Tool · Character reference generation

AI face swap that keeps your character consistent

Not a paste-and-blend filter: upload up to 14 reference photos and generate the same person in any scene, outfit or art style — studio portraits, travel shots, full illustrations. From $0.03 per image, paid with crypto, no subscription.

AI face swap example: the same AI-generated man rendered as an astronaut, a renaissance painting and a street photographer with identical facial features
One reference face, three scenes — generated on BananaBanana with character references.
01What it is

How does AI face swap work?

Classic face-swap apps cut a face from one photo and blend it onto another — which is why the light never quite matches and the edges smear on the first sharp turn. BananaBanana does it differently: the face travels as a reference, not as pixels. You attach one or more portraits of the person, describe the scene you want in plain language, and the model — Nano Banana 2 or Nano Banana Pro — generates the entire image from scratch with that face woven in. Lighting, skin tone, perspective and style all belong to the new scene, so the result reads as a photograph of the person, not a collage. Up to 14 references per generation let you lock several characters and even products at once, and multi-turn editing lets you change the outfit or background afterwards while the face stays put.

What do people use it for?

The biggest use case is AI influencer and brand-persona content: one character sheet, then an endless feed of consistent posts — beach today, café tomorrow, product-in-hand on Friday. E-commerce teams put the same model into every product shot without booking a studio twice. Creators render themselves into art styles — oil painting, cyberpunk, film noir — for avatars and covers. Agencies keep a client's spokesperson consistent across a whole campaign, mixing face references with product references in a single prompt. And because a still is only the first frame, you can hand the render to image-to-video and get the same person moving in a Veo 3.1 clip. Each image costs from $0.03, so a hundred-post content calendar is a few dollars, not a retainer.

02Capabilities

Built for repeatable characters

Up to 14 references

Characters and objects combined — lock a face, a product and a location in one generation.

Any scene or style

Photorealism, oil painting, anime, product sets — the face survives the style transfer.

Multi-turn editing

Change the outfit, background or pose in a follow-up prompt; the face stays consistent.

Up to 4K output

Nano Banana Pro renders references at up to 4096 px for print and close-up crops.

Face → video

Use a rendered still as the first frame in Veo 3.1 image-to-video to animate your character.

Batch generation

Up to 8 variants per prompt — pick the best likeness instead of re-rolling one by one.

03How it works

Three steps to a consistent face

  1. Upload references

    1–14 photos of the person (and optionally products). Clear, well-lit portraits from a few angles work best.

  2. Describe the scene

    Write the shot like a photo brief: setting, outfit, light, mood. The model builds the scene around the face.

  3. Generate and iterate

    Up to 8 variants per run. Edit conversationally — “same person, now in a winter coat” — until it's right.

04Pricing

Face swap at per-image prices

Image generation prices per image by resolution — face references included
Model1K2K4K
Nano Banana 2fast & affordable$0.06$0.09$0.13
Nano Banana Probest likeness & 4K$0.11$0.11$0.20

Reference photos add nothing to the price — you pay the standard per-image rate. No subscription, balance never expires.

05Learn more

Guides from the blog

06FAQ

Face swap, answered

How does AI face swap work on BananaBanana?

Upload a portrait as a character reference, describe the scene you want, and the model generates the person in that new context while preserving facial features. It is generation with references rather than a paste-and-blend filter, so lighting, angle and style stay coherent with the scene.

How much does an AI face swap cost?

The same as any image generation: from $0.03 per image with Nano Banana 2 and from $0.11 with Nano Banana Pro (up to 4K). There is no subscription and no per-feature surcharge — face references are part of the standard generator.

How many reference photos can I use?

Up to 14 reference images per generation, mixing characters and objects. More angles of the same face improve likeness; adding product references lets you keep both a person and an item consistent across a campaign.

Can I carry a swapped face into video?

Yes — generate a still with your character reference first, then animate it with image-to-video on Veo 3.1. The video model preserves the person from the first frame, so the same face moves through the clip.

Are there watermarks or AI labels on results?

Renders carry no visible watermark. Google's invisible SynthID watermark is embedded for AI-transparency compliance, and the optional SMO post-processing reduces automatic AI-content labels on social platforms without visible quality change.

Is face swapping legal to use?

Use it only with faces you have the right to use — yourself, models who consented, or synthetic characters. Creating deceptive or intimate imagery of real people without consent violates our terms and, in many jurisdictions including the US, the law.

Build your character once — use it forever

Reference-based face swap from $0.03 per image. Free $0.10 balance on sign-up, crypto top-ups from $1.