DeepLiveCam - Face Swap on a Live WebCam | Swap Faces on a Video

If you want to create a fake video or a fake webcam, then here is a complete detailed blog on how you can install DeepLiveCam to your Windows PC. Using this free application, it's very easy to manipulate the faces and all you need is a single image. You can as well use it on a Live Webcam. However, please be cautious on how you use this application. DeepLiveCam is a Python application developed by Hacksider.

1. Download and Install Anaconda to your PC

In order to run the application, we need Python. There are many applications available in the market but we will be using Anaconda to create a Python environment. It is very simple to use. So if this is your first time using Anaconda, then simply go to the Anaconda Official Website, download the application, and install it to your computer. The installation process is very simple.

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2. Using Anaconda to Create and Activate Python Environment

Once Anaconda is installed on your PC, go to your Start Menu and search for Anaconda Prompt. This prompt is different from the normal CMD. Anyway, simply open the Anaconda Prompt and create the Python Environment using the following command. Once the env is created, you will also need to activate the environment. Please note that the latest Python version at this time is 3.13, however, this app works best with 3.10.

Create Python Env

conda create --name DeepLiveCam python=3.10

Activate the env

conda activate DeepLiveCam

3. Download All the Files and Models to Run DeepLiveCam

Now we need to download DeepLiveCam files along with other models. All downloads are available on GitHub or you can simply click on the link provided and download the GitHub files along with the models. Also note, if you do not have the Visual Studio 2022 Runtimes (Windows), kindly download and install it to your PC.

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4. Install Required Dependencies

DeepLiveCam requires various dependencies to run on your PC. Thus, extract the DeepLiveCam files you downloaded earlier and also copy the two models inside the models folder of the DeepLiveCam-main folder. After this, we need to navigate to this folder on Anaconda Prompt. Use the following commands to navigate and install all requirements and FFMPEG.

Navigate to the folder:

cd C:/Your_folder

Install Dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Install FFMPEG

conda install ffmpeg

5. Let's Run the Application

Since we have installed all dependencies and downloaded all the models, we can now run DeepLiveCam on your computer. Use python run.py to open DeepLiveCam — make sure you are inside the DeepLiveCam main folder. For Live Webcam preview, select an image and use the integrated or another webcam, and click on Live. And for face swap, select an image and select a target video and start.

Run DeepLiveCam

python run.py

6. If you have Nvidia Graphics

For those users using a Nvidia graphics card, you will be required to install CUDA on your PC. Kindly download CUDA from the following link. Also, you will need to uninstall onnxruntime and install the compatible version to work with the GPU. Then, instead of python run.py (as earlier), use it with CUDA.

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Uninstall Onnxruntime

pip uninstall onnxruntime onnxruntime-gpu

Install compatible Onnxruntime

pip install onnxruntime-gpu==1.16.3

Run the application

python run.py --execution-provider cuda

7. How to re-open DeepLiveCam

After using DeepLiveCam and closing it, you can reopen the application without having to install anything. All you have to do is open the Anaconda Prompt from the Start Menu. After that, navigate to your DeepLiveCam folder. Then simply run the command to open the application: python run.py or with CUDA execution. You do not require to reinstall everything.

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