Tagging Images of People (Face Tagging)


You're either going to think this is the coolest, most advanced technology in all of Elements 4.0, or you're going to think it's creepy and very Big Brother-ish (from the book by George Orwell, not the TV show). Either way, it's here to help you tag people easier because the Organizer can now automatically find photos of people for youas it has some sort of weird science, facial-recognition software built in (that at one point was developed for the CIA, which is all the more reason it belongs in Elements).

Step One

Okay, let's say you went on a family vacation, and you want to quickly find all the photos that have your daughter in them, without having to search through the hundreds of images you imported. Well, first go ahead and open the Organizer, because that's where our hunt will take place. Now select the group of photos you want to search through (you can do a Control-A to select all, click on a collection, or just Control-click on as many images as you want to sort through).

Step Two

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Go under the Find menu, and at the bottom of the menu choose Find Faces for Tagging. This brings up the Face Tagging dialog. Within just a few moments (depending on how many photos you have), it will sort through your selected images and separate out the images that contain a human face.

Step Three

Once these images appear in the Face Tagging dialog, you can Control-click on the photos of your family, and then drag-and-drop the appropriate tag from the Tags palette onto any one of the selected photos. They'll all be assigned that tag.

Step Four

If you only want to see faces that haven't already been tagged, ensure the checkbox for Show Already Tagged Faces is off at the top of the Face Tagging dialog. When you're done, click Done to return to the main Organizer window.

TIP

As cool as this Face Tagging technology is, it doesn't stop there. Let's say you have a photo of a tall building, and you want to find all the similar photos that have a tall building. Just click on one of your building photos, then go under the Find menu and choose By Visual Similarity with Selected Photo(s). It will look for photos that have similar attributes (such as a building, similar colors, or orientation to what you've already chosen). Pretty CSI Las Vegas, dontchathink?




The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
ISBN: 0321384830
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 201
Authors: Scott Kelby

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