Install LivePortrait in 1-Click – Quick and Easy Method for Windows Web UI

Introduction

Hello there and welcome!

LivePortrait has seen some rapid updates in the last few weeks, including video to video, humans mode, animals mode, a whole host of tweaks and improvements, and all importantly, the long awaited one-click installer for Windows, using the Gradio Web UI in your browser.

In this video, I’ll walk you through the quick and easy way, to install the latest version of LivePortrait, locally on your Windows PC, using the one-click installer for Windows.

So, let’s crack on.

Download and Extract LivePortrait 1-Click Installer

Open the official LivePortrait HuggingFace Windows page in your browser. I’ll leave the URL link in the description below for you.

Select the “Files and versions” tab.

Here, you’ll find all the Windows file versions, with the date at the end of the file name.

Find the latest version, which in this case is currently version 2024 08 06.

Click the “Download file” icon, to the right of the file name, to download the file.

On the “Save As” window, navigate to where you want to save the file.

I’ll select my E drive, and then click “Save”.

Once the file has finished downloading, navigate to your download location, which for me is my E drive.

You’ll see the downloaded LivePortrait Windows zip file in there.

The extracted file is large, at just under 9 gigs.

The built in Windows extraction tool, will be slow and struggle to unzip this size file, so I’ll use 7-Zip instead.

7-Zip is an excellent and completely free zip tool, so if you haven’t got it, then you should go ahead and download it. I’ll leave the URL link to the official download page, in the description below for you.

Anyway, right-click the file, then select “Show more options”, then “7-Zip”.

Then I’ll select “Extract to” the LivePortrait folder name, to keep all the files and folders, in a parent folder for this specific version.

Eventually, the file will be extracted.

Run LivePortrait

Once the file has been extracted, you can select the downloaded zip file, and delete it to save some hard disk space.

Open the LivePortrait parent folder, and you’ll see all the extracted files and folders in there.

If you’re used to the earliest versions of LivePortrait, then you’ll notice a difference here.

You no longer need to run LivePortrait, using commands in the Command Prompt window, but instead use the run dot bat file that’s included.

However, since literally a few days ago, there are now dedicated run modes for face animation, for either Humans or Animals.

If you want to run LivePortrait for Humans, then you just double-click the “run windows human dot bat” file.

If you want to run LivePortrait for Animals, then you just double-click the “run windows animal dot bat” file.

Let’s run it in Humans mode.

Double-click the Humans dot bat file.

Eventually, LivePortrait will launch in Humans Mode, with the Gradio Web UI in your browser.

If you want to run LivePortrait for Animals, then you just double-click the “run windows animal dot bat” file, instead of the humans dot bat file.

Conclusion

Now you know the much quicker and easier way, to install the latest version of LivePortrait locally on your Windows PC, using the one-click installer for Windows.

Anyway, hope you found this video helpful, and I’ll catch you in the next one.