Realistic facial age transformation with 3D uplifting
Author(s)
Li, Xiaohui
Guarnera, Giuseppe Claudio
Lin, Arvin
Ghosh, Abhijeet
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
While current facial re-ageing methods can produce realistic results, they purely focus on the 2D age transformation. In this
work, we present an approach to transform the age of a person in both facial appearance and shape across different ages while
preserving their identity. We employ an α-(de)blending diffusion network with an age-to-α transformation to generate coarse
structure changes, such as wrinkles. Additionally, we edit biophysical skin properties, including melanin and hemoglobin, to
simulate skin color changes, producing realistic re-ageing results from ages 10 to 80 years. We also propose a geometric neural
network that alters the coarse scale facial geometry according to age, followed by a lightweight and efficient network that adds
appropriate skin displacement on top of the coarse geometry. Both qualitative and quantitative comparisons show that our
method outperforms current state-of-the-art approaches.
work, we present an approach to transform the age of a person in both facial appearance and shape across different ages while
preserving their identity. We employ an α-(de)blending diffusion network with an age-to-α transformation to generate coarse
structure changes, such as wrinkles. Additionally, we edit biophysical skin properties, including melanin and hemoglobin, to
simulate skin color changes, producing realistic re-ageing results from ages 10 to 80 years. We also propose a geometric neural
network that alters the coarse scale facial geometry according to age, followed by a lightweight and efficient network that adds
appropriate skin displacement on top of the coarse geometry. Both qualitative and quantitative comparisons show that our
method outperforms current state-of-the-art approaches.
Date Issued
2024-07
Date Acceptance
2024-06-14
Citation
Computer Graphics Forum: the international journal of the Eurographics Association, 2024, 43 (4)
ISSN
0167-7055
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Computer Graphics Forum: the international journal of the Eurographics Association
Volume
43
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Authors. Computer Graphics Forum published by Eurographics - The European Association for Computer Graphics and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
License URL
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cgf.15146
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e15146
Date Publish Online
2024-07-24