ffmpeg is a command line tool with tons of tutorials available online so we will skip the setup and go directly to the usage.No patience with common video editors (e.g., Kdenlive and Openshot) as they can take hours to export a video after trimming / cutting it? Try LosslessCut. Generally we want to scale all our videos to 1080p (1920x1080). In order to merge multiple videos together they need to be the same size. If our videos aren’t all the same size, we can upscale or downscale them. If all the videos have the same codec and size, LosslessCut can be used to merge them together. We can use LosslessCut by following the workflow in the Readme. This tool is extremely useful for cutting interviews, movies, and tv shows where your target face isn’t always in the shot. Cutting out unwanted partsĪt DFBlue, we use the excellent LosslessCut to quickly trim multiple unwanted parts in a video clip. Once we gain a strong grasp with them however, we can accomplish simple editing tasks quickly.

Instead of video editors, we will use low level tools which require some time to understand. It might not be perceptible, but do it enough times and we can affect the quality of our deepfake. Of course, we can use a video editor like Final Cut or Premiere Pro, but these tools will re-encode the video. Preparing videos for frame and face extraction properly can save us lots of time and improve our deepfakes. These videos can be in different formats or sizes. When sourcing video content for deepfakes, we end up with videos from a variety of sources. Tips & Tricks for Managing Deepfake Source Videos Nov 5th, 2019 by DFBlue

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