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Animate Any Portrait or Illustration with Expressive Head & Eye Control Using Open-Source LivePortrait

Standard talking-head tools look robotic because only the mouth moves. Use KwaiVGI’s open-source LivePortrait with Stitching and Retargeting control to transfer nuanced eyebrow raises, eye gaze, head tilts and lip motions from a webcam video onto any portrait, anime character or pet photo.

CORE TOOLS LivePortrait (Open Source), ComfyUI-LivePortraitKJ, Gradio WebUI

BEST FOR Short-video creators, e-commerce designers, VTubers, photo restorers

REQUIREMENTS 4GB+ VRAM GPU or Apple Silicon Mac (or free Hugging Face Space)

✦ WHY THIS WORKFLOW

Most talking-photo tools only flap the lower jaw while the eyes stay dead. LivePortrait transfers micro-expressions, eyebrow motion and gaze shifts at blazing speed on consumer GPUs.

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Step-by-Step Action Checklist

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✓ Step 1 [Launch LivePortrait Gradio UI or ComfyUI node]: Run the official Gradio app (`python app.py` or `app_animals.py` for pets) on any 4GB+ VRAM GPU or Apple Silicon Mac.
✓ Step 2 [Enable Stitching & Relative Motion]: Upload your source portrait and driving video, keeping `Stitching` and `Relative Motion` enabled so the neck and background blend seamlessly.
✓ Step 3 [Fine-tune Eye & Lip Retargeting sliders]: Adjust eye-openness and lip-retargeting ratios so winks, smiles and gaze direction match naturally without distortion.
✓ Step 4 [Use Portrait Editing sliders for still photos]: Switch to the still-image editing tab to fix closed eyes, adjust head pitch/yaw, or add a subtle smile to any static photo.

READY-TO-USE PROMPT TEMPLATE

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I am using open-source **LivePortrait** to animate a static portrait from a driving video, and I want to eliminate neck seams, exaggerated mouth opening, or wandering eye gaze.
Provide:
1) Optimal parameter settings for `driving_multiplier`, `relative_motion`, `stitching`, and `lip_zero` retargeting thresholds;
2) How to use LivePortrait’s static retargeting sliders (`eye_ratio`, `lip_ratio`, `head_pitch/yaw/roll`) to rescue a closed-eye group photo;
3) The best pipeline for chaining TTS audio with LivePortrait for full talking-head videos.

Use Cases & Tags:

Bringing vintage family photos and oil paintings to lifeTurning static e-commerce fashion photos into 3-second motion loopsDriving anime illustrations and game avatars from a webcamFixing closed eyes or stiff smiles in portrait photos via image retargeting#liveportrait

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