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How to Swap Faces in Photos

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01Photo 1
Woman in a navy blazer with her dark hair in a tight low bun, standing in a bright office
02Photo 2
Portrait of a different woman with long auburn waves against a plain white background
03Result
The same office photo with the auburn-haired woman's whole head on the body, blazer and background unchanged

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How it works

  1. Open EditThisPic and upload the photo you are keeping

    Go to editthispic.com and drop in the photo whose body, clothing and background you want to keep. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 7MB. The first edit each week is free, with no signup.

  2. Add the other person's photo as the reference image

    Use the reference image upload for the photo with the head you want to swap in. A front-facing, evenly lit portrait works best — and if you have a choice, pick a base photo whose hair is shorter or tied back, because the incoming hair has to cover the hair it replaces.

  3. Ask for the whole head, not the face

    Type: "replace this person's entire head with the whole head from the second photo — the complete head, face and hair come from the reference — keep the clothing and background exactly as they are, blend the neck and match the lighting." Asking for the face on its own keeps the original head, which is what produces a pasted-on look with the old hairstyle still attached.

  4. Check the join, then download

    Look at the neck and the shoulders on the before/after slider: a good swap has no seam at the collar and no strands of the old hairstyle left behind. If the photo came back unchanged, run it again — that usually takes. Downloads carry no watermark.

See it in action

Woman in a navy blazer with her dark hair in a tight low bun, standing in a bright office
Main Photo
Portrait of a different woman with long auburn waves against a plain white background
Reference
The same office photo with the auburn-haired woman's whole head on the body, blazer and background unchanged
Result

Head swapped in from a second photo

The base photo is a woman in a navy blazer with her hair in a low bun; the reference is a different woman with long auburn waves. The result keeps the blazer, the office and the pose, and carries the reference's whole head across — face and hair — with the neck blended into the collar. Because the incoming hair is fuller than the bun it replaces, nothing of the original hairstyle is left behind.

Prompt: Replace this woman's entire head with the whole head from the second photo — the complete head, face and all of the long auburn hair come from the reference and sit on this body. Take only the head from the second photo: none of its clothing and none of its background may come across. Keep the navy blazer, the office and the pose exactly as they are, blend the neck into the collar cleanly and match the indoor lighting.
Two people side by side against a grey wall — a short-haired man in a yellow t-shirt on the left, a long-haired woman in a teal t-shirt on the right
Before
->
The same photo with the two heads exchanged — the long auburn hair now on the yellow t-shirt, the short black hair on the teal one
After

Two people swap heads inside one photo

One photo, no reference image: two people standing against a plain wall trade heads with each other. Both bodies, both t-shirts and the background stay exactly as they were, and each head arrives with its own hair — the long auburn hair travels to the yellow t-shirt and the short cut travels to the teal one. Saying that each head takes all of its own hair with it is what stops hair being stranded where a head used to be.

Prompt: Swap the two people's entire heads, each head taking all of its own hair with it. The man's whole head with his short black hair moves onto the body in the teal t-shirt on the right; the woman's whole head with all of her long auburn hair moves onto the body in the yellow t-shirt on the left. No hair may be left behind in either original position. Keep both bodies, both t-shirts, the pose and the background exactly as they are.

Quick answers

Is swapping faces in photos really free?

Yes. EditThisPic gives one free Fast edit per week per IP with no signup. Paid packs start at $4.99 for 10 edits. Most other face swap tools require signup and watermark free output.

Will the face swap look real?

Yes, when the two photos agree on angle and lighting and you ask for the whole head. Front-facing to front-facing swaps with similar lighting composite at the neck with no visible seam. The two things that spoil it are asking for the face alone, which keeps the original head and its hair, and a base photo whose hairstyle is bigger than the incoming one, which leaves strands of the old hair at the shoulders.

Is face swap legal?

Personal use, parody, and consensual swaps are generally legal in most jurisdictions. Non-consensual use, particularly for deception or in adult contexts, is illegal in many places. EditThisPic's terms prohibit non-consensual or deceptive use.

Will the body or clothing change?

Not if you say so explicitly. Add: "keep the body, the clothing and the background exactly as they are." Do not ask it to keep the hair — the hair belongs to the head you are replacing and has to leave with it, or you get the new face ringed by the old hairstyle.

How long does the AI take?

About 20 seconds in Fast mode. Pro mode (2 credits) takes 30-40 seconds and is worth it for cleaner blending and tricky lighting matches.

Can I swap faces in a video?

Not through EditThisPic — it's a still-image tool. For video face swap, look at dedicated mobile apps like Reface. EditThisPic handles single photos only.

Is there a watermark on the output?

No. Free and paid edits both produce watermark-free output.

Why did my face swap come back unchanged, or with the old hair still there?

Two things cause it. Ask for "the face" and the AI keeps the original head, so the old hairstyle stays and the join looks pasted — ask for the entire head instead. And if the original hairstyle is bigger than the incoming one, strands of it survive behind the shoulders; pick a base photo with hair tied back or shorter than the head you're swapping in. A swap that comes back completely unchanged is usually fixed by running it again.

How much does EditThisPic cost?

You get 1 free edit per week — no account needed. After that, one-time credit packs start at $4.99 for 10 edits, valid 12 months, no subscription. Power users who edit daily can pick Studio Membership, a monthly workspace at $49.99/mo for 300 edits. Purchased downloads are clean with no watermark.

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