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Picasa Tutorial For Facial Recognition
- 1. Download and Install program from http://picasa.google.com
- 2. During install the program will ask to search the whole computer for compatible picture types and video types.
- 3. Do not do. The scan will take about 25 minutes and add hundreds of pictures and icons for programs.
- 4. After installing go to Libraries and then to the picture folder.
- 5. Create a new folder for Picasa.
- 6. Go back to Picasa, go to file, then "add new folder"
- 7. Find the folder created in step 5 and add it with the option to "scan always"
- 8. Take pictures with webcam or other camera and add pictures to created folder.
- 9. Pictures will automatically be managed by Picasa.
- 10. In Picasa on the left side of the screen the folder will be displayed
- 11. Click on the folder to view the pictures in the folder.
- 12. On the bottom right there are four buttons, click on the one that has the shape of a head and shoulders.
- 13. This opens the "people" tab. A window opens on the right side with pictures displayed.
- 14. Click on the picture and Picasa will automatically detect a face.
- 15. Add name to each individual face.
- 16. Take more picture of people and put them in the folder.
- 17. The pictures will automatically go into Picassa. Click on the unlabeled pictures to tag them with Picasa's facial recognition.
- 18. The window on the left sorts the library and allows sorting by People.
- 19. Clicking on individual photos gives information about each photo, for example, when the photo was taken.