Comments on: iPhoto ’09 and Faces http://nslog.com/2009/01/27/iphoto_09_and_faces The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Buchheim http://nslog.com/2009/01/27/iphoto_09_and_faces#comment-52503 Tim Buchheim Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:37:02 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5427#comment-52503 I've had pretty good luck with it so far. There are a few people who give it a lot of trouble (it almost never recognizes my girlfriend's mother) but there are others whom it always recognizes. Most are somewhere in between, with perhaps 40-60% recognition rates (after training it on a dozen or so pictures of them). But I must say that there are a ton of bugs in iPhoto '09. Most of the ones I've seen are cosmetic (such as certain scrollbars always looking disabled) but I'm sure there are more serious ones lurking in there, given how unfinished the product feels (and given past experience with .0 releases of iPhoto) I've had pretty good luck with it so far. There are a few people who give it a lot of trouble (it almost never recognizes my girlfriend's mother) but there are others whom it always recognizes. Most are somewhere in between, with perhaps 40-60% recognition rates (after training it on a dozen or so pictures of them).

But I must say that there are a ton of bugs in iPhoto '09. Most of the ones I've seen are cosmetic (such as certain scrollbars always looking disabled) but I'm sure there are more serious ones lurking in there, given how unfinished the product feels (and given past experience with .0 releases of iPhoto)

]]> By: abc http://nslog.com/2009/01/27/iphoto_09_and_faces#comment-52487 abc Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:30:58 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5427#comment-52487 mine detected this: http://i44.tinypic.com/2vl62p0.jpg :shock: mine detected this: http://i44.tinypic.com/2vl62p0.jpg :shock:

]]> By: Jason McLeod http://nslog.com/2009/01/27/iphoto_09_and_faces#comment-52481 Jason McLeod Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:56:11 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5427#comment-52481 It doesn't like tilted heads either. Most of the photos where one person is leaning their head on the others shoulder, the vertical face is found, the other is not. It doesn't like tilted heads either. Most of the photos where one person is leaning their head on the others shoulder, the vertical face is found, the other is not.

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2009/01/27/iphoto_09_and_faces#comment-52476 Erik J. Barzeski Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:31:09 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5427#comment-52476 [quote comment="52475"]It's facial recognition isn't it? So what do shirts and chairs have to do with anything?[/quote] I'm not sure why that's funny. If the goal is to identify the people in the photos, time and surroundings are key pieces of that. What users really want is "people recognition," but what we got is "facial recognition" that doesn't work all that well. [quote comment="52475"]One question I have, does it make it easier to tag people in photos or is there no improvement over typing in part of a tag name?[/quote] Not sure what you mean. I have my keywords set - for many of the more popular people in iPhoto - to one key. I type "n" and keywords are applied for that person's name to all the selected images. That probably doesn't answer your question, but again, I'm not sure what you mean. Nathan said on January 27, 2009:

It's facial recognition isn't it? So what do shirts and chairs have to do with anything?

I'm not sure why that's funny. If the goal is to identify the people in the photos, time and surroundings are key pieces of that. What users really want is "people recognition," but what we got is "facial recognition" that doesn't work all that well.

Nathan said on January 27, 2009:

One question I have, does it make it easier to tag people in photos or is there no improvement over typing in part of a tag name?

Not sure what you mean. I have my keywords set - for many of the more popular people in iPhoto - to one key. I type "n" and keywords are applied for that person's name to all the selected images.

That probably doesn't answer your question, but again, I'm not sure what you mean.

]]> By: Nathan http://nslog.com/2009/01/27/iphoto_09_and_faces#comment-52475 Nathan Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:46:58 +0000 http://nslog.com/?p=5427#comment-52475 Sorry, this is kind of funny. It's facial recognition isn't it? So what do shirts and chairs have to do with anything? I'm looking forward to a comparison of iPhoto's and Picasa's facial recognition. Though, I'm not sure there is any easy and objective way to compare them. One question I have, does it make it easier to tag people in photos or is there no improvement over typing in part of a tag name? Sorry, this is kind of funny. It's facial recognition isn't it? So what do shirts and chairs have to do with anything?

I'm looking forward to a comparison of iPhoto's and Picasa's facial recognition. Though, I'm not sure there is any easy and objective way to compare them.

One question I have, does it make it easier to tag people in photos or is there no improvement over typing in part of a tag name?

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