HistoricalNicolae Ceaușescu
Likeness benchmark — the reference used through most of the engine work
Example gallery
Who this handles
Twenty reference portraits, chosen to cover the range the swap has to work with — straight-on and easy, but also off-axis heads, headwear, harsh flash, backlight and a near-profile. Several are here because they are hard. Each card shows the reference photo, and its rendered video once one exists.
The seventeen unnamed people are synthetic — generated, not photographed. None of them are real attendees or real customers. The three marked Historical are long-dead public figures, included because a viewer who knows the face can judge the likeness for themselves.
Reference set
20 of 20 renderedHistorical
HistoricalVlad Țepeș
Period dress and long hair — tests clothing and hair transfer, not just the face
HistoricalJulius Caesar
Toga and laurel — the furthest the wardrobe gets from the source footage
Woman, mid-20s
Straight-on, evenly lit — the easy baseline
Man, early 60s
Head turned about thirty degrees off-axis
Woman, mid-40s
Looking away from the lens, glasses, harsh flash
Man, early 30s
Cap shading the forehead — headwear occlusion
Teenager, 17
Framed too close, awkward expression
Woman, early 70s
Headscarf, deep laugh lines
Man, mid-50s
Blown-out direct flash, the worst lighting here
Woman, early 30s, backlit
Backlit, laughing, head tilted, eyes nearly shut
Man, mid-20s
Near profile — the hardest case in the set
Woman, early 50s
Backlit against a window, face in shadow
Man, early 40s, dappled light
Mid-laugh, dappled sun and shade across the face
Woman, early 60s
Glasses and an off-axis head together
Man, early 70s
Flat cap, squinting, deeply lined face
Woman, early 20s
Caught mid-motion, hair blurred
Man, early 40s, shaved head
Shaved head — no hair for the model to key on
Woman, early 30s, hijab
Hijab framing the face — hairline hidden entirely
Man, 18
Hood up, mixed streetlight — occlusion and colour cast at once