WATCH OUT

This branch is dedicated to testing a method for replacing specific faces in videos. It provides a functionality to swap faces in a video with a target face. Please note that this project is still a work in progress, and your feedback is highly appreciated.

have not run with the CPU mode by myself yet. You can have a try

Usage

To use the face swapping feature, follow the instructions below:

1. Make sure you have a basic understanding of the project and its functionality.
2. Clone or download this branch to your local machine.
3. Install the required dependencies mentioned in the project documentation.
4. Navigate to the project directory.

Face Swapping

To replace a specific face in a video, use the --fake-face <image_path> option. This option allows you to specify the image file that contains the face to be swapped.

Example command:

python run.py --specific-face <image_path>

Replace <image_path> with the path to the image file containing the target face.

Feed Back

As this project is still under development, your feedback and suggestions are valuable to help improve its functionality and usability. If you encounter any issues, have ideas for improvement, or need assistance, please feel free to open an issue or contact the project maintainers.

Disclaimer

Please note that this branch is still in the testing phase, and it is recommended to have a basic understanding of the project and its concepts before using it. Use it at your own risk.

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Take a video and replace the face in it with a face of your choice. You only need one image of the desired face. No dataset, no training.

That's it, that's the software. You can watch some demos here.

Disclaimer

Better deepfake software than this already exist, this is just a hobby project I created to learn about AI. Users must get consent from the concerned people before using their face and must not hide the fact that it is a deepfake when posting content online. I am not responsible for malicious behaviour of end-users.

To prevent misuse, it has a built-in check which prevents the program from working on inappropriate media.

How do I install it?

Issues according installation will be closed without ceremony from now on, we cannot handle the amount of requests.

There are two types of installations: basic and gpu-powered.

• Basic: It is more likely to work on your computer but it will also be very slow. You can follow instructions for the basic install here.

• GPU: If you have a good GPU and are ready for solving any software issues you may face, you can enable GPU which is wayyy faster. To do this, first follow the basic install instructions given above and then follow GPU-specific instructions here.

How do I use it?

Note: When you run this program for the first time, it will download some models ~300MB in size.

Executing python run.py command will launch this window:

Choose a face (image with desired face) and the target image/video (image/video in which you want to replace the face) and click on Start. Open file explorer and navigate to the directory you select your output to be in. You will find a directory named <video_title> where you can see the frames being swapped in realtime. Once the processing is done, it will create the output file. That's it.

Don't touch the FPS checkbox unless you know what you are doing.

Additional command line arguments are given below:

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f SOURCE_IMG, --face SOURCE_IMG
                        use this face
  -t TARGET_PATH, --target TARGET_PATH
                        replace this face
  -o OUTPUT_FILE, --output OUTPUT_FILE
                        save output to this file
  --keep-fps            maintain original fps
  --keep-frames         keep frames directory
  --all-faces           swap all faces in frame
  --max-memory MAX_MEMORY
                        maximum amount of RAM in GB to be used
  --cpu-cores CPU_CORES
                        number of CPU cores to use
  --gpu-threads GPU_THREADS
                        number of threads to be use for the GPU
  --gpu-vendor {apple,amd,intel,nvidia}
                        choice your GPU vendor

Looking for a CLI mode? Using the -f/--face argument will make the program in cli mode.

Future plans

• Improve the quality of faces in results
• Replace a selective face throughout the video
• Support for replacing multiple faces

Credits

• henryruhs: for being an irreplacable contributor to the project
• ffmpeg: for making video related operations easy
• deepinsight: for their insightface project which provided a well-made library and models.
• and all developers behind libraries used in this project.