Tutorial · updated October 15, 2026
How to make the Hug in Heaven AI video, step by step
This tutorial shows how to make the Hug in Heaven AI video: a 12-second vertical video of the trend scene with your faces in it, written shot by shot, with the music of the trend. You need 2 photos and no prompt, editing app or download of the TikTok.
Real videos from this maker, unedited, made October 15, 2026 with photos of AI-generated sample people.
What you need
- 2 photos: You: stands alone on the glowing stairs crying and searching, recognises them, then runs up for the hug; Your loved one in heaven: steps out of the light at the top of the stairs, smiles, opens their arms and holds you.
- 100 credits ($9.90 in the smallest pack), taken only when the video finishes.
- about 5–10 minutes of waiting. You can leave the page.
- A phone or a computer with a browser. No app, no editor, no account on another AI tool.
Step-by-step: make the Hug in Heaven AI video
Open the template
Go to the Hug in heaven AI video page on Remake Your Meme. The maker sits next to a real 12-second result, so you can compare it with the original clip before you spend anything.
Choose 2 photos
The Hug in Heaven AI video needs 2 photos: photo 1 is you (stands alone on the glowing stairs crying and searching, recognises them, then runs up for the hug); photo 2 is your loved one in heaven (steps out of the light at the top of the stairs, smiles, opens their arms and holds you). Use one person per photo with the whole face visible, ideally front-facing and sharp.
Upload and confirm
Drop the photos into the maker and confirm that you have permission to use them. They go straight to private storage and are deleted with the video after 30 days.
Keep the trend sound
Leave "Trend sound" on to get the audio of the original clip under your video. Choose "No song" if you want to add the official sound inside TikTok instead.
Start and wait
Press "Make my video". The Hug in Heaven AI video usually takes about 5–10 minutes. You can close the tab or start another one; the video waits in Your videos, and we email you when it is ready.
Download and post
Download the 12-second 9:16 MP4 without a watermark and post it on TikTok, Reels or Shorts. Label it as AI-generated where the app asks, and tag the people in it.
How this video follows the trend
The trend clips are made from two photos in a CapCut template, so every version tells the same story. We wrote that story as a shot-by-shot script: who is in each shot, where they stand, how they move and what their face does, down to the tears, the trembling lip and the smile of recognition. The video model films it with your two photos, so the scene matches the trend and both faces stay yours.
What stays as in the trend
- The stairway of glowing white steps through golden-pink clouds, with the bright opening at the top, as in the trend clips.
- The story of the trend: the climb, your loved one waiting at the top with open arms, and the long hug in the light.
- The music of the trend clip under the video, and the vertical 9:16 frame for TikTok.
What changes
- Your face from photo 1 and your loved one's face from photo 2, in every shot, including the close-ups.
- The video is written as five shots with the expressions spelled out: you crying and searching, them appearing and smiling, you covering your mouth, the run, the hug.
- Marigold petals, the cempasúchil of Día de Muertos, drift through every shot.
How to get the closest result
- Put yourself in photo 1 and your loved one in photo 2, the order the CapCut template asks for too.
- Use the clearest face photo you have of your loved one; crop out other people and frames.
- Keep "Trend sound" on for the music of the trend.
Three ways to make the Hug in Heaven AI video
| Method | How close to the original | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| This maker | Same story and music: written shot by shot from the trend, with the faces of your two photos. | Add 2 photos and press one button. Failed videos are refunded. |
| Motion transfer, such as Higgsfield Genjutsu | Very close: Higgsfield says the motion, camera and timing stay as filmed and everything else is rebuilt from your references. | Find and download the original clip, upload it with your photos, describe the swap, check every shot, then add the sound back. |
| Prompt and a reference photo | Loose: the model invents the room, the timing and the camera again on every run. | Write a long prompt for every shot and retry until the scene looks right. |
Higgsfield's description read on its Genjutsu page on 15 October 2026. We are not affiliated with Higgsfield.
The manual way, for comparison
This is how people make the Hug in Heaven AI video with a general AI video tool. It works, but every step is a place where the result drifts from the original:
- Find the CapCut template from a hug in heaven TikTok and open it in the CapCut app.
- Add your photo first, then the photo of your loved one, as the template asks.
- Wait for CapCut to generate the AI clip, then export it and add it to your post.
- Or write a long prompt for a general AI video tool and retry until both faces stay right through the hug.
Photo tips for the Hug in Heaven AI video
- Photo 1 is you: one sharp, front-facing photo with only you in it. Your face carries the crying close-ups.
- Photo 2 is your loved one: the clearest face photo you have, ideally looking at the camera. Crop it so only they are in the picture.
- Old, scanned or black-and-white photos can work when the face is sharp and large enough; very small or blurry faces come out less like the person.
- Hair, beard and glasses come from the photos; the clothes come from the photos too, tidied up for the scene.
If you are looking for this video by description
People often ask for the Hug in Heaven AI video without its name. These all mean the same clip, and this tutorial covers them:
- “the AI video where you run up the stairs to heaven and hug your dad”
- “the TikTok where someone hugs their mom in heaven”
- “stairway to heaven hug AI template”
- “plantilla papá en el cielo abrazo”
Read more about where the trend came from on the Hug in heaven AI video page, or browse all meme video templates.