Liveportrait

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

LivePortrait is Kuaishou's real-time portrait animation model — drive a still image with another person's face video, transferring expression and head motion frame-by-frame. Higher quality and faster than SadTalker for the same use case.

The 2024 evolution of synthetic talking-head video, optimized for real-time deployment.

What it's for

  • Expression transfer — animate still photo with your live face video
  • Eye / lip retargeting — fine-grained control modes
  • Real-time animation — 30 FPS on RTX 4090
  • Cross-identity animation — your face acting → applied to another portrait
  • Game character animation from concept art + voice acting
  • Avatar generation for personal video content

Who it's for

  • Animation studios retargeting facial performances
  • Game studios lipsync from voice + driving video
  • Educational creators with branded character avatars
  • Personal video creators producing animated content
  • VR / metaverse builders for avatar systems

⚠ Same Acceptable Use Policy as SadTalker (see below).

Why teams pick LivePortrait over alternatives

  • MIT license (code) — fully open
  • Higher quality than SadTalker at similar VRAM
  • Real-time speed (30 FPS on RTX 4090)
  • Multiple retargeting modes — eyes only, eyes + lips, full expression
  • Kuaishou backing — major Chinese video platform's research arm
  • Active development + community LoRAs

Integrations

  • Gradio web UI included
  • Pair with: XTTS / F5-TTS for audio → driving video → portrait (advanced workflow)
  • Pair with: SDXL / Flux for source portrait generation
  • ComfyUI nodes — community wrappers
  • CLI mode for batch

⚠ Acceptable Use Policy

  • No impersonation without consent — written permission required
  • Always disclose — label outputs as AI-generated when published
  • No fraud / scam / defamation — synthetic faces in deceptive contexts off-limits
  • Personal use: your own face animating your own portrait — OK
  • Educational / creative: with proper license / consent — OK
  • Commercial use: ALL source materials must have proper licenses

Notable users & community

  • 14k+ GitHub stars
  • Kuaishou (KwaiVGI) research backing
  • Featured in mid-2024 synthetic video roundups
  • Active research community + commercial early adopters
  • Multiple ethical-deployment workflows published

Tips & operations

  • Source portrait: high-res, frontal, single face
  • Driving video: your face acting (or licensed footage), clear lighting
  • Modes:
    • Eyes-only: minimal change, subtle animation
    • Eyes + lips: dialogue retargeting
    • Full expression + head motion: dramatic animation
  • Resolution: 256×256 default; 512×512 supported (slower)
  • Speed: 30 FPS on RTX 4090, ~5-15 FPS on RTX 3060
  • VRAM: 8 GB GPU recommended

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Cloned KwaiVGI/LivePortrait repo
  • pytorch CUDA 12.4 base + ffmpeg
  • Gradio app launcher
  • Persistent volumes: repo, pretrained_weights (~2 GB), output (MP4)
  • Port 7875 mapped (Gradio default 8890)
  • Install report at /root/bluixapps/liveportrait.txt
  • Acceptable Use Policy prominently noted
  • LivePortrait vs SadTalker positioning explained
  • Pairing suggestions (XTTS for audio, SDXL for portrait, advanced workflow notes)
  • GPU pre-flight check via bluixapps_ensure_nvidia_runtime
  • Backup hook covers weights + outputs
Read this app's deep dive on bluix.app ↗

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