Swap a face in any video

An AI video face swap replaces the face of a person in a video with a face from another image, on every frame. The body, the clothes, the background and above all the performance stay the same: the head turns, the expressions and the lip movement of the original carry over onto the new face.

Mage’s Video Face Swap app takes two inputs: the video and one image of the face to swap in. It applies the new identity across the whole clip, keeps the original pose, motion, expressions and lip movements, and keeps the original audio by default. You pick the video model that does the work, with Lemon as the default.

Face swapping is powerful, which is why Mage asks you to confirm you have permission to use the people, faces and voices in your uploads before you generate. Harmful deepfakes are strictly forbidden, and so is any non-consensual imagery of real people. Within those lines, it is a fast way to recast a scene, localize a spot or put your own character into footage.

The face photo matters most. Use a sharp, evenly lit, front-facing image with the whole face visible: no sunglasses, no hand in front of the mouth, no heavy filters. A photo at a similar angle and in similar light to the video helps the swap sit naturally in the scene.

The video matters next. Clips where the face is reasonably large in frame and not hidden for long stretches swap most cleanly. Fast whip pans, extreme profiles and faces covered by hair or hands are the hardest frames for any face swap; if a few frames look off, try a different model or a shorter section of the clip.

A face swap changes the face and keeps the rest. If you want to replace the whole person, outfit and body included, use the AI character swap, which has a video version too. For a still photo, the AI face swap page covers the image app.

• Use a sharp, front-facing face photo in even light.
• Match the angle and lighting of the video where you can.
• Pick clips where the face is visible most of the time.
• Trim the source to the part you need before uploading.
• Try Cherry 2 Pro when the default result is not strong enough.

Before every swap, the app shows a permission checkbox: you confirm that you have permission to use the content you upload, including any likeness or voice in it. Unchecking it blocks the swap, and checking it is a statement you are responsible for. Below it, Mage states plainly that harmful deepfakes are strictly forbidden.

In practice that means swapping your own face, faces of people who have agreed, characters you created, or performers you have the rights to. It never means putting a real person into a video they did not agree to, impersonating someone to deceive, or anything involving minors. Those uses are against Mage’s terms on every model and every app.

Swaps you make are private by default. Nothing you create is posted anywhere unless you post it yourself.