Effect · Hug
AI hug video — two people, one shot.
The Hug effect starts from two people and ends with them together. The sample above begins as a split pair of portraits and finishes with both subjects standing in one scene, matched in light and framing, before the embrace plays out. It is PixVerse's own preset: you choose the photo, the engine decides the staging.
The recipe
Hug, on paper.
Read from the effect catalog the app itself ships, so these are the settings your run will use.
| Spec | This effect |
|---|---|
| Engine | PixVerse |
| Resolution | 720p or 1080p |
| Clip length | 5s or 8s |
| Cost | 2 credits at 5s 720p · 4 credits at 8s 720p · 4 credits at 5s 1080p · 8 credits at 8s 1080p |
| Source images | One |
| Aspect ratio | Follows your photo |
| Category | Trending · 14 templates and Romance · 13 templates |
Inside the effect
What the Hug effect actually does.
Hug is a PixVerse effect, which means the instruction lives inside the engine and stays the same for every run. Its job is composition first and motion second: it reads the two people in your photo, places them together in one scene at a matched scale, and then animates the embrace. In the sample above you can watch that order — the pair are standing together before anything else happens.
The photo is the only variable. What the engine preserves is faces, hair and clothing; what it rebuilds is everything between and behind the two subjects, so a busy background is not something to spend effort on.
It takes one photo containing two people. If you have two separate portraits, put them side by side in a single image first — the sample was made exactly that way — and the engine treats the pair as its two subjects.
Source photos
Photos that work, and photos that don't.
One-tap effects have one input. Which photo you pick is the whole of your creative control.
Two people, similar size
Faces at roughly the same scale give the engine a matched pair. One large face and one small one becomes a large person and a small one.
Waist up, both facing forward
The hug is a torso movement. If both subjects show shoulders and arms, the embrace has something to work with.
Similar light on both
The engine matches the two into one scene. A backlit portrait beside a flash portrait looks composited, because it is.
Plain backgrounds help
Everything between the two subjects gets rebuilt anyway. A plain wall or open sky gives the engine less to invent.
Failure modes
Where it goes wrong.
The three ways this particular effect disappoints people, and what causes each one.
Group photos confuse it. Hug is written for two subjects; with three or four people in frame the engine picks two and the others drift, blur, or vanish.
Full-length shots with small faces lose the likeness. The engine keeps the face it can see, and a face that is thirty pixels wide is not much to keep.
Hands crossed in front of the body, or a bag on the shoulder, tend to survive badly through the embrace, because the arms have to move and the engine has to guess what was behind them.
How it works
Running Hug in four steps.
Pick a photo with two people in it
Or place two portraits side by side in one image. Waist-up framing, both facing the camera, similar light.
Open Romance or Trending and tap Hug
It is on the Trending shelf and in the Romance category with the other couple effects.
Choose the length and resolution
5 or 8 seconds, 720p or 1080p. In most countries, your first video is on us: new verified accounts get one five-second video on our lowest-cost video model, once. This run is covered, so it can be your first video.
Re-roll from a better pair
From 2 credits a run, a second take from a better-matched photo is cheaper than trying to fix a take that started from the wrong one.
FAQ
Hug, answered.
How do I make an AI hug video?
Open King AI on the web or on iPhone, iPad or Mac, choose the Hug effect, add a photo with two people in it, and press Generate. The PixVerse engine returns a 5- or 8-second clip at 720p or 1080p from 2 credits.
Can I use two separate photos for the hug?
Yes — put them side by side in one image first. The sample on this page was made from a split pair of portraits, and the engine brings the two subjects together into one scene before the hug.
How much does the Hug effect cost?
2–8 credits per run: 2 credits (~$0.80) at the default length and resolution, more for a longer or sharper clip (2 credits at 5s 720p · 4 credits at 8s 720p · 4 credits at 5s 1080p · 8 credits at 8s 1080p). In most countries, your first video is on us: new verified accounts get one five-second video on our lowest-cost video model, once. This run is covered, so it can be your first video.
What resolution does it produce?
720p or 1080p, at 5 or 8 seconds, in the aspect ratio of your photo. Nothing you export is watermarked, on any plan.
Does the Hug effect work with more than two people?
No — it is written for two subjects. With three or four people in frame the engine picks two and the others drift, blur or vanish, so crop the photo down to the pair you want.
Get started
Try Hug.
In most countries, your first video is on us: new verified accounts get one five-second video on our lowest-cost video model, once. This run is covered, so it can be your first video. Nothing you export is watermarked.