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magic-hour-character-replace

Replace a subject in an existing video or transfer its performance onto a reference character with Magic Hour. Use for whole-character recasting and motion transfer; not face-only swaps or generating unrelated scenes with a recurring character.

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# Magic Hour character replace

Reuse a performance the user already likes. Accept “make my character do this” or “replace this performer”; infer the correct mode from what the user wants to preserve. Keep the reference and source footage distinct and complete the requested clip within the existing budget.

## Choose replace or animate

| Request                                                 | Mode                          | What to inspect                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Put my character into this footage, keeping the setting | `replace`                     | Intended subject replaced, source action and surrounding scene retained |
| Make the character in my image perform this motion      | `animate`                     | Reference character and image composition, transferred performance      |
| Change only this person's face                          | Face Swap                     | Facial identity; body and costume are outside that operation            |
| Same character in a newly invented scene                | Image Editor → Image-to-Video | New approved still before motion                                        |

Do not use a text prompt to invent a source performance that was already supplied. The current Character Replace schema has mode and subject-selection controls, not a general scene-prompt field. Do not fabricate camera, seed or strength settings.