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Restore and animate old photos into talking videos with Muse and Google Drive

Ready for 3.0

by useapi.net ✓ · 0 views · created 2026-10-15 · Content Creation, Multimodal AI

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 64 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Bring an old photo to life”) (plus 2 other triggers). Along the way it connects Google Drive and Google Sheets. It also calls api.useapi.net over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Bring an old photo to life”) (plus 2 other triggers).

  1. Read the form (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  2. Media request (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  3. Settings (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Start route (Switch): routes items into branches
  5. Ticket ok? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  6. Batch read account (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (GET)
  7. Stopped (n8n Form): shows the next form page
  8. Upload photo (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
  9. Upload from URL (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (POST)
  10. Fetch asset (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (GET)

…plus 51 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google DriveGoogle Sheets

HTTP calls to: api.useapi.net

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (12)

From the author

Quick overview This workflow uses an n8n form to upload or link to an old photo, then calls the useapi.net Muse API (third-party) to optionally restore it and generate one or two short talking-video takes, with optional saving of the final MP4 and restored…

Excerpt from useapi.net's description on n8n.io.

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