How do I make a Prank Mask AI video from my selfie?

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Short answer

Upload one chest-up photo of yourself or an adult friend, facing the camera, keep the background or pick a living room, a kitchen or a bathroom, and MimicZip builds the reveal. Check a 5-second bonus preview, then spend 1 credit on the 5-second 720p video. No prompt to write.

Example frame: a man in a burgundy polo shirt with an elderly-looking face and wide eyes, pulling a thin rubber mask away from his chin
Example frame: a man in a burgundy polo shirt with an elderly-looking face and wide eyes, pulling a thin rubber mask away from his chin

From a selfie to the reveal

  • Open the template page. There is a single box, for your face. Use a sharp photo of one adult, chest up, facing the camera with both shoulders in view and nothing covering the face, as JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB.
  • Pick the place: your own background (the default), a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom or a home office. Pick the outfit: your own, a white tee, a grey hoodie, a navy sweater, a denim shirt or a red sweater. Pick the colour tone: natural, warm, cool, pastel, vivid or retro film. None changes the price.
  • Pick 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, or 16:9 for YouTube and desktop screens.
  • Consent, login, pack. Tick the photo-consent box and sign in with Google. Previews come inside a pack.
  • Check the preview. It is watch-only, 5 seconds at 480p, with a PREVIEW badge. Check that the face that comes back is yours and that the mask lifts upward from the chin; a hand blurring for a moment is normal.
  • Render: 1 credit gives the 5-second 720p MP4 with no watermark, saved in My videos.
  • Add a sound you like in TikTok when you post; our video follows no trend song.

The four beats already built in

The camera is fixed chest up. From 0 to 1 second you pinch your cheek, then your face turns elderly with wide eyes and an open mouth until 2 seconds. From 2 to 3.5 seconds both hands peel a thin rubber mask upward from the chin, and from 3.5 seconds your own face is back, hands on your cheeks, smiling until 5 seconds.

The old face and the mask are generated, and nothing is lip-synced; faces and moves shift a little each run.

After rendering

Download the MP4 or copy a share link from My videos. The posts we follow use their creator’s own voice-over, so there is no sound to match; the sound guide says how to add one.

Questions people ask

Do I need to write a prompt?

No. The camera, the framing and the order of the four beats are fixed. You provide one photo and choose the place, the outfit and the format.

Do I need a rubber mask or a filter?

No. The mask, the old face and the room are generated. You only need the photo.

Can I close the page while it renders?

Yes. Rendering carries on at our end, and the finished video is saved under your account in My videos.

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