Face swap

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As Face Swap or Face swapping (also faces exchange ) refers to the digital swap two faces together. The face is then displayed on the other's body.

application

In image processing and video editing , technologies such as morphing are used to achieve a face swap. This can be, for example, a parody of two personalities or a funny montage to be published on the Internet .

There is also the possibility of exchanging faces using algorithms. Applications that use a webcam or cell phone camera use such functions for entertainment purposes. The swap is displayed on the screen and can usually be transmitted live or as a photo or video. The face recognition determines individual pixels of the people. The best-known example is the mobile app Snapchat .

If artificial intelligence (e.g. DeepFaceLab ) is used to generate such forgeries, it is also referred to as deepfake . Even if these pictures are not real, applicable rights such as personal rights must also be taken into account when they are distributed .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 50 Funniest Face Swap Pics - Image Gallery . In: CHIP Online . ( chip.de [accessed on February 14, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Faceswap for Android: fun apps for swapping faces . In: GIGA . March 4, 2016 ( giga.de [accessed on February 14, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Eike Kühl: Artificial Intelligence: Fake News is followed by Fake Porn . In: The time . January 26, 2018, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed February 14, 2018]).