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June 7, 2025
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How to swap my head with a 3d modeled one?

  • June 7, 2025
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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a very simple and repeatable workflow to create daily short videos where my real head is replaced or overlaid with a 3D head model.

What I need:

  • The 3D head should match my actual head movements (position, rotation, etc.) from the video

  • It should also lip sync automatically to my speech

  • I want to reuse the same 3D head model every day

  • I’m a total beginner — so I'm hoping for a workflow that doesn’t require deep 3D/VFX skills or lots of manual animation/tracking

My ideal would be:

  • A few clicks per day

  • No need to re-rig, re-track, or animate by hand

  • Something I can set up once and use over and over

I'm not using any Adobe tools, and I'm open to whatever software or solution fits best.

Would love recommendations on:

  • Tools or apps that could make this easy

  • Workflows or tricks to speed things up

  • Whether anyone else here has done something similar

Thanks so much in advance!


1 reply

ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 8, 2025

As a beginner, I'd suggest taking a look at Adobe Character Animator - it will handle the head movements, lip sync, blinking all from a webcam.

It's not really 3D, but you can get pretty close.  If you're deadset on 3D, then you'll need to look into using the Face Tracker (part of Mask Tracking within the Tracker) for the eyes and lips and then look into hacks to use the Camera Tracker to track it in 3D.   If you take a look at this tutorial from @SternFX then you should be able to apply it to your 3D head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoO8hJKRvqU