How to Face Swap in a Photo with AI

Swap Faces in Any Photo Instantly

Face swapping used to require advanced Photoshop skills — cutting, masking, color matching, and blending for hours. AI does it in seconds. Upload two photos, tell the AI which faces to swap, and get a realistic result where lighting, skin tone, and facial angle all match. Whether it is for fun, creative projects, or fixing a group photo, face swap AI makes it effortless.

How AI Face Swapping Works

EditThisPic's AI detects faces in both your main photo and the reference image. It maps the facial features — eyes, nose, mouth, jawline — and transplants the reference face onto the target body. The AI adjusts for differences in angle, lighting direction, skin tone, and expression so the swapped face blends naturally with the neck, hair, and surrounding features. The rest of the photo stays completely untouched.

Types of Face Swaps

• Self into a scene — place your face onto a celebrity, historical figure, or movie character
• Fix group photos — swap in a better expression from another shot of the same person
• Friends and family — swap faces between people in the same photo for laughs
• Professional headshots — swap a good expression from a casual photo onto a formal pose
• Creative projects — put faces on illustrations, paintings, or movie posters
• Before/after comparisons — show the same pose with different people

Tips for Realistic Face Swaps

Use a reference photo where the face is clear, well-lit, and roughly facing the same direction as the target. The closer the head angle matches between the two photos, the more natural the result. Front-facing portraits produce the most consistent swaps. If the swap looks slightly off, try a different reference photo with better angle alignment. Higher resolution photos give the AI more detail to work with.

Face Swapping in Group Photos

Group photos often have someone blinking, looking away, or making a weird face. Upload the best group shot as your main image and a better photo of the person as the reference. Tell the AI: 'swap the face of the person second from the left with the face from the reference image.' The AI replaces just that one face while everyone else stays exactly the same.

Why People Use Face Swap AI

Family photographers fix group shots where someone blinked. Content creators make entertaining mashups for social media. Couples swap faces for funny anniversary posts. Cosplayers preview how a character's look works on their face. Marketing teams test how different models look in the same campaign shot. The tool handles everything from silly fun to serious professional work.