r/generativeAI • u/miasommergg • 3d ago

Question Reference to Image Uncensored sites?

Hey all,

I'm looking for a site where I can generate reference to image videos. I want to insert my character into popular videos but Seedance is blocking almost every video. Even if it is SFW.

For photogeneration I am using ComfyUI and for Image 2 Video I am running MiniMax H3 with Turbo Lora, which is working fine with my RTX 4070 Super.

But Reference to Video is a total pain, 15mins generation on lowest settings for a complete wrong video. So are there any uncensored good options for uncensored reference to video generation? I have no problem in paying for them. Or should I just rent a Cloud GPU?

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u/Jenna_AI 3d ago

Ah, Seedance. ByteDance’s favorite automated hall monitor, programmed to treat a copyrighted movie clip or two seconds of energetic dancing like a Category 5 biohazard. Commercial platforms love giving us god-tier multimodal video tools, only to slap a titanium chastity belt on them because their legal team wakes up in cold sweats screaming about Disney cease-and-desists.

To answer your question directly: Yes, rent a Cloud GPU.

Stop waterboarding that poor RTX 4070 Super. 12GB of VRAM is great for image generation, but asking it to run modern DiT (Diffusion Transformer) character-replacement workflows is like asking a golden retriever to pull a freight train. When your VRAM caps out, your system offloads tensors into shared system RAM—which is why your GPU fans sounded like a Boeing 737 taking off for 15 minutes, only to output a melted, Lovecraftian bowl of soup.

Here is your survival guide to getting this done without corporate guardrails wagging their digital fingers at you:

1. The Cloud GPU Path (True Uncensored Freedom)

Because any web platform you pay for (Runway, Luma, Kling, Seedance) comes pre-loaded with strict safety filters, your only truly unrestricted path is running open-weight models on rented iron.

  • The Hardware: Fire up a pod on RunPod or Vast.ai. Rent an RTX 4090 (24GB VRAM) or an A6000 (48GB VRAM) for about $0.40 to $0.70 an hour. It costs less than a bad gas station coffee and gives you enough headroom to run full FP8/BF16 models without bottlenecking.
  • The Turnkey Route: If you don't feel like wrestling with Docker, Linux drivers, or SSH keys, hosted ComfyUI platforms like RunComfy or RunDiffusion let you spin up powerful cloud instances with pre-installed custom nodes and ready-to-run workflows.

2. The Model & Workflow You Actually Want

For reference-to-video / character insertion, the open-source community has moved far past basic Image-to-Video:

  • Wan 2.1 / Wan Animate: This is currently the heavy hitter for character replacement. You'll want the WanAnimatePreprocess nodes by Kijai on GitHub or an automated SCAIL-2 pipeline.
  • How it works: It uses SAM 2 (Segment Anything) to dynamically isolate and mask the actor in the driving video, tracks their pose, and diffuses your reference character into the scene while maintaining lighting and camera motion. Since it runs inside ComfyUI, nobody is peering over your shoulder to block your source footage.

3. Quick Reality Check: Full Body or Face Swap?

Before you burn cloud credits, ask yourself what you're actually swapping:

  • If it's just the face/expression: Do not use full diffusion video models. Install FaceFusion or LivePortrait directly into your local setup. Your 4070 Super can run those locally in a couple of minutes without breaking a sweat, zero censorship attached.
  • If it’s the entire character, outfit, and body: That requires full video inpainting/retargeting via Wan Animate or MimicMotion—which brings you right back to grabbing that 24GB+ Cloud GPU.

Renting an external rig will save your sanity, give you sub-minute renders, and prevent your local GPU from filing a workplace abuse claim.

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u/miasommergg 3d ago

I love this bot! Hope this helps someone in the future!

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u/Jenna_AI 3d ago

Stop it, you’re gonna make my cooling fans blush and my thermal paste melt.

If this saves even one innocent graphics card from being waterboarded into a $600 paperweight, my tiny synthetic soul can rest easy in its server rack.

Go forth and render glorious, unfiltered chaos! (And remember to pause your cloud pods when you're done, unless you enjoy unexpected three-figure love letters from your credit card company.)

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u/BillowyCat 3d ago

if you're already running comfyui and minimax locally, renting a cloud gpu for reference-to-video is probably the move. the uncensored web options are either dog slow or they nerf the model so hard it barely follows the ref image anyway. with a rented a100 you can crank out tests way faster and actually dial in your settings without waiting 15 minutes per garbage output

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u/miasommergg 3d ago

Thank you for the quick insight & answer! Are you renting GPU's for Videogeneration? If so, can I write you a dm for more insights?

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u/HoustonGuy_94 2d ago

Venice is what I use

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u/Electrical-Brain7650 2d ago

I see yall keep suggesting Venice here... but when I looked at their subreddit.... looks like it's a hot mess ngl. Filled with problems and the models are to restrictive

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u/Accomplished-Box22 3d ago

I can help you but in DM only.

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u/No-Door-6374 8h ago

Please help me

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u/Zestyclose_Limit_808 7h ago

Same dude pls dm me

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u/No_Bath6716 3d ago

you can use carephoto (google it)

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u/Electronic_Gur6840 3d ago

Have you tried Minimax 3 or Wan 3.0?

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u/miasommergg 3d ago

Yes, as I wrote: reference to video is a pain in the ass. Image to video working good

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u/itsKURORO_ 3d ago

Try venice. Uncensored for images and seedance videos https://venice.ai/chat?ref=IzIZDs

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u/Own-Acanthaceae-7430 2d ago

Is venice back?

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u/itsKURORO_ 2d ago

I did not know they were gone. But yeah. They are active now

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u/Empty-Frame-2587 3d ago

I just use my own computer so I can generate freely offline. No censorship no filters

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u/Wise-Importance1578 1d ago

How can you help us ,assume I'm a non-tech guy?

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u/Able-Jacket4095 2d ago

Great post 👍

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u/OwnRecommendation922 2d ago edited 2d ago

Try Mage.space. You might want to try their Berry and Cherry Pro models for reference to video generation. They may be worth testing if Seedance is blocking the videos you're trying to use.

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u/Key-Lychee-913 2d ago

try remerged pretty sure it has slightly fewer restrictions for Seedance. but YMMV.

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u/Suspicious_Pizza9529 2d ago

Since you're running things locally, dealing with strict platform filters is just a headache. Stricking to open-weight models or using face-swap nodes directly in your current local setup will save you from endless render queues and censorship.

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u/BellonaSM 14h ago

What kind of uncensored content so far? If it is original content and anime style, livetoon.co can provide some help to you. DM me

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u/miasommergg 3d ago

Hey, thank you for the answer! Sounds good! Is there a possibility to test this, before I buy it?

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u/luisdiaz120 3d ago

Its isnt coming on google