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AI Character Swap for Video

Swap anyone in your clip for your own character. The scene, the camera and the sound stay. Check the first frame for cents, and see the exact price, before you pay for the full clip.

Swap your own See all the results
  • The scene, the camera and the sound stay
  • A first-frame preview for 14 credits before the full run
  • The exact price, per second, shown first
A woman in a white tee and olive cargo pants dances in a white photo studio, swapped into Hana: the original on the left, the swap on the right BeforeAfter: Hana
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Pick a clip

Pick a character

Studio dance as HanaPro, 720p: a 5 second clip costs 187 credits. Runs on Kling O3 Video Edit Standard.

Swap your own

The wall

Three clips. Eight real swaps.

Each row is one source clip made in Ziztu, then swapped into two or three characters. Every file is a real run of the engine named below it, kept as it came out. We left out the one that failed: Ember, a red panda, came back with a human face on the studio dance, so it is not here. These runs were made at 480p, the size under Basic, which runs at 580p: a 5 second swap costs 75 credits on Basic, and a 14 credits first-frame preview shows you the character before you pay.

A woman in a white tee and olive cargo pants dances in a white photo studioYour clip
Studio danceOne woman, full body, a white studio
A woman in a white tee and olive cargo pants dances in a white photo studio, swapped into HanaHana
HanaAnime
A woman in a white tee and olive cargo pants dances in a white photo studio, swapped into KaiKai
KaiPhoto
A man in a red hoodie and black joggers dances on a city streetYour clip
Street danceOne man, full body, a city street
A man in a red hoodie and black joggers dances on a city street, swapped into HanaHana
HanaAnime
A man in a red hoodie and black joggers dances on a city street, swapped into NovaNova
NovaPhoto
A man in a red hoodie and black joggers dances on a city street, swapped into EmberEmber
Ember3D mascot
A cafe worker with two coffees looks at a man in a navy suit stepping out of a black carYour clip
Two peopleA cafe worker and a man in a suit, a street
A cafe worker with two coffees looks at a man in a navy suit stepping out of a black car, swapped into NovaNova
NovaPhoto
A cafe worker with two coffees looks at a man in a navy suit stepping out of a black car, swapped into HanaHana
HanaAnime
A cafe worker with two coffees looks at a man in a navy suit stepping out of a black car, swapped into KaiKai
KaiPhoto

How it works

From your clip to a new character, in four steps

  1. 01

    Bring a clip

    Upload up to 30 seconds, or start from one of ours. Trim the part you want: you pay only for the seconds you keep.

    Free to add

  2. 02

    Choose the character

    Add a photo, a picture you made, or write who they are and we draw them for 4 credits. Real people only from photos you have the right to use, and only adults.

    Photo, picture or description

    Hana, an anime woman with pink twin tails and a yellow bomber jacket
    Hana
    Nova, a woman with a silver bob and an electric blue puffer jacket
    Nova
    Ember, a 3D red panda character in a mint green hoodie and yellow sneakers
    Ember
    Kai, a man with ginger curls and an orange bomber jacket
    Kai

  3. 03

    Check the first frame

    Before the full render, we put your character in the first frame of your clip. It is a picture, so it takes seconds and costs 14 credits. The swap follows this frame, so a good frame means a good swap.

    14 credits

    The first frame of the street dance clip with Hana already standing where the man stoodFirst-frame preview

  4. 04

    Get the swap

    The scene, the camera and the timing of every move stay. Drag a slider across the result to compare it with your clip, and download the MP4. Pick Basic, Pro or Ultra: the price shows before you run. This one is Pro, 720p: 5 seconds cost 187 credits.

    Pro 187 credits for 5 s

  5. 05

    Or make it anime

    Anime-ify redraws the person in your clip as an anime version of themselves and swaps them in. The street stays real, the person does not.

    Anime-ify

Four ways

Change who is in the clip, or what is around them

Same two source clips, four modes, and what Basic, Pro and Ultra cost for 5 seconds. Tap a card to play it.

The man in the red hoodie swapped into Nova, a woman with a silver bob and a blue puffer jacket, dancing on the same streetNovaThe original: A man in a red hoodie and black joggers dances on a city street

Swap the character

Replace the person with your character. Everything else in the clip stays.

For 5 s: Basic 75, Pro 187, Ultra 291 credits

Good for One person or two, a scene you already shot

The man in the red hoodie, swapped into Nova. Made with Wan 2.2 Animate Replace at 480p; Basic runs it at 580p.

The man in the red hoodie, redrawn as an anime character with line art and flat shading, dancing on the same streetAnimeThe original: A man in a red hoodie and black joggers dances on a city street

Anime-ify

Redraw the whole clip as anime, from a sentence of your words. The moves and the camera stay.

For 5 s: 38 credits (Basic)

Good for An anime version of yourself or your clip, a trend in your style

The same man, redrawn from one sentence of words. Basic: FLUX 3 Edit Video, 720p. No first frame to check, and half the price of the old way.

Hana, in her own blue studio, doing the dance of the studio clipHanaThe original: A woman in a white tee and olive cargo pants dances in a white photo studio

Copy the motion

Your character does the moves of your clip, in its own scene.

For 5 s: Basic 75, Pro 187, Ultra 291 credits

Good for Make your character do a trend or a dance

Hana in her own blue studio, doing the studio dance. Made with Wan 2.2 Animate Move at 480p; Pro and Ultra run on Kling 3.0 Motion Control, which we also tested: clean hands and face, 1168 x 1776 on Ultra.

The studio dancer on a sunny rooftop terrace full of green plants with a city skyline behind her, described in wordsBackgroundThe original: A woman in a white tee and olive cargo pants dances in a white photo studio

Object or background

Describe a new background or a changed object, or add a picture to swap in.

For 5 s: 38 credits in words (Basic); with a picture 38 (Basic) or 60 (Pro)

Good for A product, a prop or a new place

The studio swapped for a sunny rooftop terrace, from one sentence: "a sunny rooftop terrace full of plants, with a city skyline". Basic: FLUX 3 Edit Video. Add a picture instead and it runs on PixVerse.

Basic, Pro or Ultra

Pick the quality. We pick the model.

You choose Basic, Pro or Ultra and see the exact price. Underneath, we route your request to the model that does it best for what you asked, the clip length and the number of people, and if one fails we try the next one for you at no extra cost. We ran one clip of a cafe worker and a man in a suit on Basic, Pro and Ultra. Basic and Pro swapped the woman and left the man; Pro put in the character from the photo, outfit included, at 720p. Ultra recast both people from two photos at once, sharper still. Tested 19 October 2026.

A cafe worker with two coffees looks at a man in a navy suit stepping out of a black carYour clip
Original5 seconds
The cafe worker swapped into Nova on the Basic tier; the man is unchangedBasic
Wan 2.2 Animate Replace, 580pOne person. 75 credits for 5 s
The cafe worker swapped into Nova, with a silver bob and a blue puffer jacket, on the Pro tier; the man in the suit is unchangedPro
Kling O3 Video Edit StandardOne person. 187 credits for 5 s
The same two people, both recast: the cafe worker as Nova in a blue puffer jacket and the man as Kai in an orange bomber jacketUltra
Kling O3 Video Edit ProTwo people. 291 credits for 5 s
What runs under each tier, and what we saw on our test clips
What you ask forTierRuns onClip length5 secondsWhat we saw
Swap the characterBasicWan 2.2 Animate Replace, 580p2 to 15 s75 credits15 credits a secondHeld the dance, hands and edges on a woman and a man, and took on a photo, an anime and a mascot look. A character with a non-human head can come back with a human face: a robot did, and a red panda did on one of two clips.
Swap the characterProKling O3 Video Edit Standard3 to 15 s187 credits37 credits a secondSwapped in the character from the photo, outfit included, with clean hands and edges and no preview step; on the cafe clip it changed only the woman. The picture at the top of this page is a Pro run.
Swap the characterUltraKling O3 Video Edit Pro3 to 15 s291 credits58 credits a secondRecast two people at once with new outfits, sharper at 768p, and kept the sound.
Anime-ifyBasicFLUX 3 Edit Video2 to 15 s38 credits7.6 credits a secondThe whole clip redrawn as clean anime from one sentence: line art, flat shading, the same moves. Far cleaner than our first try with Wan and a redrawn first frame.
Anime-ifyProNot offered--Basic already runs on the best model we tested here, and no higher tier does better. A higher tier would only cost more.
Anime-ifyUltraNot offered--Basic already runs on the best model we tested here, and no higher tier does better. A higher tier would only cost more.
Copy the motionBasicWan 2.2 Animate Move, 580p2 to 15 s75 credits15 credits a secondPut Hana in her own studio doing the moves of the clip.
Copy the motionProKling 3.0 Motion Control Standard3 to 30 s187 credits37 credits a secondKling Motion Control Standard on the studio dance: clean hands, face and hair, 768 x 1168, a clear step up from Wan Move at 480p.
Copy the motionUltraKling 3.0 Motion Control Pro3 to 30 s291 credits58 credits a secondKling Motion Control Pro on the studio dance: the same clean hands and face as Standard, at 1168 x 1776.
Change the scene in wordsBasicFLUX 3 Edit Video2 to 15 s38 credits7.6 credits a secondA sunny rooftop terrace with plants and a skyline, lit like the scene, from one sentence; the dancer kept her moves. Words only: no picture.
Change the scene in wordsProNot offered--Swapping in a picture runs on Basic and Pro: add the picture. A change in words runs on Basic.
Change the scene in wordsUltraNot offered--Ultra is not offered here yet. Basic (words) and Pro (a picture) are the best we tested.
Swap in a pictureBasicPixVerse Swap, 540p1 to 5 s38 credits7.6 credits a secondWith a picture, PixVerse at 540p: the new place came out grayer than the picture we gave it.
Swap in a pictureProPixVerse Swap, 720p1 to 5 s60 credits12 credits a secondPixVerse at 720p. Not run at this size in our test.
Swap in a pictureUltraNot offered--Ultra is not offered here yet. Basic (words) and Pro (a picture) are the best we tested.

Credits are the exact quote for a 5 second clip, the same function that charges you. A clip is billed per started second. A higher tier costs more because it runs a larger model or more pixels. Model names are the engines we run today and can change; the tier stays.

Anime clips too

Your OC runs through an anime scene

It is not only for real footage. We swapped the runner of an anime rooftop clip for Hana. The run, the rooftops and the sunset light stayed; the character came from one picture. Pro, Kling O3 Video Edit Standard, 3 seconds: 113 credits. Tested 20 October 2026.

An anime clip: a runner with a red scarf leaps across rooftops at sunsetYour clip
Original3 seconds
The same rooftop run at sunset with the runner swapped into Hana, an anime woman with pink twin tails and a yellow jacketHana
Swapped, ProKling O3 Video Edit Standard. 113 credits

Ziztu or Viggle

How it compares with Viggle

Viggle is an app people weigh this against, and its paid plan costs less to start. Here is what is different, from its public pricing page and ours, read on 19 October 2026. Where its page says nothing we write that, not a guess.

ZiztuViggle
How you payCredits. The exact price for your clip, per second, shows before you run it. A 5 second Basic swap is 75 credits.Monthly plans with credits. Its pricing page says credits are used across its tools and models, at costs that vary by feature and model.
Cheapest paid plan$12 a month$7.99 a month (Pro, 80 credits)
Free use40 free credits that pay for the first-frame preview, with a small watermark. No card.A free plan with 5 videos a day, shown with a watermark and stored for 7 days.
See it before you payA first-frame preview with your character in your clip, for 14 credits.Not stated on its pricing page.
Quality you pickBasic, Pro or Ultra, each with its exact price. We route to the best model for your request and name it: Wan 2.2 Animate Replace and Move, H3 Max Recast, Kling 3.0 Motion Control, PixVerse Swap.Not stated on its pricing page.
People per clipUltra recasts up to four people at once. Basic and Pro swap the one you tap.Not stated on its pricing page.

Source for Viggle: viggle.ai/pricing, 19 October 2026. Plans and prices change: check the page before you decide.

Who it is for

What people do with a character swap

  • Recast a micro drama scene

    Try a different lead in a scene you already made, without a reshoot.

    AI micro drama generator

  • An anime version of yourself

    Film a short clip, redraw yourself as an anime character, post the pair.

    AI anime video generator

  • A mascot in an ad

    Put your brand mascot in the footage of a real shoot.

    AI video generator

  • Your OC does the trend

    Your original character does the dance everyone is doing.

    OC maker

  • A VTuber clip

    Move your avatar into a clip of yourself talking or dancing.

    AI dance generator

  • Test a cast before you shoot

    See a script scene with two different leads before you pick one.

    AI script writer

The tool

Use your own clip

Add a clip and a character, check the first frame, see the price, run it. Free accounts get the preview. Plans start at $12 a month.

Hana, an anime woman with pink twin tails and a yellow jacket, takes a selfie at the gas station at sunsetTrending: the gas station dancePut your character in the gas station trend: the dance and the selfie, the car exit coming soon. Pick it in the tool below, or see the example first.
1Pick what you want to do

Add your clip

MP4, MOV or WebM, up to 30 seconds. Or start from one of our clips.

Try it free

Built for adults, and for people who said yes

A character swap puts a new face on a real recording, so we set the rules first. They are in the product, not only on this page. Fictional, anime and cartoon characters are welcome.

  • Adults onlyWe do not swap a child or a teenager, and we do not make one. A request that says so is refused.
  • Only likenesses you can useReal people only from photos you upload, with a tick that you have the right to use their likeness. Every upload step asks for it.
  • No public figuresNo celebrities, politicians or other public figures, by name or by "looks like". The tool refuses the words and the providers' safety checkers stay on for every run.
  • Nothing sexualNude, sexual or suggestive requests are refused, and the providers' output checkers run on every result.
  • Free results are markedResults from free accounts carry a small watermark. Paid results do not.
  • Your filesClips and pictures you upload are deleted within 24 hours.
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Frequently asked questions

What is an AI character swap?

An AI character swap replaces the person in a video with a different character, and keeps what you filmed: the scene, the camera, the timing of every move and the sound. The new character does what the original person did. It is not a face swap: a face swap pastes a face on the same body, a character swap changes the whole person, with their hair, clothes and body shape.

How do I swap a character in a video?

Add a clip of up to 30 seconds, or pick one of ours. Add the character: a photo, a picture you made, or a description we draw for you. Tap the person to swap in the first frame, check the preview picture, pick Basic, Pro or Ultra, and run it. The result comes with a before and after slider and an MP4 download.

How much does an AI character swap cost?

Every price shows before anything runs, for your clip, per second. You pick a quality tier. For a 5 second character swap, Basic costs 75 credits, Pro 187 and Ultra 291 (Ultra at 1080p on H3 Max Recast is 779). The first-frame preview is 14 credits, and drawing a new character from a description is 4 credits. Copying motion costs 75 credits on Basic and 291 on Ultra for 5 seconds, and a background or object change costs 38 on Basic (in words), or 60 on Pro when you swap in a picture; Anime-ify is 38 on Basic. Plans start at $12 a month.

Is the AI character swap free?

The first-frame preview is covered by the 40 free credits of a new account, with no card, and it carries a small watermark. Swapping a whole clip starts on any plan or credit pack. The pre-rendered examples on this page are free to watch, and each one says which engine made it and what it cost.

Should I pick Basic, Pro or Ultra?

Basic is for trying an idea: a fast, low-cost swap at 580p. Pro is the clip you post: it puts in the character from your photo, outfit included, with clean hands and edges, at 720p. Ultra is the best we run: 1080p-class output, up to four people recast from your photos at once, and clips of up to 30 seconds. Underneath, we route each request to the model that does it best for what you asked, and say which one: today Basic runs on Wan 2.2 Animate Replace, Pro on Kling O3 Video Edit Standard and Ultra on Kling O3 Video Edit Pro, or on H3 Max Recast for clips longer than 15 seconds and when you ask for 1080p. If a model cannot make your clip, we try the next one for you and you never pay more than the price you saw.

Can I turn a video into anime with AI?

Yes. Pick Anime-ify, add your clip and, if you like, a sentence about what to keep. The whole clip is redrawn as anime with clean line art and flat shading, and the people, their moves, the camera and the timing stay. It runs on FLUX 3 Edit Video from Black Forest Labs on the Basic tier: 38 credits for 5 seconds, and there is no first frame to check first. In our test it was far cleaner than redrawing the first frame and swapping that in.

Can I change the background of a video with AI?

Yes. Pick Object or background and describe the change in words, for example "a sunny rooftop terrace full of plants, with a city skyline". It runs on FLUX 3 Edit Video on the Basic tier: 38 credits for 5 seconds, up to 15 seconds. In our test the new place was lit like the original scene and the dancer kept her moves. If you want a particular picture in the scene, add the picture instead: that runs on PixVerse Swap, Basic or Pro, up to 5 seconds, and at 540p the new place came out grayer than our picture.

Can I swap two people in the same clip?

Yes, on Ultra. Add one photo per person, up to four; they replace the people in the clip from left to right. Basic and Pro swap one person at a time: tap the person you want in the first frame.

Does the swap keep the original sound?

Yes. In our tests the result kept the sound of the source clip, and the swap keeps the length and the timing of your moves. Copying the motion with Kling 3.0 Motion Control has a switch to keep the original sound or not.

How long can the clip be?

Up to 30 seconds to upload. Basic takes 2 to 15 seconds, Pro 3 to 15 seconds, Ultra 3 to 15 seconds, or 15 to 30 seconds on H3 Max Recast with no single shot over 15 seconds (3 to 30 seconds when it copies motion), and an object or background swap takes up to 5 seconds. Use the trim handles to pick the part you want; you pay only for that part.

Can I use a celebrity, a public figure or a real person?

No public figures or celebrities, by name or by likeness. Real people only from photos you upload, with a tick that you have the right to use their likeness, and only adults. Fictional, anime and cartoon characters you made, or have the right to use, are fine. Results from free accounts carry a watermark, and every result has a report link.

What does the tool get wrong?

It does best with a person-shaped character and a clean first frame. On Basic, a character with a non-human head can come back with a human face: in our tests a robot did, and a red panda did on one of two clips, so we left both out of the gallery. The first-frame preview is how you catch it before you pay. Fast spins, hands crossing the face and very crowded shots are harder. Standard works on one person. A background swap came out grayer than the picture we gave it. The first-frame preview shows you the character before you pay for the full run.

What is the difference between a character swap and copying the motion?

A swap keeps your clip and changes who is in it. Copying the motion does the opposite: your character keeps its own picture and background, and does the moves of your clip. Pick Copy the motion: Basic runs on Wan 2.2 Animate Move, Pro on Kling 3.0 Motion Control Standard and Ultra on Kling 3.0 Motion Control Pro.

Where do my files go?

Clips and pictures you upload are deleted from our servers within 24 hours. The result stays in your account until you delete it, and you can open it in Ziztu Studio to cut it into a project.

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