I love the newer versions of iPhoto for many reasons, one of them being the face recognition feature. Just tag a photo with a person's name and highlight their face, and iPhoto neatly organizes all the photos with them in it. Perfect for when you need to find a specific shot or you want to rag on a certain someone for all those late-night debauchery pics you've collected over the years.
But when I was organizing photos of my family over the weekend, I ran into a little problem when iPhoto tried to recognize my game-loving grandpa as you can see in this screenshot. How can a sweet-faced senior be mistaken for a Mr. Potatohead tattoo? Mistake one senior for another, sure, but not for a sharpie-drawn pic on my forearm. I thought it was pretty hilarious, and if you're wondering about the tat, don't. It was Halloween 2006. 'Nuff said.
Buuut, I can't hate on iPhoto for too long, since it comes packed with some other amazing features as well. To find out what they are, just read more.
Besides iPhoto's (sometimes wonky) facial-recognition ability, with the help of a GPS enabled camera (or your iPhone's camera), your pics can be organized by location, and you can check them out on a map. Kinda like Flickrvision, but without having to tag all the photos yourself. Plus, if you're into sharing, you can upload your snapshots right to Facebook and Flickr without having to leave iPhoto. I think it's pretty sweet, even after the Mr. Potatohead incident.
Zagliani
but it says "Not Corky"?
//never used the program
1iPhoto always thinks I'm my friend Allie and she's me, especially in pictures where we're side by side... although considering her parents used to mix us up all the time, I guess it's an easy mistake to make
There was one pic, tho, where it didn't pick up on either of us even being there, and the only "person" it tagged as Unknown Face was a grotesque Christmas elf decoration in the background... but normally it's a pretty good feature
2ps your grandpa's adorable, geek
3In iPhoto you have to approve photos and/or reject them in order to "teach" the program to recognize a particular face. Looks like Geek just rejected the photo when she saw it
That's just hilarious.
I'm suprised at how well the app works though, it finds faces in the busiest photographs. The GeoTagging feature when used with your iPhone is also awesome! It's a great way to keep track of where you've been, in case someone asks you about a restaurant locale or when you're out and about and find something cool. You can also copy that location data and save it to other photographs in case you're carrying around another camera that doesn't tag pics.
4Generally more of a windows user, but that's just funny.
All the iPhoto features seem awesome, though. Might have to look into that more.
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