# Make a Face

> Software for creating animated composite face pictures and videos. (iPhone/iPad app by KG.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/make-a-face/id499737250 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [KG](https://appshunter.io/developer/499737253)
- Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 8 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 12 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-03-10
- Data updated: 2026-06-05
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/make-a-face/id499737250/reviews.md

## What is Make a Face?

Make a Face® is photography software to create unique, animated composite pictures and videos of faces.  If you like taking pictures of yourself (on a good day), and if you like creating interesting photos and animations of the faces of your friends and family, then Make a Face® gives you a way to create photos taken from an interesting array of perspectives, from the sublime, to the artistic, to the ridiculous.

Versions of Make a Face® with many additional features are also available for Mac desktop and notebook computers. The additional Mac OS X features include software to create colorful portraits, analyze facial symmetry, produce multi-colored videos of artistically combined and stylized faces, and produce innovative and unique movies.

Make a Face divides photographs of human faces into quadrants whose common point is the center tip of the nose. These quadrants are then merged into an animated display that creates a smoothly aligned video of the combined, but individually recognizable, facial images from multiple facial graphic sources.  

Make a Face is also a great social networking platform used by friends, family, and people everywhere who enjoy looking at facial pictures of themselves and others joined into an infinite number of interesting and animated combinations. Any picture of any face, including historical figures and well known personalities, can be integrated into the Make a Face display sequences. For people who enjoy looking at people, Make a Face gives them a way to see themselves in ways they have never seen themselves before.

Share the composite images you have made with Make a Face, and the pictures you have taken of yourself and others, with friends and family.

The process by which Make a Face operates is an entirely novel approach to the display of human facial characteristics in juxtaposition for the purposes of elucidation, entertainment, social networking, and the study of physiological differences and similarities. 

For best results use pictures that have been taken with a similar, neutral, background, with the subject facing directly into the camera. Ask your subjects to show medium sized smiles. Search for suitable facial graphics on the internet. Share facial graphics with others. 

Using the "+ Camera" button, import the picture you want, crop it so that goes lengthwise from the exact top of the head to the exact bottom of the chin (not the neck), drag the crosshairs to the tip of the nose, and then tap Done. If each of your cropped pictures frame the face with closely similar dimensions, there will be excellent results with quadrant alignment during animation. If a picture needs to have its alignment adjusted, tap its thumbnail, tap Edit, and adjust as needed.

Drag and drop back and forth between the Library and the Active thumbnails to choose which images appear in the quadrant animations. Double tap on any thumbnail to display an individual face in the display window. Dragging any picture into any quadrant will insert the correct section of the picture into the quadrant where it has been placed.

If all of the graphics you choose adhere to the above parameters, your blended faces will be symmetrical and align themselves almost perfectly, yielding a very interesting study of different facial characteristics, both of people related to each other, and of people with very different ethnic backgrounds. 

You can, of course, also create all sorts of weird, peculiar, funny, and dysmorphic effects by clicking in lopsided places on your imported graphic. A few experiments will give you the idea. 

Clicking the play button will start an automatic, random selection sequence of mingled faces. A click will stop it. You can drag and drop any face into any quadrant to make specific selections within the display.

An expanded version of Make a Face® that creates hundreds of different styles of composite face pictures and animations is available for Mac computers at the Mac OS X App Store.

## Key features

- Create animated composite pictures
- Merge facial quadrants
- Share creations with friends
- Explore facial characteristics
- Import and crop photos
- Adjust alignment

## Recent user reviews (8 of 8)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/make-a-face/id499737250/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Fun, clever, and weird all in one

*2018-06-27*

This app is really interesting, and I like the nice user interface that uses thumbnail columns on the side to display the stored pictures, and then the column of thumbnail pictures disappears when you start the animations so you get the advantage of seeing a full screen. 
It works nicely with regular faces of people I know, and it works just as nicely with weird 
additions like the occasional family pet (in my case a dog). It's fun and simple to use, 
especially the drag and drop action for the individual partitions for the faces. Nice design.

### 5/5 — Awesome photo merging app

*2016-09-02*

The photos this app creates are amazing, especially when family member faces are merged together. It's very original, creates all sort of unexpected combinations.

### 5/5 — Five stars of fun

*2012-08-18*

This app is made for faces, and it works with faces the way it's supposed to work. Then the temptation immediately kicks in to start mixing and matching will all sorts of other types of images. At that point make a face becomes make anything you want to make. I also got the OSX version and that version does some truly amazing things with reorganizing pictures. Highly recommended.

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2012-04-03*

This app is simple to use, but does some complicated things that are pretty cool. It definitely requires taking a good picture when taking photos of people you want to include. Lining up the face and cropping are important. Once that is done, it's a piece of cake and very entertaining.

### 5/5 — Awesome app!! Very addicting!

*2012-03-17*

Our kids (12 and 17) love this app, and can't stop using it. I would recommend it highly. Our daughter downloaded it and now all if us are addicted!!

### 5/5 — perfect for the iphone

*2012-03-13*

i had wondered why this app was available for the mac computer but not the iphone,
and sent a few emails asking for an ipad/iphone version. it looks like they listened.
it's really a great use for the iphone retina display and of course having the camera
right there to take the shots makes it super easy. and the iphone/ipad version does the basic stuff
that the mac version does. so i like this app!

### 5/5 — Great Fun

*2012-03-13*

I've had the mac version of this app for a long time. although that
version does a lot more complicated things than the iphone version, it's
great to have it on the iphone...  it's easy to just take a picture, let make a face
do its thing, and then email the picture off to everyone. nice and quick.
definitely more fun to fiddle with and watch than another downloaded rerun of
30 rock.

### 5/5 — Excellent! Love it!

*2012-03-12, version 1.0.0*

This app is so easy to use and creates so many fun pictures, and now that the iphone camera is hi-res enough to take good pictures, make a face really does put together these amazing and interesting combinations.

## Frequently asked questions about Make a Face

### What is Make a Face used for?

Make a Face is photography software designed to create unique, animated composite pictures and videos of faces. It allows users to merge different facial images into interesting and artistic combinations.

### How does Make a Face work?

The app divides photographs of human faces into quadrants, with the center of the nose as the common point. These quadrants are then merged into a smoothly aligned video display, creating animated composite images.

### Can I share my creations from Make a Face?

Yes, you can share the composite images and animated videos you create with Make a Face with your friends and family. It also functions as a social networking platform for sharing these facial creations.

### What kind of photos work best with Make a Face?

For best results, use pictures taken with a similar, neutral background, with the subject facing directly into the camera. It's also recommended to ask subjects to show medium-sized smiles and to ensure cropped pictures frame the face with closely similar dimensions.

### Is Make a Face available on multiple devices?

Make a Face is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. Versions with additional features are also available for Mac desktop and notebook computers.

### How often is Make a Face updated?

The latest version of Make a Face is 1.3.0, which was last updated on May 10, 2017. While the app has not been updated recently, it remains functional for its intended purpose.

### What is the user rating for Make a Face?

Make a Face has a perfect rating of 5.0 stars based on 2 user ratings. This indicates a very positive reception from its current user base.

### Does Make a Face have ads?

No, Make a Face does not contain advertisements. The app is completely free to download and use without any interruptions from ads.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2017-05-10

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Essential software updates for newer versions of IOS and newer iPads and iPhones, design changes, streamlined code.

### 1.2.0 — 2017-05-08

Essential software updates for newer versions of IOS and newer iPads and iPhones, design changes, streamlined code.

### 1.1.0 — 2013-12-04

Increased speed, higher resolution photographs.

### 1.0.0 — 2012-03-10

No release notes.

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