A calm setting
A meadow in golden-hour light, softened by haze.
Imagined, gently
AI Hug With a Deceased Loved One
Hotel Lobby Video (hotel-lobby-video.com) can make a short, quiet video of you hugging someone who has died: you add a photo of yourself and a photo of them, and the two of you meet in a meadow at golden hour and hold each other. It is an imagined scene, not a recording, and it is made with care.
- Your photo and theirs
- A golden-hour meadow
- Soft piano, no words
- 4 credits, 720p
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Your photo
Just one photo: alone or as a pair.
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Effect
Memorial Hug needs two people. Add a second photo, or switch to one photo of the pair.
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Video
Cost: 4 credits. Takes roughly 2 to 5 minutes. If it fails, the credits come back. See prices
Quick answer
An AI hug with a deceased loved one is a short video built from two photos, one of you and one of the person who has died. On Hotel Lobby Video (hotel-lobby-video.com) the Memorial Hug effect places you both in a sunlit meadow at golden hour, where you step closer, hold each other in a long, gentle hug and then look toward the camera, with soft piano and strings. It runs on Seedance 2.0 Mini for 4 credits (5 seconds, 720p), in up to about 5 minutes by the provider’s estimate; failed renders are refunded. It is imagined, not real footage, and results with old or faded prints are not guaranteed.
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What it is, and is not
What a memorial hug video shows
People make these for a mother, a grandfather, a husband, a best friend: someone they would give a great deal to hold once more. The video cannot bring anyone back. It borrows a face you love from a photo and shows a calm moment that never took place, and it is fine to decide that is not something you want.
The Memorial Hug effect is deliberately simple. A meadow in evening light, a soft haze. You notice each other, come closer and hold on with eyes closed, then lean back slightly, smile, and look toward the camera. There is nothing ghostly and no speech, only a hopeful piano line with soft strings. The prompt asks the model to keep each face, hairstyle and outfit from its photo and to show everything in full color.
How to
How to make an AI hug with a deceased loved one
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Add a photo of yourself
Clear and well lit, face and shoulders or waist up.
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Add a photo of your loved one
Choose the one where they look most like themselves, with the face large and sharp. A single photo of the two of you together also works.
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Leave Memorial Hug selected
Defaults: Seedance 2.0 Mini, 720p, 5 seconds, 9:16. The provider quotes up to about 5 minutes, and the MP4 is kept in My videos.
In the clip
What the memorial hug includes
An unhurried hug
You come closer, hold each other with eyes closed, then smile toward the camera.
Faces you recognize
Faces, hair and clothes come from your photos; their backgrounds are replaced.
Music without words
A gentle piano melody with soft strings.
Things to consider first
A hug with someone who has died may comfort you and unsettle someone else, especially soon after a loss. Before you make or share one:
- Think about the audience. Show it privately to close family before it goes anywhere public.
- Use photos you have the right to use, and ask the family if the person was part of theirs.
- Call it what it is when you share it: an imagined scene, not a memory or a recording.
- No strangers or public figures. Every render also passes the video provider’s NSFW checker.
Old, faded or black-and-white photos
Many photos of people we have lost are old prints. The effect is designed around clear, modern photos, so results with faded or black-and-white prints are not guaranteed. Nothing on this site repairs or colorizes a photo, and the effect asks for the scene in full color, so a monochrome face may be colored in by the model.
- Photograph a print flat in daylight, with no flash or glare, and crop to the face and shoulders.
- If the first clip does not feel right, try a different photo. Failed renders are refunded; finished ones are not.
Other ways to remember someone
For a tribute that strings several moments together, see the AI tribute video page. To let one old photo of them move by itself, with a blink and a small smile, see bring old photos to life. For a hug with someone who is still here, the AI hug generator is the everyday version.
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How can I make a video of me hugging my late mom from two photos?
Add a clear photo of yourself and one of her, keep Memorial Hug selected and tap create. A few minutes later you have a short clip of the two of you in a gentle hug, ready to download.
Will an old or black-and-white photo work?
You can upload one, but results are not guaranteed and there is no restoration tool here. Photograph the print flat in daylight without glare and pick the sharpest face you have.
I have one photo of us together. Is that enough?
Yes. Add that single photo and the effect builds the hug from the two people in it.
I only have a photo of my grandfather, none of me with him. What can I make?
The hug needs two people, so add a photo of yourself too. To make his photo move on its own, use bring old photos to life.
Is the person in the video really them?
No. The face follows the photo, but the movement and the moment are imagined by AI. It does not replace real photos or recordings.
Is it okay to send it to the family group chat?
Ask first. Some relatives will be glad to see it and some will not be ready. Send it to one person privately before sharing it more widely.
Do I need to install an app or write a prompt?
No. It runs in a phone or computer browser, and the meadow, the hug and the music are already part of the effect.
How much does a memorial hug video cost?
5 seconds at 720p is 4 credits; longer or sharper clips cost more. You spend credits at the moment you create (packs start at 10 credits for $9.99), and any render that fails gives them back on its own.
When you are ready
Make the memorial hug video
Two photos, a quiet meadow and one gentle hug. The price is shown before you create.