Want to build a face online? Maybe you need to build a character for a story, want to re-create yourself, or just enjoy messing around with face creation. One of the most popular tools for this job, Morphases, unfortunately shut down at the end of 2020 since it relied on Adobe Flash.
Thankfully, there are other realistic face makers available online. Let's take a look at one of the best options available today.
Meet FaceMaker
FaceMaker is a simply named online face creator that does what you'd expect. As the homepage states, it's "part of an interdisciplinary research project of the Stuttgart Media University and University of Stuttgart," so the site asks you to answer a few questions before getting started.
These include your year of birth, gender, home country, and how often you play video games and watch movies. You'll also need to agree to the terms to proceed. We assume this is all for research purposes, as it doesn't seem to have any effect on the editor.
Creating a Face With FaceMaker
Once inside, you'll have access to FaceMaker's face creation tools. There are many sliders, broken into categories. For example, under Cheeks and Jaw, you'll find sliders for Chin Shape, Cheeks, Chin Length, and Jaw Shape. Slide each one between the extremes (like Triangle and Squared for Jaw Shape) to set it how you like.
Most of the sliders are self-explanatory. If you want to reset any of them, click the button next to them. You'll also find buttons to Reset Complete Face, Reset User Interface, and Change Light Setting in the bottom-right.
One slider in particular to note is in the Style slider in the General section. This is set to Real by default; sliding it to Cartoon will give the face an alien-like appearance.
Exporting Your Face From FaceMaker
To save or share your created face when you're all done, you have to complete some tasks. You'll see these in the bottom-right by the Finished button. Click that once you've created a face that fulfills the task, then fill in the survey questions to complete it.
After you completer all six tasks, you can export your face. If you don't want to go through all that and just want a quick image for your own record, you can simply take a screenshot of your face instead.
The Easy Way to Make a Realistic Face Online
While FaceMaker isn't a professional face maker tool, it lets you create a somewhat realistic-looking face in just a few minutes. Give it a try next time you need something like this.
For more face fun, you should also give face swap apps a try.
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