Tag That Photo User Guide - Part 3¶

Working with People and Statistics Dashboard¶

Working with People¶

The People tab is your main hub for viewing and managing all identified individuals in your photo library.

Tip: An "S" icon will be displayed at the bottom left of each person's main thumbnail if they have Suggestions. The count of how many tagged faces will be shown at the bottom right of each thumbnail.

Viewing a Person's Faces¶

Double-click any person thumbnail to view all their tagged faces.

Face Organization¶

Default View: Faces display in image date order, showing chronological progression. This makes it easy to: - See how someone has changed over time - Identify photos from specific time periods - Spot duplicate or near-duplicate photos

Alternative View: Switch to Favorites view to see favorite faces (used for suggestions) displayed first. Favorites are important for recognition purposes.

Face Thumbnail Indicators¶

Each thumbnail may display several indicators:

• Checkmark (✓): Profile/default thumbnail for this person
• Orange Star (★): Favorite face used for generating suggestions
• Colored Dot (bottom left):
• Black: Face detected by TTP only
• Orange: No matching metadata tag
• Red: Manually created face
• Purple: Metadata tag exists but no matching TTP face found

Managing People¶

Renaming a Person¶

1. Double-click the person's thumbnail to view their faces
2. Click the Edit (pencil) icon beside their name in the title bar
3. Enter the new name
4. Press Enter to save

Changing the Default Thumbnail¶

The default thumbnail represents the person in the People view and search results.

To change it: 1. View the person's faces 2. Click the small green arrow at the top right corner of any face thumbnail 3. That face becomes the new default thumbnail

Merging Duplicate People¶

Sometimes you'll discover you've created duplicate entries for the same person (e.g., "John Smith" and "Smith, John").

To merge duplicates:

1. In the People view, select the duplicate person thumbnails (click to select multiple)
2. Right-click on any selected thumbnail
3. Select "Merge the selected People into [name]"
4. TTP combines all faces into a single person entry

Tip: The resulting name will be the name of the person you right-clicked on. Choose wisely if the names differ.

Managing Favorite Faces¶

Favorite faces are crucial to TTP's suggestion system. Understanding and managing them properly leads to better suggestions.

What Are Favorite Faces?¶

• Face templates used specifically for generating suggestions
• Limited to maximum of 100 per person
• Initially auto-selected (up to 50 high-quality faces)
• Manually adjustable by you

Why Limit Favorites?¶

1. Performance: Smaller template database = faster suggestion generation
2. Quality: Focus on best face examples improves accuracy
3. Variety Management: Your library may contain widely varying image qualities (old scans, social media images, high-res photos, etc.)

Viewing Favorite Faces¶

When viewing a person's faces, favorite faces are shown first by default (when sorted by Favorites).

Toggling Favorites¶

Click the star icon at the top right of any face thumbnail:

• Orange Star (★): Currently a favorite (used for suggestions)
• Grey Star (☆): Not a favorite
• No Star: Face is not suitable for recognition (manually tagged or low quality score)

Best Practices for Favorites¶

Good Favorite Faces: - Front-facing or slight angle - Well-lit and in focus - Clear facial features - Eyes open and visible - Minimal obstructions (no sunglasses, hands, etc.) - At least 150 pixels wide

Poor Favorite Faces: - Profile shots (side view) - Blurry or out of focus - Heavily shadowed - Sunglasses or masks - Extreme angles - Low resolution

Regular Review: If you notice poor suggestions for a person, check their favorites: 1. View the person's faces 2. Sort by Favorites 3. Look for blurry, profile, or poor-quality images 4. Toggle off (deselect) poor favorites 5. Toggle on (select) better quality alternatives

Face Thumbnail Operations¶

Regenerating Face Thumbnails¶

If a face thumbnail doesn't display properly, you can regenerate it:

1. View the person's faces
2. Select one or more face thumbnails
3. Right-click on any selected thumbnail
4. Select "Regenerate face thumbnails"

Exporting Face Thumbnails¶

Export face images for creative projects, collages, or backup purposes.

For a Specific Person:

1. View the person's faces
2. Select one or more face thumbnails
3. Right-click on any selected thumbnail
4. Select "Export selected face thumbnails"
5. Choose destination folder (must be outside TTP monitored folders)

For Multiple People:

1. In People view, select multiple person thumbnails
2. Right-click on any selected person
3. Choose:
4. "Export all face thumbnails" (all faces for each person)
5. "Export profile thumbnails" (one face per person)

For All People:

From the File menu, select "Export All Face Thumbnails (profile only)"

Creative Projects: - Create aging time-lapse GIFs (faces export in date order) - Build photo collages - Generate family tree visualizations - Make birthday slideshow materials

Important: Always export to a folder outside your TTP monitored library to prevent TTP from detecting the exported faces as new images.

Statistics Dashboard¶

TTP provides a comprehensive Statistics Dashboard providing insights into your photo library.

Accessing Statistics¶

Click the Statistics tab in the main TTP window to view your library insights.

Available Statistics¶

Total Photos Tracked¶

The complete count of photos currently in your TTP library across all monitored folders.

Unknown People¶

The number of untagged faces awaiting identification. Use this to: - Track your tagging progress - Estimate time needed for tagging sessions - Identify when you've reached a good stopping point

Faces Detected¶

Total number of faces found across all your photos. This typically exceeds photo count since many photos contain multiple people.

Most Frequently Tagged Person¶

Discover which person appears most often in your library. Interesting for understanding your photo collection's focus.

Future Additions: Additional statistics will continue to be added in future updates.

Using Statistics to Guide Your Work¶

Before a Tagging Session¶

Check Statistics Dashboard to: 1. See current unknown face count 2. Estimate time needed (roughly 100-200 faces per hour depending on cluster sizes) 3. Set realistic goals for the session

During Major Projects¶

Monitor statistics when: - Importing new photo batches - Merging folders from different sources - Verifying face detection quality across folders

After Tagging Sessions¶

Review statistics to: - Celebrate progress (unknown count decreased!) - Verify expected face detection (does face count seem reasonable for photo count?) - Identify if you need another session

Understanding Your Collection¶

Statistics reveal patterns: - Who dominates your photo collection - How many people you've photographed over time - The scale of your archival project

Statistics Accuracy¶

Refresh Timing: Statistics update: - After major tagging sessions - When new folders are scanned - Periodically in the background

Working with Metadata¶

Photo Metadata Settings¶

Tag That Photo offers granular control over which metadata fields are updated by TTP.

Access these settings from the Settings page.

Write Tag That Photo Faces & Tags¶

Master Control: This primary setting enables or disables all metadata writing. Turn this OFF if: - You don't want TTP to write to your images - Your image drive is write-protected - You're using TTP for browsing only

When enabled, TTP writes metadata using industry standards: - TIFF and JPG: Metadata embedded directly in image files - PNG, HEIC, RAW: Metadata written to XMP "sidecar" files

Important Notes:

1. Moving Images: When moving RAW, HEIC, or PNG images with XMP sidecars:
2. Always copy the .xmp file along with the image
3. The sidecar contains your valuable face tags and metadata

4. JPG thumbnails (for RAW/HEIC) are less critical and will be recreated if missing

5. For Fotobounce Users: If replacing Fotobounce completely:

6. Turn ON TTP metadata writing
7. This writes standard XMP face tags
8. Fotobounce will see these as brand new images and rescan them

9. This prevents loss of tags but means Fotobounce database won't sync

10. For Picasa Users:

11. TTP replaces existing XMP face tag regions with TTP tags
12. For two-way compatibility: Configure TTP to write only MS face tags
13. Picasa writes MWG tags and reads MS tags
14. This allows both programs to read each other's tags

Face Region Settings¶

TTP supports two face region metadata standards:

1. MS XMP Face Region
2. Used by MS Photo Gallery
3. Windows Explorer reads names from these regions

4. Good compatibility with Windows ecosystem

5. Metadata Working Group (MWG)

6. Broadest industry support
7. Active standards organization
8. Recommended for long-term compatibility

Recommendation: Enable BOTH for maximum compatibility with other software.

Important: We do NOT recommend using multiple software programs to write face regions simultaneously. This can cause: - Data corruption if two programs write at the same time - Conflicting face region definitions - Loss of tagging work

Choose one primary tool for face tagging (TTP), and use others for viewing only.

Information Settings¶

Control which IPTC metadata fields TTP manages:

Write Keywords¶

Mirrors TTP keywords to image metadata. Enables name searching in keyword fields in other applications.

Append People Names to Keywords¶

Critical for Adobe Lightroom compatibility.

When enabled: - Writes people names to IPTC Core "Keywords" field - Writes to XMP dc:subject - Lightroom requires matching keyword + face region to recognize people - Makes names visible in most other photo applications

Recommendation: Turn ON if you use Lightroom or want maximum compatibility.

Write Geo Coordinates¶

Controls whether TTP writes GPS location data.

Recommendation: Turn OFF if you use another dedicated tool for managing geotags.

Write Time Image Taken¶

Controls whether TTP writes date/time metadata.

Recommendation: Turn OFF if you use other tools for managing photo dates.

Write Description (Caption)¶

Enables TTP to write image descriptions/captions.

Recommendation: Turn OFF if using another tool to manage descriptions.

Write Title¶

Enables TTP to write image titles.

Recommendation: Turn OFF if using another tool to manage titles.

General Philosophy¶

If you want names visible in virtually all other software packages, "appending people names to keywords" is your friend!

However, for any field managed by another tool you regularly use, disable TTP writing for that field to avoid conflicts and confusion.

End of Part 3: Working with People & Statistics

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