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Put your own character and your dog into any video

You found a clip with exactly the right moves. Now put someone else in it: you, a character from your library, or your dog. Miroge keeps the choreography, the set and the camera, and your photos become the performers.

  • 9 min read
  • Preset: Miroge: recast your clip
Your videoYour castYour version

What you make, in order. Tap one to jump to its step.

This guide follows one run from start to finish: a 12 second clip of two performers rapping at a hanging mic, recast with a man and a white dog standing on its hind legs. The performers, the man and the dog were all generated for this guide, and none of them is a real person or a real pet.

The files and the settings come first, so you can open them in Miroge in one click, or download them, and make the same thing yourself. Then every step is shown in the Miroge composer, on a computer and on a phone. At the end are two shorter examples of the other modes, Swap and New world, with their files too.

Try it yourself: the files and the settings

These are the exact inputs behind the main example. Press Use this example to open Miroge with the three files, the settings and the prompt already loaded, then press Generate. Or download the files and follow the steps below with these settings.

The motion transfer example

  • The motion video: two performers at a hanging mic, 12 seconds, with its soundMP4 video · 1280x720 · 3.3 MBDownload
  • The photo of the manJPEG photo · 864x1152 · 252 KBDownload
  • The photo of the dogJPEG photo · 864x1152 · 359 KBDownload
Or start from these exact files and settings, already loaded.Use this example
All three were generated for this guide. The performers, the man and the dog are fictional.
SettingWhat we used
ModeMotion transfer
Motion videoThe motion video above
Your castThe man first, then the dog
ModelSeedance 2.5
Quality720p
Length12 s, the clip's own length
PromptOn, with the line below
The prompt to type
@Image1 and @Image2 singing instead of the two performers in @Video1. The man in @Image1 takes the performer on the left, and the white dog in @Image2 the performer on the right, standing upright on its hind legs.
  • @Video1 is the motion video.
  • @Image1 is the first photo you add, the man.
  • @Image2 is the second photo you add, the dog.
  • Type @ in the prompt to insert one: pick it from the list and it becomes a chip.
  • The second sentence says which photo takes which place and that the dog stands on its hind legs.

Miroge adds its own instruction after your prompt: keep the moves, the set and the camera of the video, and take each performer's look from their photo. See what gets sent, under the prompt, shows the whole thing before you generate.

Your video

The source clip: two performers in suits rapping at a hanging mic on an orange backdrop

Miroge

The Miroge version: the man in the mustard sweater and the white dog on its hind legs at the same mic on the same orange set
Made with Seedance 2.5 in Motion transfer at 720p, from the video and the two photos. The mic, the orange set and the camera carry over from the clip.

Tip:Say who goes where. With two performers and two photos, name which photo takes which place, as the second sentence does. A run with the same files and only the first sentence left the dog out and gave the second performer the man's sweater.

Pick the motion video

Open Miroge, or press Open Miroge on the preset page, and keep the mode on Motion transfer. The left tile is the Motion video: the clip whose moves, set and camera you want to keep. Press Upload for a file on your device, or Library for a clip you already made or uploaded.

Choose a clip where every performer stays in frame from start to finish, like the two performers at one hanging mic in our example.

The Miroge composer on a computer with Motion transfer selected: an empty Motion video tile with Upload and Library buttons beside an empty Your cast tile
On a computer. The Motion video tile takes an upload or a clip from your Library, and lists the lengths and sizes the model accepts.
The Miroge composer on a phone with the clip of two performers in the Motion video tile, tagged @Video1, with its length and size
On a phone. Once the clip is in, it is tagged @Video1 and shows its length and size.

Watch for this:The clip has to fit the model. The tile shows the limits for the model you picked. If a clip is too long or too large, the composer says so and Generate stays off, so nothing is charged.

Add a photo of each performer

The right tile is Your cast. Press Add and choose Upload photos, From your Library or Characters. Add one photo for each performer in the clip: ours has two, so we added two photos, the man first and then the dog. Seedance 2.5 takes up to nine.

Use a clear photo of the whole performer, head to toe, so the model can see the clothes, the colours and, for a pet, the coat and the markings. A character from your Characters library works the same way as a photo.

Two photos side by side: a man with curly dark hair in a mustard sweater, black trousers and white sneakers against a white wall, and a white dog sitting on grass in front of a low stone wall
The two photos we used. Both were generated for this guide, and the man and the dog are fictional.
The composer on a computer: the clip tagged @Video1 beside Your cast, with the photo of the man tagged @Image1, the photo of the dog tagged @Image2 and an empty slot for another photo
On a computer. Both photos are in, next to the clip. The + slot adds another from an upload, your Library or your Characters.
The composer on a phone: the clip beside the cast tile, with the photo of the man tagged @Image1 and the photo of the dog tagged @Image2
On a phone. Each photo is tagged in the order you add it: @Image1, then @Image2.

Say more with @, if you like

The prompt is optional. With it off, Miroge replaces the people in the clip with the subjects in your photos, and keeps the moves, the timing, the set, the lighting, the framing and the camera.

Switch Prompt on to say more. Type @ and pick the video or a photo from the list: each one becomes a chip with its own thumbnail. Our example used the two sentences shown at the top of this guide. Miroge adds its own instruction after your words, and See what gets sent shows the whole prompt before you generate.

The composer on a computer: the prompt with chips for Image1, Image2 and Video1, and See what gets sent open underneath with the full instruction
On a computer. The chips, and the whole prompt under See what gets sent.
The composer on a phone: the whole two sentence prompt, with a thumbnail chip for each photo and for the video wherever it is named
On a phone. The same two sentences. Each @ you pick from the list becomes a chip with its thumbnail.

Generate

Under the prompt, pick the Model and the Quality. We used Seedance 2.5 at 720p, the defaults for Motion transfer. Length starts at your clip's length.

The price is on the Generate button before you press it, worked out for your clip, your model and your quality.

The composer on a computer: the model, quality, length and shape above the orange Generate button, which carries the price in credits
On a computer. The price sits on the button.
The composer on a phone: Seedance 2.5 at 720p and 12 s above the orange Generate button, which carries the price, with the available balance underneath
On a phone. The same button, with your balance under it.

Tip:A refusal costs nothing. If the model refuses your clip, the run stops and the credits come back. Clips of well known people and copyrighted material are refused, so use footage you shot or made yourself.

Watch the result, then Recreate or Compare

Your version appears next to the form on a computer and under it on a phone, and it lands in your Library too. It usually takes a few minutes, and you can leave the page while it renders.

  • Recreate runs it again with what is in the form: the same clip, cast and prompt, unless you changed them.
  • Compare plays your clip and the result side by side.
  • Library opens the result in your Library. Download and Delete sit next to it.
The composer on a computer: the finished clip of the man and the dog at the mic, with Recreate, Compare, Library, Download and Delete underneath
On a computer. The result, with every action under it.
The composer on a phone: the finished clip with the same buttons below it
On a phone. The same buttons, under the video.

Another example: Swap

Swap changes one thing in a clip and keeps the rest of the shot. Here a retriever running on a beach became the white dog from the photo, with no prompt at all.

The Swap example

  • The beach clip: a retriever running at the water's edge, 5 secondsMP4 video · 1280x720 · 2 MBDownload
  • The photo of the dogJPEG photo · 864x1152 · 359 KBDownload
Or start from these exact files and settings, already loaded.Use this example
SettingWhat we used
ModeSwap
Your clipThe beach clip
What goes inThe photo of the dog
ModelSeedance 2.5
Quality720p
Length5 s, the clip's own length
PromptOff

Your clip

The source clip: a golden retriever running toward the camera along a grey beach at the water's edge

Miroge

The Swap result: the white dog from the photo running along the same beach toward the camera
Made with Seedance 2.5 in Swap at 720p, with no prompt. The beach, the waves and the run toward the camera carry over.

Another example: New world

New world keeps the subject and its moves and redraws the place and the light around it. It runs on Gemini Omni 1.1, which takes no photos, so the change is all in words: what stays, and the new world. Keep the subject, change the world around it goes deeper on this one.

The New world example

  • The skate clip: feet on a skateboard in a concrete bowl, 5 secondsMP4 video · 1280x720 · 2.7 MBDownload
Or start from these exact files and settings, already loaded.Use this example
SettingWhat we used
ModeNew world
Your clipThe skate clip
ModelGemini Omni 1.1
QualityFixed, this model has one
Length5 s, the clip's own length
PhotosNone, this model takes no photos
What stays
the rider: the same legs, black jeans and white sneakers, and the skateboard under them
The new world
the concrete bowl becomes a red sandstone desert canyon at sunset, dusty orange ground, tall layered rock walls, warm low golden light and long shadows

Your clip

The source clip: low angle on black jeans and white sneakers riding a skateboard across a concrete bowl

Miroge

The New world result: the same jeans, sneakers and skateboard riding across dusty orange ground in a red sandstone canyon at sunset
Made with Gemini Omni 1.1 in New world. The legs, the sneakers and the board carry over; the bowl became a sandstone canyon at sunset.

What it costs

Both models are priced by the length of the result, and on Seedance 2.5 a higher quality costs more. The exact price for your clip is on the Generate button before anything runs.

  • Seedance 2.5Pro and up

    Per 5s clip

    480p 26 credits · 720p 56 credits · 1080p 137 credits

    1080p renders at 16:9 and 9:16

  • Gemini Omni 1.1Pro and up

    Per 5s clip

    Standard 50 credits

Read live from the catalog when this page loads. Every price is shown before you generate. See every rate.

Questions and answers

How long can my video be?
Seedance 2.5 makes 4 to 30 seconds per result, and your clip can be up to 30 seconds long. The video tile shows the limits for the model you picked.
Does it work with a pet?
Yes. Add a photo of your pet the same way as a photo of a person. In this guide a white dog took the place of one of the two performers. If the pose matters, say it in the prompt: our run asked for the dog standing on its hind legs.
What if the model refuses my video?
The run stops and the credits are refunded. Clips of well known people and copyrighted material are refused, so use footage you shot or made yourself.
Can I use a video from my phone?
Yes. MP4 and MOV both work, including the HEVC video many phones record. The one thing to check is the length: the clip must be no longer than the model allows, 30 seconds on Seedance 2.5, and even a fraction of a second over counts, so trim it first.
Can I use a character instead of a photo?
Yes. Press Add, then Characters, and pick one from your library. It joins the cast next to your photos, and you can point at it with @ and its name.
Will I get exactly the same result with your files?
Not frame for frame. Every run is a new render, so two runs with the same files and settings come out different. If a take is not right, press Recreate, or add detail to the prompt.

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