Face swapping is not a new trend but one that has grown massively over the past few years. The number of apps specializing in swapping one face for another has grown, giving rise to infinite quantities of adults and youngsters alike filling spare time in the hilarious activity. The most simplistic form of face swapping is on photos, perhaps swapping your best friend’s face into a photo of a movie star or a celebrity in a compromising position. This type of editing is pretty straightforward with today’s technology and can have some rather amusing results. This has given rise to a trend known as deepfake, where technology has improved so much that you can sometimes mistake the face swap for the original! 

Now, face swapping with photos can be fun, but to take your game to the next level, why not try it with videos too? The fun you and your friends can have by adding your faces into a Christmas music video, for example, or an epic sci-fi sequence, can be endless. Reface is an excellent piece of software to use in this space, with new content uploaded daily, so you’ll never need to use the same inspiration twice. Another option, also provided by the app, is to use all manner of GIFs available to you. As you’ll probably know, GIFs are not a new invention but have become a popular source of digital fun over the past decade or so. Face swapping onto a popular meme in GIF format could bring repeated laughs among your friendship group. 

Of course, creating face-swapping masterpieces on your own can be fun for a little while, but you’ll probably get more pleasure out of your creations if you share them on social media for your friends and family to see. If you are doing it for the fun of it, you might get a few likes or some extra followers to your Insta story. If, however, you’re a bit more serious about building a social media profile, posting exciting content like this could go a long way to boosting your engagement on the whole. While it sounds like a simple pastime, having fun with friends is never something to be ignored, as this could prove to be just the sort of laugh you need.