Gawd! Something Something... ( iPhoto Magic...? )

Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
Does it Actually Work?
Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns or only under
the most Perfect Conditions... If at all! ?

Thanx!

The Translucent Amoebae <> writes:

> Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
> Does it Actually Work?
> Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns or only under
> the most Perfect Conditions... If at all! ?

It's not magic, and it can't recognize a profile if it only knows
about a face-on shot. My experience is that it is only useful with
something close to a full face shot.

It also makes lots of mistakes, but it is still (in my opinion) much
better than not having it.

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the First Word of A Sentence rather than Randomly beginning Words with
Capital letters.)

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The Translucent Amoebae <> wrote:

> Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
> Does it Actually Work?

Yes.

> Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns

Yes.

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On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:54:17 UTC, The Translucent Amoebae
<> wrote:

> Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
> Does it Actually Work?
> Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns or only under
> the most Perfect Conditions... If at all! ?
>
> Thanx!

I found it to be useless. More false hits than valid ones.

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"John Varela" <> writes:

> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:54:17 UTC, The Translucent Amoebae
> <> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
> > Does it Actually Work?
> > Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns or only under
> > the most Perfect Conditions... If at all! ?
> >
> > Thanx!
>
> I found it to be useless. More false hits than valid ones.

I think this probably depends on what your idea of useful is.

Yes, the facial recognition does not hit 90%, but I get far fewer than
50% false hits (though I get a lot of faces where it can't guess at all).

But I find it easy to correct, and then I find it very useful to have
my collection of pictures organized by face.

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:03:44 UTC, Doug Anderson
<> wrote:

> "John Varela" <> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:54:17 UTC, The Translucent Amoebae
> > <> wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
> > > Does it Actually Work?
> > > Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns or only under
> > > the most Perfect Conditions... If at all! ?
> > >
> > > Thanx!
> >
> > I found it to be useless. More false hits than valid ones.
>
> I think this probably depends on what your idea of useful is.
>
> Yes, the facial recognition does not hit 90%, but I get far fewer than
> 50% false hits (though I get a lot of faces where it can't guess at all).
>
> But I find it easy to correct, and then I find it very useful to have
> my collection of pictures organized by face.

I have keywords for my wife, my children, my grandchildren, and
myself, and have religiously assigned the keywords to all the photos
in which any of these people appear. This produces zero false hits
and zero misses.

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On Nov 3, 6:44 pm, "John Varela" <OLDla...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:03:44 UTC, Doug Anderson
>
>
>
> <ethelthelogremovet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "John Varela" <OLDla...@verizon.net> writes:
>
> > > On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:54:17 UTC, The Translucent Amoebae
> > > <transamoe...@seanet.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
> > > > Does it Actually Work?
> > > > Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns or only under
> > > > the most Perfect Conditions... If at all! ?
>
> > > > Thanx!
>
> > > I found it to be useless. More false hits than valid ones.
>
> > I think this probably depends on what your idea of useful is.
>
> > Yes, the facial recognition does not hit 90%, but I get far fewer than
> > 50% false hits (though I get a lot of faces where it can't guess at all).
>
> > But I find it easy to correct, and then I find it very useful to have
> > my collection of pictures organized by face.
>
> I have keywords for my wife, my children, my grandchildren, and
> myself, and have religiously assigned the keywords to all the photos
> in which any of these people appear. This produces zero false hits
> and zero misses.
>
> --
> John Varela
> Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email

Well... that would be cheating wouldn't it...?
After all; At that point, it's merely taking a wild guess,
and then checking the back pages for Answers.

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:49:34 UTC, The Translucent Amoebae
<> wrote:

> On Nov 3, 6:44 pm, "John Varela" <OLDla...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:03:44 UTC, Doug Anderson
> >
> >
> >
> > <ethelthelogremovet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > "John Varela" <OLDla...@verizon.net> writes:
> >
> > > > On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:54:17 UTC, The Translucent Amoebae
> > > > <transamoe...@seanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Has anyone tried using the iPhoto Face Recognition Features...?
> > > > > Does it Actually Work?
> > > > > Does it Magickally Work with Profiles and Quarter Turns or only under
> > > > > the most Perfect Conditions... If at all! ?
> >
> > > > > Thanx!
> >
> > > > I found it to be useless. More false hits than valid ones.
> >
> > > I think this probably depends on what your idea of useful is.
> >
> > > Yes, the facial recognition does not hit 90%, but I get far fewer than
> > > 50% false hits (though I get a lot of faces where it can't guess at all).
> >
> > > But I find it easy to correct, and then I find it very useful to have
> > > my collection of pictures organized by face.
> >
> > I have keywords for my wife, my children, my grandchildren, and
> > myself, and have religiously assigned the keywords to all the photos
> > in which any of these people appear. This produces zero false hits
> > and zero misses.
> >
> > --
> > John Varela
> > Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email
>
> Well... that would be cheating wouldn't it...?
> After all; At that point, it's merely taking a wild guess,
> and then checking the back pages for Answers.

I have keywords for all close family members. I was hoping to use
Faces for cousins, friends, etc. Didn't work. Some of these are
people I have known for many decades, and some since birth, and
children do change as they grow, and people do change as they age,
so maybe the test wasn't fair. If you're a college student and all
your pictures were taken within the last 18 months it might work for
you.

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