FAKED Set: Faceswap Edits

 

    Hey all, I'm back with some fakes using faceswap and refining them through Photoshop. In order, we have Milly Alcock, Elizabeth Lail, Alexa Bliss, and Liv Morgan. While Milly and Elizabeth just kind of came to mind for me, Alexa and Liv are my first forays into making Wrestling-based fakes. I decided for the Liv fake to insert the Women's World Championship as an Easter Egg of sorts. I would've given Alexa one of the Women's Tag titles, but I couldn't find a good spot to place it. So expect more of these going forward, and hopefully far more elaborate then these ones.

    I think the Alexa fake is the weakest of the bunch. While I think the other ones look almost perfect, I find that something is off with her face. I don't know what it is exactly, and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to figure it out, but if I had to guess, it's merely a case of the Uncanny Valley. The only other one I take some issue with Liv's, as I feel her face is too thin. I could've fixed this in hindsight, but it's likely it would turn out weird due to the position of the head against the leg. I think it's pretty damn good regardless. Also, I know that she didn't have the white hair during her title reign, but I think it looks better, so that's what I went with. 

    Not much to say about the Milly fake. I thought it would be fun to add the Kryptonian Symbol of Hope to the panties as another fun little Easter Egg, despite the fact that I haven't seen the movie yet. I'll save my opinions until I actually see it, but I won't lie and say that I think it will be decent. Also, I think Milly is a great choice for Supergirl. I've been a fan of hers since House of the Dragon, and she reminds me of this really cute girl I knew once, so I'm excited for that movie when it comes out. 

    Now the Lail was the one that took the most work to make look good, and I am pleasantly surprised by the result. Faceswapping onto an image that has the face obscured in some way always turns out terribly, but I realized one day the way to fix that was to simply layer the swap over the original and erase over the obstructed area. The reason this works so well is because the major swap parts-eyes and nose-are retained and the skin is blended with the original to match more closely. Granted, if you want it to to look seamless, you'll need to take it into some photo-editing software to touch it up. The other major issue is the eyes. When you do a swap, they lack so much detail-as they are blending it with the original subject's eyes. My solution to this is simply deleting those and layering the eyes from another image under there and positioning them correctly, as well as using the Remove Tool wherever it is needed over the entire image. I think the results speak for themselves. 

    I'll certainly be doing more of these from here on that. I'll likely have at least one per set-especially if they are variety sets. Don't worry, I'll still be doing plenty of more traditional headswaps, but experimenting with AI and other tools is something that I believe can enhance my work. I'm not sure of I'll ever get to the point of fully generating fakes from scratch-mostly due to my technical limitations-but only time will tell.

    So enjoy these for now, and like always, stay safe out there.