Face apps

[Petunia]

I know there are some older threads about using face apps but has anybody played around with them?

I tried a few today but only found one you don't have to sign up to.

Wow. The result fixed my eyes, straigtened and feminised my nose, and gave me lip fillers.

These are all things I want to do.

My face had some surface treatment but not much change.

My hair was almost identical, just some colouring.

Obviously some makeup but the scary thing is it looks like me just a beautiful version.

Like a really beautiful version. The sort that makes me want to transition tomorrow

[Lori Dee ✅]

Early in my transition, I used FaceApp to help figure out how to do makeup. I would snap before-and-after screenshots and compare them. Then try to replicate what I saw in the photo.

Later, I used it again to try different hairstyles and colors to see what looks best for my face shape and skin tone. Then went shopping for wigs!

They can be very helpful!

[Devlyn ✅]

Be careful, these apps are frequently just mining your data.

"If you're not paying for it, you're the product"

[Charlotte Kitty ✅]

I'd be terrified to try as would show me something i could then not achieve

[Christina152]

I found that FaceApp raised unrealistic expectations.

I prefer Copilot. Upload a selfie and it gives me a critical appraisal of what can be done and a shopping list of the required products. Then a step-by-step guide on how to apply them and finally a kind and affirmative report on the result.

[Stottie Girl]

i tried faceapp for a while early on. It produced totally unrealistic images in my view. Inspiring yes but not really achievable I thought. Try Google Gemini first, in my opinion it produced bettter images.

I showed it a pic of me in minimal makeup and asked it to re-imagine me at 12 stone, and I think it did a much more realistic image than faceapp ever could. You can really be specific about how you want to alter your image as well. Dev has a point about data mining but in all honesty can any of us really avoid googles clutches, they've probably got all our data by now anyway and could probably tell us the name of our unborn kids ha ha!

[Tig58072]

I use Face app paid for version. It's fun to play around with. But I tried Google and it created me female and gave me a list of makeup products. Face app changes your face and is only good for making pretty pictures. I don't see it as creating a image I could realistically achieve.

[KristaFairchild]

I'd be terrified to try as would show me something i could then not achieve

Exactly. I tried several, hoping they would use my real face so I could explore looks, but they all modified my face unrealistically. That had limited value when I was unsure if I was trans, but I would not touch them now. Many also required a subscription and often clearly were being paid commissions by cosmetic companies.

[Laura Squirrel]

Call me cynical, but I always roll my eyes when it comes to sites like that. I would rather get real-world feedback. That has been far more beneficial.

[Lori Dee ✅]

Exactly. I tried several, hoping they would use my real face so I could explore looks, but they all modified my face unrealistically. That had limited value when I was unsure if I was trans, but I would not touch them now. Many also required a subscription and often clearly were being paid commissions by cosmetic companies.

AI seems to do that. With FaceApp (paid version), I used the Gender Swap feature to see what was changed. It didn't change facial features, but softened the skin and applied makeup, so I found it helpful to learn what to try.