Mobile · 2017-06-08

Face off….or face swap, anybody? – New app

For some months now swapping your face in your selfie images with that of an animal or even a friend was the norm. Using a neural network & computer vision,  tools such as Facebook’s MSQRD have provided various of transforming selfies into hilarious photos. In addition, Snapchat has been on top of this activity with its face filters. Now, Microsoft has decided to join this movement with their new app, ‘Face Swap’. The latter will enable you to change your appearance or even place yourself in different scenes Online.

With Face Swap you can impose your facial image on a different body, using a different hairdo, or even on a creature’s body. According to the developers, the app allows you to do this using their facial recognition software together with the Bing search engine. Which means you can face swap to anything from the search engine’s results. Be it appearing on the runway as a model or even on a private jet in place of your favorite celebrity.

In addition, using Face Swap’s topical images, you’ll get multiple chances of being able to create memes which you can use on your social media platforms. With an inbuilt library of images, Face Swap also allows you to test out how various hairstyles, as well as outfits, will look on you.

How Face Swap works

To check out how Face Swap works you need to 1st take a selfie or select an existing image from your phone’s gallery. Microsoft claims that the app will then make a model of your face allowing it to be applied in any scene you like. For instance, you can use the selection, ‘oval’ on your face using the app’s face adjustment feature. Besides, you can use face scaling to drag your face to any part of the screen.

Face Swap matches your skin tone, head position as well as the photo’s lighting, hence creating realistic face swaps. After this, you can then save the edited photo to your gallery or share it Online using social media.

Face Swap is currently available for Android users. It’s been developed by Microsoft’s ‘Garage’, which is the company’s offshoot for experimental innovation. If the startup proves to be popular Microsoft will definitely be adding extra features to it.

Click here to download Face Swap on your Android device.

 

– This is a startup profile based on publicly available material & not a review – 
 
Image Credit: Microsoft Garage 

 

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