Upload your photos, design a 9:16 ofrenda still with every face checked, then animate it into a short Day of the Dead clip.
Last checked 2026-10-26
9:16 vertical · the still is made first, then animated as the first frame
Joining the trend is free; making it on Lovart ME uses credits from packs starting at $9.90 for 250 credits. Each button shows its exact cost before you generate.
SAMPLE · INPUT → RESULTSample inputs and result from this page. Your result will appear here.
Each sample began as original portraits, became a checked 9:16 ofrenda still, and was cut into a short vertical clip; one is kept as a still-only poster.
All people and the cat are original generated characters. The four clips are Lovart ME cuts of clips made for this trend with Seedance 2.0 Fast; the cards show the real photos and stills behind each one, and what moves in the original clip. Nothing here was made with the workbench above.
Family ofrenda board 
Upload one to four photos, pick a scene and design the still, check each face, then press Animate to turn it into a short vertical clip.
Add one sharp photo per person in the Día de Muertos tab and choose Marigold homecoming, Candlelit calavera, You and your pet or Family ofrenda board. The scene sets the head count, the setting and the motion.
Design the still runs Image to Image with your photos as references and returns a 9:16 frame. Look at every face before you go on; if one is off, press Rebuild still and change only that photo.
Animate it sends the still to image to video as the first frame with one slow action. Seedance 2.5 is selected by default; the button shows the credits for the model, length and resolution you pick.
One person for the marigold homecoming, two for a scene at the ofrenda, you and a pet on the bridge, or up to four for a family board.
Someone you miss steps out of starlight at the end of a candlelit petal path and walks toward the camera. Works from one old print or a group.
Pick this scene →A Catrina portrait: white calavera paint, black around the eyes, floral details and a crown of marigolds and roses, after José Guadalupe Posada’s etching.
Pick this scene →You in Photo 1 and the person you miss in Photo 2, side by side in a courtyard of marigold petals. Built on the same workbench as the two-photo story.
Pick this scene →The puente de cempasúchil: you and a dog or cat on a glowing bridge of marigolds. Put yourself in Photo 1 and the pet in Photo 2.
Pick this scene →Up to four people in front of a tiered ofrenda, with dark sky left at the top for a title. Keep it as a poster or animate a gentle shared moment.
Pick this scene →Write the still prompt as format, faces, scene, light and exclusions, and the motion prompt as one slow action, a fixed or gentle camera and short length.
These are the prompts behind the Marigold homecoming sample, with the person written as “the person in photo 1”. The scene chips in the workbench fill in the same parts for you; copy a board when you want to work in Image to Image directly.
Vertical 9:16 photo at night.
Keep the person in photo 1 exactly: same face, hair, skin tone and clothes.For a group, add: “Exactly three people, one from each photo.”
They stand at the far end of a path covered in orange marigold petals lined with lit candles, a candlelit ofrenda with papel picado and photos glowing behind them.
Soft golden starlight settling around them, starry night sky, gentle warm smile, film-like soft focus.
No text, no logos, not a real celebrity.
Use the photo as the first frame. A small bright star streaks down and lands softly on the marigold path behind them, candle flames flicker, then they walk slowly along the petals toward the camera and stop close.
One continuous vertical shot at night, fixed camera.
5 to 6 seconds. Keep the same face, hair and clothes throughout; no face changes or extra people.
Soft acoustic guitar, no singing.
The CapCut versions started on October 4, 2026, the falling-star caption spread from October 14, and Día de Muertos itself is November 1 and 2.
Pets have their own version: a dog or cat crossing a glowing bridge of marigolds, first shared as Gemini prompts in late September 2025 and back as CapCut templates in October 2026.
Their color and scent guide souls home, which is why the path in the trend is made of petals.
Candles light the way back; families light them on the ofrenda in the last days of October.
An altar with photos, food and favorite things of the people being remembered.
Halloween on October 31 is costumes and scares. Día de Muertos is remembering and welcoming loved ones home, so the scenes here stay warm and calm.
Sources: UNESCO, INPI, Rutgers, La Calavera Catrina.
Design the still →Use one sharp, front-facing photo per person, check each face in the still before animating, and keep the motion slow and the clip short.
Lay the print flat in daylight and photograph it straight on, without glare. Crop to the face before uploading. Faded colors are fine; the still can bring them into the candlelight.
Fix the still, not the video: swap in a sharper photo of that person and press Rebuild still. Animate only when every face looks right, and keep it to one slow action of five or six seconds.
Use the CapCut template when it opens on your phone; design the still here when you need several people, a pet beside you, or a check of every face first.
| Route | What you bring | What you get | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapCut template | One photo | The template’s fixed clip and music | You want the TikTok version on your phone |
| One photo straight to video | One photo + a scene prompt | A clip from the photo as it is | The photo already looks the way you want |
| Design the still, then animate | One to four photos | A 9:16 ofrenda still you check (and can keep as a poster), then a short clip | Several people or a pet, or you want to see every face first |
| Two Photos story | Two photos | A story clip with sound from the two-photo workbench | You and one other person, or you and a pet |
Free and Pro templates exist; Pro ones need a subscription to edit or export. The clip and music are fixed.
Any image-to-video model takes a photo plus a scene prompt. Fast, but you only see the faces once the clip is done.
The Día de Muertos tab: a still you can check and keep, then a short clip from it. Two steps, two credit costs shown on the buttons.
The Two Photos tab sends both photos to Seedance 2.5 with sound in one step, the same workbench as Zombie Couple.
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Start with your photos →Download the 4K still, or open it in PhotoCraft to add a name and dates, and post it next to the clip.
Download the still from the workbench, then open it in PhotoCraft, the free browser editor, to set a name, the dates and a short line in the space at the top. Export a PNG for the post and keep the layered file for next year.
Open PhotoCraft →CapCut Day of the Dead AI templates appear on TikTok from October 4, 2026. The version with the falling star and the caption "Cuando el cielo trae de vuelta un recuerdo…" spreads from October 14 and was still being posted on October 23.
Up to four on this page. The Image to Image models take up to 16 references, but every extra face is one more to check, so the scene prompt names the exact head count from the photos you upload.
CapCut has free templates, and some general tools give a few free generations. Here the credit cost shows on the Design the still and Animate it buttons before you run either step; packs start at $9.90 for 250 credits.
Yes. Download the still (up to 4K with GPT Image 2.5), or open it in PhotoCraft to add a name and dates before you post. The Family ofrenda board sample on this page is a still only.
They are remixes of Seedance 2.0 Fast clips made for this trend on October 25, 2026: re-cut, reframed and color graded, with no new AI generation. Each card shows the input photos, the designed still and what the original clip shows.
Post in the last days of October, while families set up the ofrenda. In much of Mexico November 1 remembers children and November 2 remembers adults.
Rebuild only the still with a sharper, front-facing photo of that person before you animate. Keep the motion short and simple; a long clip gives faces more time to drift.
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Lovart ME is an independent site and is not affiliated with TikTok, CapCut or the creators of the Day of the Dead AI trend. Sample people and pets are original generated characters.