Built for one clear face replacement
Use this tool when your source photo has one primary person and you want to place a different face into that same photo. For group photos, use Multi Image Face Swap so each detected face can be mapped separately.
Reemplaza un rostro principal en una foto con una nueva imagen facial.
Sube la imagen original que contiene el rostro que quieres reemplazar.
Sube un retrato claro para colocarlo en el medio original.
Costo estimado
5 créditos
Single Image Face Swap is an AI photo tool for replacing one main face in a source image with a replacement portrait while keeping the original photo's pose, framing, background, and overall scene.
Use this tool when your source photo has one primary person and you want to place a different face into that same photo. For group photos, use Multi Image Face Swap so each detected face can be mapped separately.
The original image controls the composition, body pose, outfit, lighting direction, and background. The replacement portrait provides the face identity that should appear in the final image.
Use face swap for your own images, approved portraits, character concepts, internal mockups, or playful social edits where the people involved have permission to be represented.
The left image shows the original target photo. The circular avatar marks the replacement face, and the right image shows the same photo after the face swap while keeping the pose, outfit, background, and lighting.

This tool does not need a prompt. The target image controls the scene, and the replacement portrait controls the face identity.
| Upload | What it provides | Before you generate |
|---|---|---|
Target photo | The body, pose, clothing, background, camera framing, and lighting that should remain in the final image. | Use one clear main face. Crop or choose another photo if the face is tiny, cut off, hidden, or mixed with multiple similar faces. |
Replacement portrait | The new face identity that should be blended into the target photo. | Use one visible face with a similar angle and lighting direction. Avoid screenshots, heavy filters, masks, sunglasses, or group portraits. |
Final image | A single edited photo that keeps the original scene while replacing the main face. | Review the eyes, jawline, hairline, skin tone, and consent status before downloading or sharing the result. |
Single-image face swap works best when the job is focused: one source photo, one replacement face, and a final image that should still look like the original scene.
| Task | Why this tool fits | Check before generating |
|---|---|---|
Personal photo edit | Replace the face in a portrait, costume photo, travel shot, or profile-style image without rebuilding the whole picture. | Use images you own or have permission to edit. Avoid photos where the face is tiny, heavily covered, or blurred. |
Character and concept preview | Test how a face might look in a different outfit, pose, or visual setting before creating a larger image or video workflow. | Choose a source image with lighting and angle close to the replacement portrait for a more natural result. |
Social and meme creative | Create a quick face swap image for a joke, reaction image, avatar variation, or private creative draft. | Make the edit clearly permission-based and avoid impersonation, deception, or sensitive contexts. |
The workflow uses two images: the target image that contains the face to replace, and the replacement face image that provides the new identity.
Choose the photo that should keep its body, pose, clothing, background, and overall composition.
Use a clear portrait with a visible face, stable lighting, and minimal obstruction from glasses, hair, masks, or strong shadows.
After both images finish uploading, create the task and review the result in your history panel.
Check whether the swapped face matches the source photo's angle and lighting. If it looks off, try a clearer face image or a source photo with less motion blur.
Input quality matters more than long instructions. These checks help the AI preserve the photo while producing a cleaner face blend.
| Upload | Works best | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
Target image | One primary face, medium or close framing, visible facial landmarks, stable lighting, and enough resolution to inspect the face. | Extreme side profiles, heavy blur, tiny faces, strong occlusion, harsh shadows, or faces cut off by the image edge. |
Replacement face | A front-facing or slightly angled portrait with open eyes, clear skin texture, and similar lighting direction to the target image. | Low-resolution screenshots, sunglasses, masks, strong beauty filters, exaggerated expressions, or portraits with multiple faces. |
Final review | Check face alignment, hairline edges, jaw shape, skin tone, and whether the result still fits the original photo. | Publishing results without consent, using edits in misleading contexts, or treating the first result as final when the inputs can be improved. |
Most weak results come from input mismatch. Try changing one image at a time so you can see what improved the output.
| Problem | Likely cause | Try this next |
|---|---|---|
Face edges or hairline look pasted on | The target face is partly covered, the replacement portrait has a very different angle, or the lighting is inconsistent. | Use a cleaner target photo and a replacement portrait with a closer head angle. Avoid hair, hats, or shadows crossing the face. |
Skin tone or expression feels unnatural | The replacement portrait has strong filters, exaggerated expression, or lighting that does not match the target photo. | Try a neutral portrait with open eyes, normal expression, and lighting from a similar direction. |
The result is soft or low detail | One of the uploaded images is a low-resolution screenshot, compressed social image, or small crop. | Upload a higher-resolution original image where the face area is large enough to inspect. |
The wrong face changes | The target photo contains multiple visible faces, so a single-image workflow may not match your intent. | Crop the image to one main face or switch to Multi Image Face Swap for group photos. |
Single Image Face Swap is intentionally narrow: one still image, one primary face, one replacement portrait.
| Your task | Better choice | Why |
|---|---|---|
A group photo has several faces to replace | Multi Image Face Swap | It detects multiple faces and lets you map each person to a separate replacement portrait. |
The source media is a video | Single Video Face Swap or Multi Video Face Swap | Video workflows track face movement across frames instead of editing one still image. |
You want to redesign the whole scene | Image to Image AI | Face swap keeps the original photo as the base. Use image editing or generation when clothing, background, pose, or style should change. |
You do not have permission to use a real person's likeness | Do not generate or share the swap | Face swap should be consent-based and should not be used for impersonation, harassment, or misleading sensitive content. |
Common questions about using PopcornAI to swap one face in a photo.
You can read the tool guide and prepare your images before signing in. Creating a face swap task requires signing in so your uploads, credits, and generation history can be managed.
Single Image Face Swap is for one primary face in one photo. Multi Image Face Swap is for group photos where you need to detect multiple faces and choose replacements one by one.
The source image stays the base. The tool is intended to replace the main face while preserving the original pose, body, clothing, background, and scene as much as the input allows.
Use a clear, high-quality portrait with one visible face, steady lighting, and an angle close to the target image. Avoid blurry screenshots, covered faces, and portraits with multiple people.
Use image files for both uploads. The current image uploader accepts image files up to 20MB, and clearer original photos usually produce better face detail than compressed screenshots.
The workspace shows the estimated cost before generation. A Single Image Face Swap task currently uses 5 credits.
The most common reasons are mismatched angles, strong shadows, low-resolution uploads, covered faces, or a target photo with more than one visible face. Try a clearer replacement portrait first, then change the target photo if the edge or lighting still looks wrong.
For video, use Single Video Face Swap if one person should be replaced, or Multi Video Face Swap if the video contains multiple people who need separate replacements.
Only use images when you have the right to use the source media and the person's likeness. Do not create face swaps that impersonate someone, mislead viewers, or place a real person into a sensitive context without consent.
Confirm that you have permission to use the images, review the result for obvious artifacts, and avoid presenting a face swap as a real photo of someone in a misleading or sensitive situation.
Choose the tool that matches your source media and the number of faces you want to replace.
ImageDetect faces in a group photo and upload a replacement portrait for each person you want to change.
VideoReplace one main face in a source video with a target portrait.
VideoDetect face tracks in a video and map each person to a separate replacement portrait.