Extracting and reconstructing facial features to swap identities in images.
Encoder-decoder pairs are one of the main tools for creating deepfakes today. Going from an original image to a latent image is called encoding. Going from latent back to image is called decoding, similar to how you close your eyes and picture a cat based on knowledge stored in your brain. The encoder extracts latent features of face images, and the decoder reconstructs the face images from those features. To generate a deepfake, the decoder for the target draws the target image with the source’s latent features, such as expressions.
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