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diff --git a/help/C/organize-face-tagging.page b/help/C/organize-face-tagging.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c21ff1 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/organize-face-tagging.page @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="guide" + id="face-tagging"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="index#organize"/> + <desc>Marking faces in photos</desc> + + <link type="next" xref="tag"/> + </info> + + <title>Faces in photos</title> + <p>Shotwell supports tagging images using faces of persons and assigning a name to them. If enabled, Shotwell also supports + automatic detection of faces in images and recognition of already known faces in new images</p> + <section id="manual"> + <title>Manual creation and modification of named faces</title> + <steps> + <item><p>Double-click on an image in the collection, then press the <gui>Faces</gui> button on the toolbar</p></item> + <item><p>Start dragging a rectangle around the face you are tagging using your left mouse button</p> + <p>You can also drag the rectangle by clicking into it or resize it by clicking on one of the borders </p></item> + <item><p>Once satisfied, enter a name in the text box below the rectangle and press <key>Enter</key> to assign the name to the marked face</p></item> + <item><p>Repeat this process for as many faces as you want to mark</p></item> + <item><p>After you marked all faces, click on <gui>Ok</gui> to save the marked faces.</p></item> + </steps> + </section> + <section id="modifying"> + <title>Modifying or removing existing named faces</title> + <p>An existing named face can be either be removed from an image using <guiseq><gui>Faces</gui><gui>Remove Face from Photo</gui></guiseq>, by pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>R</key></keyseq> while in the face browser or by clicking <gui>Delete</gui> in the Faces tool</p> + <p>To rename the face, use <guiseq><gui>Faces</gui><gui>Rename Face...</gui></guiseq> or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>E</key></keyseq> or by clicking on <gui>Edit</gui> in the Faces tool.</p> + </section> + <section id="automatic-detection"> + <title>Automatic detection of faces</title> + <p>It is possible to use automatic face detection to simplify the process of marking the faces. To trigger the face detection + algorithm, click on <gui>Detect faces...</gui></p> + <p>If reference images for faces are defined, this will also try to match any found faces in the current image with known references.</p> + </section> + <section id="automatic-recognition"> + <title>Automatic recognition of faces</title> + <p>A named face on a photo can be set as a reference for this particular name. Future calls to + the automatic face detection will try to associate similar faces the same name if considered matching.</p> + <p>To declare a face as the reference for its name use these steps</p> + + <steps> + <item><p>Switch to the face browser by clicking on a face name in the navigation tree.</p></item> + <item><p>Select an image that contains the representation of the face you want to make a reference</p></item> + <item><p>Click on <guiseq><gui>Faces</gui><gui>Train Face from Photo</gui></guiseq></p></item> + </steps> + </section> + <section id="improved-detection"> + <title>Improving face recognition</title> + <p>By default, Shotwell uses cascade classifier to find faces in images. There is a method to use a deep neural network to improve + detection rates significantly, but due to certain uncertainties with the licensing of the trained model it is not included by default. + </p> + <p>To enable DNN-based face detection, download the <file>res10_300x300_ssd_iter_140000_fp16.caffemodel</file> from the <link href="https://github.com/opencv/opencv_3rdparty/tree/dnn_samples_face_detector_20180205_fp16">OpenCV third-party repository</link></p> + <p>Copy the file into your local data folder, usually <file>$HOME/.local/share/shotwell</file> and restart Shotwell</p> + </section> +</page> |