Absolute Beginner
I am an absolute beginner in pretty bad need of help. I have been searching the internet trying to find a DIY solution to my problem without any luck. I believe my problem may be a lack of knowing where to start on a very short time table.
I work in the photographic industry, just started at a new company that is impalementing all new systems. We are entering school photography season. We have no solution for standardizing head sizes in images for print.
What I have been able to find is a SDK that will find a face in an image, at a price of course. My goal is to use this type of action to find a face in an image, then using size ratios crop the image to produce as close to the exact same crop in every image.
So a program with a simple GUI that can be directed to a source folder with images, that then runs this action and dumps the cropped images in a different folder is what I need.
I am currently doing each image individually at a great cost in time.
I honestly don't know if I am asking in the right place, but cplusplus.com seems like a community that will be able to give some good direction for me.
Thanks
I work in the photographic industry, just started at a new company that is impalementing all new systems. We are entering school photography season. We have no solution for standardizing head sizes in images for print.
What I have been able to find is a SDK that will find a face in an image, at a price of course. My goal is to use this type of action to find a face in an image, then using size ratios crop the image to produce as close to the exact same crop in every image.
So a program with a simple GUI that can be directed to a source folder with images, that then runs this action and dumps the cropped images in a different folder is what I need.
I am currently doing each image individually at a great cost in time.
I honestly don't know if I am asking in the right place, but cplusplus.com seems like a community that will be able to give some good direction for me.
Thanks
Hi David,
I don't know if there is another DIY-type solution or not, but it sounds like you need PhotoShop. That is the best software I know if for doing what you need. Many years ago I worked for a small newspaper in Pryor OK and I worked in the dark room. We did many issues where we had multiple pictures to strip onto the negative to burn a plate (those were the days ...)
Anyway, I know PhotoShop is expensive, but it should be a no-brainer for a business doing what y'all are doing.
Good luck!
I don't know if there is another DIY-type solution or not, but it sounds like you need PhotoShop. That is the best software I know if for doing what you need. Many years ago I worked for a small newspaper in Pryor OK and I worked in the dark room. We did many issues where we had multiple pictures to strip onto the negative to burn a plate (those were the days ...)
Anyway, I know PhotoShop is expensive, but it should be a no-brainer for a business doing what y'all are doing.
Good luck!
Sadly PhotoShop does not have the capability to batch process several hundred images and crop them so that head sizes are uniform throughout each image.
We have about 2000 images per school, and if head sizes vary throughout a yearbook, well it looks bad...
We have about 2000 images per school, and if head sizes vary throughout a yearbook, well it looks bad...
Duh! You are right sir! I'll keep my eyes open. There may be something out there, if not, there should be!
Again, good luck!
Again, good luck!
Google's Picasa added it in ver 3.5: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10358662-248.html
Search for "Face Recognition Software" and you'll find there are many other choices but you may need to adapt algorithms into your own software to do the specific things you require. If you can find an open-source algorithm package someone here may be able to help you incorporate it into a batch-style image browser.
Search for "Face Recognition Software" and you'll find there are many other choices but you may need to adapt algorithms into your own software to do the specific things you require. If you can find an open-source algorithm package someone here may be able to help you incorporate it into a batch-style image browser.
I would recommend a more invasive approach: that all photographers have head vices for their next photo shoots.
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