Face Swap — Media Authentication Glossary | Danaya

A technique that replaces one person's face with another's in photos or videos.

What is Face Swap?

Face swapping replaces one person's face with another's in images or videos. Modern AI-powered face swaps can produce highly convincing results in real-time.

Detection

Face swaps can be detected through boundary artifacts, skin tone inconsistencies, and mismatched lighting and shadow patterns.

Related Terms

Deepfake

Synthetic media created using deep learning to replace a person's likeness in existing images or video.

Face Reenactment

AI technique that transfers facial expressions from one person to another in video.