Is Faces still an option in the new Photos app? If so, how does it work now?
Can Faces still be used with the upgrade with the Photos app? I tired to tag some faces but didn't see how to do it.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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See the Help menu on the top right for help in lean=rning and using PHotos
from Photos Help
When you first open Photos, it scans your library for faces. After the scan is done, you can open the Faces album, assign names to the faces Photos found, and confirm or reject the matches Photos suggests.
When you import new photos, Photos scans them to see if they contain faces you’ve identified, then lets you confirm.
View faces in your library
- Click Albums in the toolbar, then double-click the Faces album.Faces that appear in a lot of your photos appear at the top of the Faces album, in large circles. To promote a face to this group of “favorites,” drag it to the top row. You can also drag a face from your favorites to the bottom row, so it appears in a smaller size.
- Double-click a face to see the photos of that person.
- Do any of the following:
- Display entire photos or faces only: Click the Photos or Faces button in the toolbar.
- Remove a misidentified face: Control-click the photo and choose “[Name] is not in this photo],” or Control-click the face and choose "This is not [Name]”.
- Edit a photo of a face: Double-click the photo you want to edit, then click Edit.
- Select a photo as the “key photo” to represent that person: Control-click a face, then choose Make Key Photo.
- Rename a face: Click the person’s name in the toolbar, type a new name, then click Continue.
- Review additional suggestions for a face: Click the Add button. Deselect any photos that are not correct, click Add and Continue, then click Done.
- Stop reviewing photos of a face: Click Finish Later, then click Done.
- Display entire photos or faces only: Click the Photos or Faces button in the toolbar.
Identify and name faces
- Click Albums in the toolbar, then double-click the Faces album.
- Click Suggested Faces to see the photos of unidentified people.
- Double-click a face you want to name.
- Type the person’s name, then click Continue.
- When Photos displays a list of additional photos of that person, click any photos that are not that person to deselect them, then click Add and Continue.If Photos suggests more possible faces for the person, select or deselect the suggested faces and click Add and Continue until Photos has no more suggested faces to review, or click Finish Later.
- Click Done.
Tip: You can also drag a face from the suggested faces area onto the face of a person who has already been identified to identify it as that person.
Identify and name faces in individual photos
You can name faces that have been identified in an individual photo.- Double-click a photo to open it.
- Choose View > Show Face Names.
- Click the name (or “unnamed”) under a face, type a name, then press Return (or choose a name that appears as you type).
Identify and name faces in the Info window
You can manually add faces that haven’t been automatically identified by Photos.- Double-click a photo to open it, then click the Info button
in the toolbar. - Click the Add button
. - Drag the circle to position it over the face if necessary, type the name of a person, then press Return.You can click the Add button multiple times to identify multiple faces in a photo.
Find faces by name
Remove a person from the Faces album
- Click Album in the toolbar, then double-click the Faces album.
- Click a face to select it and press Delete.
- Click Delete.
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