Live Portrait

Live Portrait is a state-of-the-art video-driven portrait animation framework that prioritizes high efficiency and fine-grained controllability. Unlike previous diffusion-based methods that suffer from heavy computational costs and temporal instability, Live Portrait leverages a landmark-based latent space approach to achieve near-instantaneous animation of static images. The architecture is built around a specialized stitching and retargeting module, allowing for seamless integration of facial expressions from a driving video onto a source image without losing the identity or background integrity of the original subject. By 2026, Live Portrait has established itself as the backbone for real-time digital human interactions and localized content production. It excels in micro-expression accuracy, handling eye blinks, gaze direction, and mouth movements with superior precision compared to first-generation GAN models. The framework's modular nature enables its deployment on consumer-grade hardware, making it a favorite for developers building decentralized social media tools, interactive gaming NPCs, and highly personalized marketing campaigns. Its ability to balance computational speed with high-fidelity output positions it as a market leader in the 'Efficient-AI' video segment.