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Sorting by Faces is an awesome (and complicated) feature, usually done via machine learning algorithms in PhotoView, Photoprism, etc. However, there is an easier way...
Describe the solution you'd likeGoogle Picasa uses machine learning to recognise faces in photos, but the actual face tagging is done via either EXIF metadata with the person's name (if I recall correctly), or via multiple .picasa.ini files that list hashes matching to position on the photo (?) and a name, for example, a folder full of pictures of my face:
A "quick" way to add face recognition to Photofield, without implementing actual recognition models and related complications, would be to make it check for .picasa.ini and name metadata already present and map a People view from those. I don't know how useful this would be in the long term, but it was a silly idea I had of outsourcing the facial recognition to already-existing tools and just using what they generate. e.g. I believe Digikam uses name EXIF metadata by default (what Picasa calls Tools >> Options >> Name tags >> Store name tags in photo)
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Sorting by Faces is an awesome (and complicated) feature, usually done via machine learning algorithms in PhotoView, Photoprism, etc. However, there is an easier way...
Describe the solution you'd like Google Picasa uses machine learning to recognise faces in photos, but the actual face tagging is done via either EXIF metadata with the person's name (if I recall correctly), or via multiple
.picasa.ini
files that list hashes matching to position on the photo (?) and a name, for example, a folder full of pictures of my face:A "quick" way to add face recognition to Photofield, without implementing actual recognition models and related complications, would be to make it check for
.picasa.ini
and name metadata already present and map a People view from those. I don't know how useful this would be in the long term, but it was a silly idea I had of outsourcing the facial recognition to already-existing tools and just using what they generate. e.g. I believe Digikam uses name EXIF metadata by default (what Picasa callsTools
>>Options
>>Name tags
>>Store name tags in photo
)