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Digital humans, doubles & beauty work · Working

Face replacement

ELI5

Replacing or altering a photographed face with another captured or generated performance.

Used in conversation

“The treatment should explain where the face replacement enters the shot and what it needs from production.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Face replacement” in vfx, virtual production & animation conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains image creation that extends beyond straightforward live-action photography.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.