If you've logged on to any social media app this week, you've probably seen pictures of your friends, but re-imagined as fairy princesses, animé characters, or celestial beings.
, but re-imagined as fairy princesses, animé characters, or celestial beings.
Lensa's highly stylized, eye-catching portraits have taken over the internet, but they have also been the subject of concern from privacy experts, digital artists, and users who have noticed the app making their skin paler or their bodies thinner.CNN's Zoe Sottile generated this image by submitting selfies to Lensa's "Magic Avatars" function.The pictures making the rounds online are products of Lensa's"Magic Avatars" function.
Generating the magic avatars requires an additional fee. As long as you have a subscription or free trial, you can get 50 avatars for $3.99, 100 for $5.99, or 200 for $7.99. The app explains in its privacy policy they use TrueDepth API technology, and the user-provided photos, or"face data," are used"to train our algorithms to perform better and show you better results."To test out the app, I curated 20 selfies I thought showed off a variety of expressions and angles and chose the 100 avatar option.
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