In the competitive world of digital content, standing out requires innovation and creativity. For 2023 and onwards, there are loads of controversies regarding generative AI being trained on unauthorized data sets (especially images and videos by the way) and whatnot but that’s not what we experienced some years back. I can tell you during the pandemic times, AI face swaps were the hottest thing in town.
From creations making fun of world leaders to giving generic meme formats some new life, there were many face swap online tools to help you get the job done. But as time goes by, users get bored of it naturally but if you still have the occasional needs, PicsTrick is here to serve you but I’ll explore it first to see if their algorithm really got it.
Upon visiting the site, you’ll need to log in to access the features. If you’re new, sign up for an account. Once logged in, you’ll be able to use the face swap function.
Then you can either upload your own photo to do the face swap or pick some template images to test out the results. And of course, doing a human-human face swap is quite the breeze. The face to be cropped out is one of the template while the man’s photo was uploaded by me.
Yup, although a bit weird hey at least it can do a consistent job of keeping other elements in check such as the shape of the jaw. And even though the angles of the models are completely different, the tool is still capable of capturing the essence.
Afterward, you can hit the Download button to save a copy for yourself and PicsTrick preserves the original dimensions of the base image so you can immediately send it to your friends for example.
Or if your source images are quite the size because they are taken directly from your phone (They are usually 2-3MB), then you can cut them down further through the compressor tool and also from PicsTrick’s website under the Utility tab. Since it is given a .webp format, the file size can be reduced significantly without noticeable quality loss.
Afterward, you can hit the Download button to save a copy for yourself. PicsTrick preserves the original dimensions, so minimal modification is needed. For those wanting smaller file sizes, the photo compressor tool reduces file size significantly without noticeable quality loss, making it perfect for high-resolution images like 4K.
Verdict
Although I do expect PicsTrick’s AI face swap algorithm to work and match the quality of their samples which is completely on point by the way, I would like to see the expansion of supported subjects like animal-animal or even animal-human face swaps because why not pair up a man with man’s best friend?
And props to them, everyone gets to try out the feature up to 10 times without paying at all – a registered account is all you need to get started. However, if you find this useful for professional settings (under proper guidelines and the right context of course), PicsTrick is offering its service up to 3000 times via the Ultimate Mode package.
And if there are any new updates and features in the future, you are guaranteed to have access to them without additional charges as well as 24/7 email support for any issues that you might come across.
But there’s something that all users get to enjoy – no watermarks.
Who gets to benefit from the paid package? I can think of social media account managers using it to create a post that engages their fanbase as well as digital artists getting some reference or inspiration from combining random things. Or maybe it could be a simple demonstration of AI tech by teachers to elementary students to keep them up to speed on what’s happening in the current IT era.
But I do think several other aspects need to be included as well such as individual consent of the pictures that are being face-swapped (especially if you’re going to use your friend’s face or something) as well as the general respect towards any person on the Internet (don’t use it for malicious intent like defamation). And lastly, be transparent about it by noting the image was post-processed by AI.
In any case, if you have any free AI face swap needs, do check out PicsTrick.
