GadgetGeorge

Q: Wrong face being shown in smart album

This is using iphoto on mac

Why does wrong face get selected in smart album. 

My smart album is set to show faces that contain  "Griffiths"  but I don't want one person with same sir name to show.  I re name this persons face to  "Griffo" expecting him to now be omitted from album, but his face still shows up. What is going on here please ?

Thanks

George, UK

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), Old Airport express

Posted on Aug 14, 2014 4:07 AM

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  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Aug 14, 2014 5:20 AM in response to GadgetGeorge
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    Aug 14, 2014 5:20 AM in response to GadgetGeorge
    I rename this persons face to  "Griffo" expecting him to now be omitted from album, but his face still shows up.

     

    Have you also changed the full name of the "Face" of the person to a different last name? You can do that in the Info panel.

     

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    Or add a second rule to your smart album:

    Match all

    • Face contains "Griffith"
    • Face does not contain "Griffo".

     

    Have you checked, if not one image in your Griffith Faces stack has been mislabelled?

  • by GadgetGeorge,

    GadgetGeorge GadgetGeorge Aug 14, 2014 3:34 PM in response to léonie
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    Aug 14, 2014 3:34 PM in response to léonie

    THanks Léonie.

    • re changing full name of face.. I brought up the faces on the cork board and simply clicked and changed the name directly under the thumbnail.

    we hen I look at all faces under Griffo they are correct.  I also checked to see if a Griffo pic also contained a face labelled as Griffiths which it doesn't.

    • Re adding second rule.. This was my first thought but I found that if I used the "face does not contain Griffo" rule, the album would then fill with every single pic that wasn't Griffo.  I believe this is because I have rules set to any rather than all.
  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 14, 2014 4:22 PM in response to GadgetGeorge
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    Aug 14, 2014 4:22 PM in response to GadgetGeorge
    I believe this is because I have rules set to any rather than all.

    Yes, with any you will find all faces, that are complying with either of the rules; you need to use "all", if you want to find faces that obey both rules at once.

  • by léonie,Solvedanswer

    léonie léonie Aug 14, 2014 4:33 PM in response to GadgetGeorge
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    Aug 14, 2014 4:33 PM in response to GadgetGeorge
    • re changing full name of face.. I brought up the faces on the cork board and simply clicked and changed the name directly under the thumbnail.

    That will change only the nickname and not the full name. If the full name has been retrieved from your contacts, your smart album may still be finding wrong "Griffith" faces based on the Full Name.

  • by GadgetGeorge,

    GadgetGeorge GadgetGeorge Aug 14, 2014 10:36 PM in response to léonie
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    Aug 14, 2014 10:36 PM in response to léonie

    AAh, that's it !

    wonderful and thank you very much Léonie.

    regards

    George

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 14, 2014 11:50 PM in response to GadgetGeorge
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    Aug 14, 2014 11:50 PM in response to GadgetGeorge

    You're welcome, George!