Archive · 29 May 2025
Tencent's New AI Model Brings Still Portraits to Life
Tencent has released a new AI model called HunyuanPortrait that can bring still pictures to life.
Using a video and a picture, it can create a moving video of a portrait.
It works by capturing the face movements and syncing them with the portrait.
The AI model is available for academic research and can be downloaded from open repositories.
It may help animation and filmmaking by automating the animation process.
Tencent has released the HunyuanPortrait AI model.
The model animates still portrait images using a reference image and a guiding video.
It is based on diffusion architecture.
HunyuanPortrait can be downloaded from Tencent's GitHub and Hugging Face.
The AI model is available for academic and research purposes.
- Who
- Tencent released the AI model.
- What
- Tencent launched HunyuanPortrait, an AI model for animating portraits.
- When
- The model was released on Tuesday.
- Where
- The model can be downloaded from Tencent's GitHub and Hugging Face listings.
- Why
- To provide tools for animating portraits, potentially assisting animators and small studios.
- Model Name
- HunyuanPortrait
- Developed By
- Tencent
- Functionality
- Animates still portraits
- Based on
- Diffusion architecture
- Availability
- Open-source for academic and research use