Was That Amazing Morgan Freeman iPad Portrait Video Fake?

You can't believe your eyes these days.

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In case you missed it, artist Kyle Lambertposted a timelapse video on YouTube of a Morgan Freeman portrait he painted using an iPad. The video has gone viral, but some are beginning to question whether or not the video was faked. YouTuber Blake Neubert created the video below to demonstrate how Lambert would have pulled it off. Neubert writes that Lambert used tricks to fool the Internet and that he actually "reverse engineered" a real photo and played it backwards, creating a very convincing illusion. Neubert mimicked the process at a faster speed and explained that the Lambert must have taken more time with the process. 

Is this definitive proof that we were all duped? Judge for yourself:

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