Great creative face swap begins with a clear sense of story—as a short video creative director with 5 years of AI visual creation experience, this is what I have always believed in. I love ancient style culture, and ProbFace’s Hanfu templates have brought me a lot of creative inspiration. Today, I want to share how to use ProbFace Hanfu templates to create storytelling ancient style short videos, so that face swap is not just a simple face replacement, but a way to express ancient style stories and emotions.
From a creative perspective, the key to Hanfu face swap is not face replacement, but integrating the face with the ancient style scene and movements. ProbFace’s Hanfu template (0:05 duration) is very suitable for creating short videos with story sense—you don’t need complicated operations, just grasp the core of “story setting + detail matching”, and you can create a beautiful ancient style work.
First, set a clear story scene. I usually choose “ancient lady visiting a garden” or “scholar strolling in the courtyard” as the core scene—these scenes are close to the Hanfu template’s movements, and it is easier to create a sense of story. For example, when using ProbFace’s “Hanfu Walk” template (0:05), I set the story as “a lady visiting a Jiangnan garden in spring, enjoying the flowers and scenery”, which is consistent with the template’s slow walking movement.
Then, match the facial expression with the template movement. This is the key to avoiding stiff effects. If the template is a slow walk with a soft smile, you should upload a photo of your face with a natural smile—don’t use a forced smile or a straight face, otherwise it will be very disobedient. I once made a mistake: I uploaded a photo with a serious expression for the “Hanfu Smile” template, and the final effect was very awkward; later, I replaced it with a soft smile photo, and the effect was instantly natural.
In addition, matching suitable background music and subtitles can enhance the story sense. For ancient style short videos, I usually choose guzheng, erhu or bamboo flute music—slow and elegant, which can fit the rhythm of the Hanfu template. Subtitles can choose ancient poems or simple elegant words, such as “Jiangnan has rain, and the lady is picturesque” or “Walking in the garden, enjoying the spring breeze”, which can quickly set off the ancient style atmosphere.
I have a finished work for your reference: I used ProbFace’s “Hanfu Fan Dance” template, uploaded a photo of myself with a soft smile, matched it with a guzheng version of “Jiangnan Rain”, added subtitles “Lotus pond is full of fragrance, and the lady holds a fan to dance”, and adjusted the facial light to fit the template’s soft light environment. The final video was viewed more than 100,000 times on social platforms, and many netizens left messages saying that they felt the beauty of ancient style through this video.
Face swap is not the goal, expression is the core. When using ProbFace Hanfu templates, don’t just pursue the similarity of the face, but focus on the integration of the face, scene and emotion. Simply put, let yourself “enter” the ancient style scene, and the created short video will have a story sense. Finally, a fixed reminder: please obtain portrait authorization for creation and respect others' portrait rights. Let’s use ProbFace to create more beautiful ancient style works and pass on the charm of traditional culture.
