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News Technology Digital face-swapping heading for low-budget film-making
| Digital face-swapping heading for low-budget film-making |
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| Friday, 02 December 2011 18:32 | |||
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If you've seen the film The Social Network, then you might have wondered about the identical Winklevoss twins - were a real-life pair of twins cast for the roles, or was it a bit of Hollywood magic?
Well, it was magic. Although two different actors' bodies were used, their faces both belonged to actor Armie Hammer. After the movie was shot, the body double's face was digitally replaced with Armie's. While such computer-enabled face-swapping trickery has so far been available only to feature film-makers with deep pockets, that could be about to change, thanks to research being conducted at Harvard University...
Continue Reading Digital face-swapping heading for low-budget film-makingSection: Science and EducationTags: Facial,
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