How to become a hero of memes, make gifs with your face and be in the movie using the flagship Sony Xperia



    One of the unique features of the Sony Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact, and Xperia XZ Premium (after the autumn software update) is the ability to create high-quality 3D models of people and small objects using a preinstalled application. After the autumn software update, it also became available to owners of the Xperia XZ Premium. The peculiarity of the software is that only the main camera of the smartphone and software algorithms are used, that is, additional accessories or special backgrounds are not required to separate the scan object. You can figure out how to use the function yourself (it’s not difficult) or use our instructions. We advise you to try it if you have one of the compatible smartphones on hand, otherwise look at what Sony Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact smartphones are capable of, and how they can diversify communication in social networks.



    Created models can be printed on a 3D printer, set as wallpaper or a game avatar, send to friends. But there is another use case - creating GIFs with a scanned face in Shadow Avatar. The application is available on Google Play for any smartphone and allows you to work with ready-made collections of animated images, and the most interesting functionality - adding faces from a library of scanned models to gifs - has become an exclusive for Sony Xperia flagships. These smartphones make it possible to take as a basis a high-quality and realistic model, and Shadow Avatar neural network technologies provide accurate segmentation of the model and the integration of the user's face in GIF-animation or video.



    Shadow Avatar immediately after launch asks a question: use your 3D model or one of the five heroes of the demo catalog. The first option is most interesting, therefore we will tell and show everything on the example of a real person. First of all, you can make small adjustments to the appearance: choose a suitable head shape, body type and skin color. Then you need to determine the clothes from a pre-prepared list: thematic outfits (now it’s the Super Bowl), casual outfits, classics and cool options such as a fireman or police costume.

    After the appearance, go to the location. At the moment, you can choose from 13 backgrounds, both fictional type "Anime" and real ones, for example, "London". We decided to send our hero to Bollywood - not because we love Indian cinema, but simply because we can.



    The final stage of creating a basic personalized video remains, this is the movement of a virtual person. Three categories are available: fun, dance and sport. After all these actions, the resulting “avatar” dances non-stop on the screen. On the one hand, this is part of your Shadow Avatar profile, on the other, it’s a workpiece that you can now use to create three types of content: Music clip, GIF and Hollywood.

    What is a music video?



    This mode in Shadow Avatar partly repeats the process of creating the avatar itself. First, the user is prompted to select animation and music, then the background and the outfit, indicate the path of the camera, optionally add an inscription and start recording.

    After clicking on the “Start” button, video recording starts, which can be stopped at any time and get a finished video with the ability to save to the device’s gallery or send it to instant messengers and social networks.

    What is GIF



    This section is a hit of Shadow Avatar. If a dancing 3D model with your face can quickly get bored, then the section with gifs “catches” for a long time. In this mode, it is proposed to take as a basis GIFs with popular memes or famous characters (the list is regularly updated) and add your own face to them. Such animation, added to the dialogue in time, will be brighter and more effective than any of the coolest stickers.

    Tip: so that before sending a gif there is not too long a dramatic pause in the dialogue and you do not miss a good moment, it is better to make a margin for different situations in advance. Save 10-15 different animations in the smartphone’s memory, but at the same time, you should not abuse content from Shadow Avatar. The value of personalized GIFs and videos is to use at any opportunity (for example, instead of the usual emoticon), and get into the most successful moments.

    What is Hollywood?



    The third mode of using Shadow Avatar is the scene of famous films in which you can put yourself. The developers use three-dimensional graphics (so that the model of the face does not stand out from the general style), and the issue of copyright is solved by a free retelling of the overall style of the films instead of verbatim quoting. For example, Game of Crowns sends us to the heroes of Westeros, Bullet Time beat the Matrix, and Star Knight beat the Jedi.

    Hint: If creating a personalized video and GIF requires a 3D model scanned specifically for Sony Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact or Xperia XZ Premium, then the content exported from Shadow Avatar has no restrictions for distribution on social networks and instant messengers, as well as viewing on devices from other manufacturers.

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