A YouTuber, known only by the username “Shamook” was hired by Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic after going viral for impeccably remastering and recreating “Star Wars…
Shamook has been kind enough to explain the technique in the captions of his YouTube videos, such as one where he spliced McGregor’s face onto Guinness’ body in the original “Star Wars.”
“Deepfakes are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else’s likeness leveraging powerful techniques from machine learning and artificial intelligence,” he wrote. Shamook also pays it forward on his YouTube channel by linking to the programs and files he used to create these impeccable AI “deepfakes.”,” which incorporates state-of-the-art technology that can essentially swap out any person’s facial biometrics without noticeable awkwardness through the advance computer graphics.
It can be used for de-aging, full on head replacements — and even lip manipulation to change a person’s words, the software advertises. While Shamook’s “Star Wars” videos may have landed him a job with Lucasfilm, he still actively tinkers with plenty of other movie franchises and posts the results, to the delight of his 121,000 subscribers.
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