EchoMimic: Lifelike Audio-Driven Portrait Animations through Editable Landmark Conditioning
https://github.com/antgroup/echomimic
EchoMimic Series
- EchoMimicV1: Lifelike Audio-Driven Portrait Animations through Editable Landmark Conditioning. GitHub
- EchoMimicV2: Towards Striking, Simplified, and Semi-Body Human Animation. GitHub
For V1 you just need a Headshot - the software will find and crop the head automatically for you
For V2 you need a 1/2 body shot, there are 20 female and 20 male in the Input directory already - and also in the custom node if you dig deep enough and look for a directory called - "ref_imgs_by_FLUX".
Testing and Costing
Ultra - EchoMimic
Bargain 99 cents an hour
V1 model (face only)
First run - 243 seconds 6.7 cents
Second run - 174 seconds 4.8 cents
V2 model (half body)
First run 225 seconds 6.2 cents
Second run 176 seconds 4.8 cents