deepfakes/faceswap

FaceSwap is a tool that utilizes deep learning to recognize and swap faces in pictures and videos.

Emma Stone/Scarlett Johansson FaceSwap using the Phaze-A model

Jennifer Lawrence/Steve Buscemi FaceSwap using the Villain model

Make sure you check out INSTALL.md before getting started.

When faceswapping was first developed and published, the technology was groundbreaking, it was a huge step in AI development. It was also completely ignored outside of academia because the code was confusing and fragmentary. It required a thorough understanding of complicated AI techniques and took a lot of effort to figure it out. Until one individual brought it together into a single, cohesive collection. It ran, it worked, and as is so often the way with new technology emerging on the internet, it was immediately used to create inappropriate content. Despite the inappropriate uses the software was given originally, it was the first AI code that anyone could download, run and learn by experimentation without having a Ph.D. in math, computer theory, psychology, and more. Before "deepfakes" these techniques were like black magic, only practiced by those who could understand all of the inner workings as described in esoteric and endlessly complicated books and papers.