One more hug, from your vocals and a photo
Wanting to hug someone again is one of the oldest wishes there is. Families ask for it in grief groups every day: a video of hugging a mother who passed away, a father who did not live to see the wedding, a grandparent the kids never met. An AI hug with a deceased loved one makes that moment from your own photos: one of you as you are today, one of them as you remember them.
The Memorial Hug effect keeps it quiet and kind. No ghosts, no special effects: the two of you meet in a soft, warm light, walk closer, hold each other in a long hug, and turn to the camera with a smile, set to a gentle piano.
How to make the hug with a deceased loved one
- Add your photo. A clear, recent photo of you, face and shoulders.
- Add theirs. A photo of the loved one who passed away. An old print photographed with your phone works.
- Keep Memorial Hug selected and make it. In a few minutes the clip is ready to keep, download or send.
When people make it
- On an anniversary or a birthday that someone is no longer here for.
- For a memorial or a celebration of life, as a short moment in the tribute.
- At the holidays, when the empty chair is hardest: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day.
- For a wedding or a new baby, when a parent or grandparent could not be there.
- For the grandchildren, to see them with a grandparent they never got to meet.
Tips for a gentle, true-to-life hug video
- Choose the photo where they look most like themselves. A face you recognise matters more than a perfect picture.
- Photograph old prints well. Daylight, the print flat on a table, no flash, then crop to the face and shoulders.
- Restore a faded photo first. Restore old photos for free (scratches, fading, black-and-white to color), then tap Hug them under the result.
- Match the framing. Two upper-body photos of about the same size blend most naturally.
- Avoid sunglasses, hats and tiny faces in group photos. The face is followed from its photo.
- Take your time. If the first clip does not feel right, try another photo of them; a failed render is refunded.
Other ways to remember them
A hug is not the only way. The AI hug generator makes a warm hug with anyone close to you, living or not, and the generator’s rap tab can turn a memory into a song with both of you in it with the AI rap generator. See all AI video effects.