Picasa New Version offers automatic face recognition
Google is preparing to update its online service Picasa Web Albums and publish a new beta version of Picasa photo manager 3.0.
The updated Picasa Web Albums integrates a function of automatic recognition of faces. The identification of persons in the photos is undoubtedly a feature in vogue these days, wish to demonstrate the enthusiasm for the function of the tag social network Facebook, on which the whole procedure is entirely manually. With its technology, Google greatly simplifies the process because the service automatically detects faces. After analysis, photographs of a single person are grouped together and there will be more user information that the person's name. Over the additions in the gallery, the application is able to suggest automatically tags, based on previous photographs.
Mike Horowitz, product manager of Picasa, told some guys at CNET that their technology works well "when the person is facing the camera," admitting that there are "a number of factors that limit the chances of success , In particular the views of profile and difficult light conditions. " This feature is the result of an acquisition made in 2006 by the web giant, which had bought Neven Vision, a company that specializes in photographic reconnaissance. Finally, it is now possible to publish photos on the service directly by e-mail, a function that mobinautes connected appreciate.
All these innovations should be available today, two hours before the release of alleged Internet browser Chrome. The download Picasa 3 will be made on this page (for Windows only as a first step), while changes in Picasa Web Albums will be accessible from the service.
Re: Picasa New Version offers automatic face recognition
How can the Picasa face detection info be shared in a home network, such that one computer reads the face detection info stored on another computer? Otherwise, users on other computers have to go through the entire process of face detection!!!:ohmy:
Wim
