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The idea of being able to modify images is nothing new, and has been a staple of the fashion and beauty industry for decades. While many such tools are standard, they have become so ubiquitous in even our phone’s selfies, that to say a picture was ‘
photoshopped’ requires no further explanation, except maybe to our grandparents. Video modifications have been much slower and facial changes or outright creations have still been the domain of make-up artists, while visual effects were more concerned with the environments.
In recent years, the combination of technology and AI has allowed greater freedom in not only modifying live actors but in actually bringing back the dead to the silver screen. Martin Scorcese’s 2019 film, “The Irishman” famously rejuvenated Robert de Niro by decades to portray his character's life as a gangster. Traditionally, younger actors are portrayed with gradual layers of makeup to show their increasing age, since making a 75-year-old look like he is 25 is a bit more complicated. To be fair, while de Niro did look younger, he did not quite move like a 25-year-old, so some things have yet to be solved.