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Om Prakash
Om Prakash

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We taught AI to drape a saree — and turn one photo into a video

For years, "virtual try-on" in our space meant one thing: paste a stitched garment onto a photo. A t-shirt, a dress — fine. But a saree? Everyone said it couldn't be done. The pallu, the pleats, the fall — too much unstructured drape for a model to get right.

Coming from a small team here in India, that one stung a little. The saree isn't just cloth for us — it's our mothers, our weddings, our culture.

So we built it. PixelAPI's Video Try-On now takes one photo + one saree and actually drapes it — then turns that still into a full, cinematic video: the person in their real saree, walking a runway or standing in any scene you describe.

One API call

curl -X POST https://pixelapi.dev/v1/video-tryon \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PIXELAPI_KEY" \
  -F "person=@model.jpg" \
  -F "garment=@saree.jpg" \
  -F "garment_type=saree" \
  -F "motion=female_walk" \
  -F "environment=royal Jaipur courtyard at golden hour"
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Identity and the exact garment are preserved frame-to-frame. It handles lehenga, kurta and western wear too.

Built for fashion brands, boutiques, resellers and creators who want try-on content at scale — without a photoshoot.

Made in India, for the world. 🇮🇳

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