to use video as a source, the possibilities will only continue to expand, allowing you to merge various video sources and create truly unique and captivating animated portraits.

Overall, the life portrait tool is a game-changer in the world of portrait animation, and it's definitely worth exploring and experimenting with to unleash your creative potential.