The visual effects and CGI of El Irish, one of the films that has made the most noise in 2019, they continue to give something to talk about. On this occasion, it was a fan of Martin Scorsese's film who was in charge of sowing controversy by creating a video that, without a doubt, leaves no one indifferent.
the youtube user iFake has released a video in which it has replaced the CGI of the faces of Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino with those of their younger counterparts. The result is spectacular and its channel, of obligatory subscription.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RlnC6RbBSk&feature=emb_logo
How has this arrangement of the CGI of The Irish?
We are, of course, before another example of the famous technology deepfake. Go ahead this CGI fix of the faces of The Irish it is a work done by a movie buff that in no way can be compared to the special effects created by Scorsese's team.
In fact, one might even consider whether it is appropriate to speak of "fixes" or "corrections". As much as certain visual details of The Irish, we are facing a colossal tape. Of course, we are by no means before a case as outlandish as that of the recently defenestrated cats
The key behind this spectacular video is in the hours of dedication that are necessary to collect images of the actors. Its creator has accessed old films by De Niro Pacino and Pesci to download foograms that have later been partially replaced. This technology has nothing to do with the one originally used for the CGI of The Irish. The deepfakes They are mere substitution work.
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The deepfake They promise to be one of the YouTube fashions that are going to give the most to talk about throughout 2020. In essence, they are made through totally free programs (for which you only need a very powerful computer) that superimpose one human face on another. More than dedication, they require time.
It is necessary to do an immense job of collecting data beforehand based on the videos from which we want to extract the face to fit it into the montage. It is necessary to provide as many frames as possible with different angles and lighting of the actor. In this way, the Artificial Intelligence of the software can access the version of the face that best suits the new scene in question. The process is completely automated.
The arrangements of this video made by the YouTube user iFake have been made on top of the version already recreated by the Industrial Light & Magic team. In other words, without The Irish original, this video would not be possible.
Another important aspect to take into account is the resolution. This video is not made in 4K. Without a doubt, the errors of overlapping faces (something already visible in the iFake video) would be much more noticeable in a higher resolution video intended for movie theaters.
That said, it's a joy to see how anyone, from home, is capable of making an entire Hollywood studio nervous.