Bug 279199

Summary: several UI suggestions for face-detection
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Simon Oosthoek <kdebugs>
Component: Faces-DetectionAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: althio.forum, caulier.gilles
Priority: NOR    
Version: 2.0.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Unlisted Binaries   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 4.3.0

Description Simon Oosthoek 2011-08-02 18:54:15 UTC 
Version:           2.0.0 (using KDE 4.6.2) 
OS:                Linux

As I'm playing with the new feature, I have some suggestions to improve usability.

Of course I understand the feature is new, doesn't yet work optimally, etc.

First a list of problems I see, which may need (and suggest) solutions.
- Face detection doesn't seem to appear or be active anywhere else but in the People tab.
- It seems impossible to select multiple unknown faces and identify them at once
- The last typed name for identification is filled in automatically, this can be handy, but only if you realise this is happening.
- I have 1781 unknown faces left, it is a lot!
- it would be easier to tag if similar faces are grouped together.

A way face detection could be more visible outside the people tab:
- In any view, inside a photo with faces, show a balloon when hovering over a face with some options: 
- this is not a face 
- this is (suggested/select)'s face



Reproducible: Didn't try



Expected Results:  
easier face detection use.
Comment 1 Marcel Wiesweg 2011-08-08 15:53:51 UTC 
> - It seems impossible to select multiple unknown faces and identify them at
> once

Yes, this is possible. Just select all of them and confirm a name.

> - The last typed name for identification is filled in automatically, this can
> be handy, but only if you realise this is happening.

The name's should now be "selected" so if you just type, it is deleted. Works like Browser address bars on Windows.

> - I have 1781 unknown faces left, it is a lot!
> - it would be easier to tag if similar faces are grouped together.

As soon as we have a good recognition algorithm


> 
> - Face detection doesn't seem to appear or be active anywhere else but in the
> People tab.
> A way face detection could be more visible outside the people tab:
> - In any view, inside a photo with faces, show a balloon when hovering over a
> face with some options: 
> - this is not a face 
> - this is (suggested/select)'s face

This is possible, open a picture for preview and hover it. It's not directly possible in the thumbnail view because there is no 1:1 correspondance: There can be multiple faces on a picture. In face mode, there is one thumbnail per face; everywhere else, one thumbnail per picture
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2014-08-24 17:46:04 UTC 
Following last comment from Marcel, this point :

> - I have 1781 unknown faces left, it is a lot!
> - it would be easier to tag if similar faces are grouped together.

=> As soon as we have a good recognition algorithm

... this point is now solved with 4.x serie.

All other point are already explained.

Gilles Caulier

Gilles Caulier