Hop Hop Hop AI Photo Tips
Updated 2026-10-31 · By HopHopHop AI
Short answer: Use two sharp, well-lit photos with clear faces facing the camera. Knees-up or full-body framing is best. Put the starting pointer in Photo 1 and the starting bouncer in Photo 2. Avoid sunglasses, group shots and strong filters. Get an 8-second 9:16 video with the original song in 480p or 720p HD.
Duo · 2 photos · 8 seconds · original song
Make the face easy to read
Choose a photograph in which you can clearly see the person's eyes, nose and mouth without zooming deeply into the image. Even daylight is useful because it shows both sides of the face. Avoid a bright light directly behind the person, dark shadows across the eyes or a face partly covered by another person's hair. A simple, unfiltered phone photograph is often more useful than an artistic portrait with heavy effects.
Use a front-facing or nearly front-facing view. Extreme side profiles and faces looking sharply downward leave important features hidden. The video has fast movement and more than one distance from the camera, so visible detail matters.
Include the clothes you want
The dance uses more than a close-up face. Include enough of the person to show their outfit, ideally from the knees upward or with the whole body visible. Keep the face large enough to remain clear at the same time. Do not rely on a cropped headshot to provide information about a jacket, trousers or shoes that never appear in the photograph.
Use clothes that the person is comfortable having represented in an AI video. A plain background can make the subject easier to distinguish, but you do not need to photograph them in a corridor or reproduce the dance yourself.
Keep the two positions in order
For Duo, Photo 1 starts close to the camera on the right, pointing toward the person behind them. Photo 2 starts farther back in the middle, hopping with the music. The two change positions at the cut, so each person appears near and far during the finished clip. Upload the photographs separately rather than combining them into a collage.
Check both upload previews before starting. Make sure the starting pointer is in the first slot and the starting bouncer is in the second. If you want to change the opening positions, exchange the two uploaded photographs. The quality selection does not change the photo requirements.
Check permission before uploading
Use yourself or an adult who has explicitly agreed to appear. Do not upload minors, celebrities or public figures, and do not assume that finding a photograph online gives you permission to use it. Review the consent statement before starting a render. After downloading, label the shared clip as AI-generated and check that it does not falsely represent a real event or endorsement.
Clear photos help keep you recognizable, but faces, hands and distant movement can still contain artifacts. Review both halves of the video before sharing. HopHopHop AI is not affiliated with the original creators, Shluzov or TikTok.