Identifying suitable candidates for a swap

While it is technically possible to swap any face with another, creating a convincing deepfake requires paying some attention to the attributes of your source and destination faces. Depending on what you hope to achieve from your deepfake, this may be more or less important to you, but assuming that you wish to create a convincing swap, you should pay attention to the following attributes.

• Face/head shape: Are the shapes of the faces similar to one another? If one face is quite narrow and the other quite round, then while the facial features will be correct, the final swap is unlikely to be particularly convincing if the final swap contains a head shape that is significantly different from the individual you are attempting to target.
• Hairline/hairstyles: While it is possible to do full head swaps, these are generally harder to pull off, as hair is complex, and hairstyles can change significantly. You will generally be swapping...