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If you’ve been anywhere near TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen a proliferation of posts of people posing with celebrities in elevators, like this. They’re fake, of course – products of AI-driven image creation tools – but they’re a fun kind of fake and very easy to be a part of.
There are a host of free AI tools you can use to create any type of image or video, but if you want your celebrity meeting in an elevator post to fit the current trend, the easiest way is to use CapCut.
How to Make a Celebrity Elevator Selfie Using Capcut
CapCut is the easiest option to create a video that fits the current TikTok trend. Here’s how to do it.
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Make sure you have both CapCut and TikTok installed, both made by ByteDance, so they integrate seamlessly.
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Find a celebrity elevator video you like on TikTok
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Click the “Share” arrow and choose “Copy Link”
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Click “Back” and then “Try this template.”
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Confirm your selection and select “Use AI template”
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Upload a photo of you and someone you like.
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Press “Next” and CapCut will put them together.
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Hit post on TikTok and voila, you’re a meme!
Here is a video Tutorial if this was more helpful.
How to do a celebrity elevator selfie with a Gemini
Using Google’s Gemini AI is another easy way to create an elevator image. Here’s how to do it:
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Go to Gemini home page.
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Drag a photo of you and one of your favorite celebrities into the window. (I am William Howard Taft).
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Add a claim. Here’s what I used, so feel free to cut and paste if you like my results below: “Take these two photos and create a realistic, photo-like image of these people standing in the elevator. The camera is positioned in the top corner of the elevator, with a slight fisheye lens distortion pointing down toward them. The walls of the elevator are metal with soft overhead lighting reflecting off the surfaces. Both look “The two people look up slightly toward the camera, capturing a scene that has a cinematic and dramatic tone.”
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Gemini will spit out a picture of you. Here’s mine:
How to make a selfie video in a celebrity elevator
If you want an animated video, you can put the image that the AI has already captured into an animation program. I used to Your puppy For me, it’s because it’s free and it does a good job.
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Add a claim. It doesn’t have to be complicated, my story was like: “Two men greet each other and fall in love.”
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Download your video, post it on TikTok with the appropriate hashtags, and you’re done Something like this.