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Best Ways to Change Facial Expressions with AI

Sumia Rafique
Sumia Rafique Originally published Feb 20, 25, updated Jun 24, 25

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Sometimes, you want to use a video for different needs, yet you don't like the facial expression of the character in the video or photo. Maybe the facial expression does not match the mood, or you just want to have some fun making these kinds of tweaks.

Regardless of the case, changing facial expressions is actually easy currently with the power of AI. Here are the best AI facial expression changers you can use to change facial expressions.

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How to Change Facial Expressions in a Video / Photo on PC?

If you're on a PC (Mac or Windows), then you can also use the Wondershare Filmora desktop. You can change your facial expressions by applying AR sticker effects; it supports a variety of facial expressions, including sad, awkward, embarrassed, grievance, smirk, and more. You can also apply AI smile filter and beautify effects to improve the facial expressions.

How to Change Facial Expression in a Video on PC

Here is how to change facial expressions in a video using the Wondershare Filmora desktop app:

  1. Download and install Filmora on your computer.
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  2. Click New Project > Import > Import media files from the local drive.
    filmora desktop facial expression changer
  3. Now, drag the video to the timeline at the bottom of the screen and head to the Effects > search sad face > apply the effect above the video track.
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  4. Finally, click the "Export" button to save the results.
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How to Change Facial Expressions Online for Free?

If you are looking for an online way to change facial expressions, you can try AILabs. With this tool, you can switch to a mouth smile, a displeased, cool, sad, wide-eyed, forced smile, and a big-toothed laugh, among others. However, most of the facial expressions are available in the premium package.

The free version is limited to two facial expressions: unhappy and closed mouth. Nevertheless, it is still a good tool and worth using, especially if you are handling less sensitive files and don't require much editing.

How to Change Facial Expression Online with AI Lab Tools

Here are the steps on how to change the facial expression of your photo or video with AI Lab Tools:

Step 1. Using a suitable browser, navigate to AI Lab Tools facial expression changer. On this page, click the "Open Image" button and upload the video/photo you want to change its facial expression.

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Step 2. Once loaded, go to the left side of the screen and select the "Change Facial Expressions" tab. You should now see some facial expression effects. Scroll down and select a facial expression of your choice.

ai lab tools change facial expression effects

Step 3. When you select a facial expression, you should see a pop-up notification. Click "Confirm" to use this facial expression.

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Step 4. AI Lab Tools will immediately process and apply the selected facial expression to your image. Once the facial expression is changed, click "Download" to fetch your new image.

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Conclusion

Thanks to AI facial expression changer apps, changing facial expressions is that easy. There are free online tools you can use, even though they have inherent limitations. If you need a tool that gives you tons of facial expression effects and editing features to transform your video, then Wondershare Filmora is worth exploring.

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Sumia Rafique
Sumia Rafique Jun 24, 25
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