Updated Oct 4, 2026
The short answer
An AI hug with a deceased loved one is a short video made from two photos: one of you today and one of the mother, father, grandparent or friend who has passed away. The Memorial Hug effect brings the two of you together in a quiet place full of soft, warm light, where you walk closer, hold each other in a long hug and turn to the camera with a smile, set to a gentle piano. It takes a few minutes, needs no app, template or prompt, and an old or faded photo is enough. It is an imagined moment, not a recording, and many people make it for an anniversary, a memorial or a holiday when someone is missing. A 5-second clip costs 5 credits, and a render that fails is never charged.
One more hug, from two photos
Wanting to hug someone again is one of the oldest wishes there is. Families ask for it in grief groups every day: a video of hugging a mother who passed away, a father who did not live to see the wedding, a grandparent the kids never met. An AI hug with a deceased loved one makes that moment from your own photos: one of you as you are today, one of them as you remember them.
The Memorial Hug effect keeps it quiet and kind. No ghosts, no special effects: the two of you meet in a soft, warm light, walk closer, hold each other in a long hug, and turn to the camera with a smile, set to a gentle piano.
How to make the hug with a deceased loved one
- Add your photo. A clear, recent photo of you, face and shoulders.
- Add theirs. A photo of the loved one who passed away. An old print photographed with your phone works.
- Keep Memorial Hug selected and make it. In a few minutes the clip is ready to keep, download or send.
When people make it
- On an anniversary or a birthday that someone is no longer here for.
- For a memorial or a celebration of life, as a short moment in the tribute.
- At the holidays, when the empty chair is hardest: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day.
- For a wedding or a new baby, when a parent or grandparent could not be there.
- For the grandchildren, to see them with a grandparent they never got to meet.
Tips for a gentle, true-to-life hug video
- Choose the photo where they look most like themselves. A face you recognise matters more than a perfect picture.
- Photograph old prints well. Daylight, the print flat on a table, no flash, then crop to the face and shoulders.
- Restore a faded photo first. Restore old photos for free (scratches, fading, black-and-white to color), then tap Hug them under the result.
- Match the framing. Two upper-body photos of about the same size blend most naturally.
- Avoid sunglasses, hats and tiny faces in group photos. The face is followed from its photo.
- Take your time. If the first clip does not feel right, try another photo of them; a failed render is never charged.
Other ways to remember them
A hug is not the only way. The AI hug generator makes a warm hug with anyone close to you, living or not, and the studio’s rap tab can turn a memory into a song with both of you in it with the AI rap generator. See all AI video effects.