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Facial Recognition & Tagging App Recommendations

davidewart

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Hey Windows Central, what are your recommendations for the best Windows app for facial recognition and tagging of photos.

I've been using Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer for a while. And have never been impressed with its facial recognition & tagging. (And MS Photos has just never really worked at all.)

I'm willing to pay for the app, and would like something like Photoshop in terms of total features.
 

HelloNNNewman

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As near as I can tell GIMP does not offer facial recognition and tagging.

You're correct - it doesn't have anything like that. The best 'free' option would be the facial recognition built into the MS Photo's app (which has been surprisingly good) - or Google photos (if you want to give up your data to them). I can't in good conscience suggest any Adobe product anymore since they went to their overpriced subscription service.

To be honest, I don't think you will find a great answer to your question here - but you may want to post your question on a sub-Reddit like r/photography, or r/PhotographyProTips. There are a bunch of other subs to explore too, but I'd think the first one (photoshop) will have some suggestions. If you find one, please update this thread so others see. :)
 
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davidewart

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The best 'free' option would be the facial recognition built into the MS Photo's app (which has been surprisingly good)

I'm surprised by your "surprising good" comment about MS Photos. I cannot get it to scan more than a couple of dozen of the several 1,000 photos I have stored on OneDrive.

That's why I'm looking for another option. Even willing to pay for a good app.
 

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I'm surprised by your "surprising good" comment about MS Photos. I cannot get it to scan more than a couple of dozen of the several 1,000 photos I have stored on OneDrive.

That's why I'm looking for another option. Even willing to pay for a good app.

Interesting - I've had no major issues with it and it has been pretty accurate so far... BUT - I'm not using it on that many photos locally - and I'm far from a power user for that function. That's why I suggested also posing your question to the experts over in those Reddit groups.