Show face annotations

[axel.hennig]

Hi,

I got some pictures from a friend and want to add these to my IMatch-db.

"XnView MP" and "GeoSetter" show me that theses pics have face annotations.

IMatch ECP gives me the following:

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[XMP-MP]        Region Person Display Name      : Max Mustermann
[XMP-MP]        Region Rectangle                : 0.524862, 0.428571, 0.078927, 0.078927


XMP-MP means XMP-Microsoft Photo tags.

But IMatch does not display these face annotations.

Is there a possibility to show these face annotations? Do I have to use a Metadata-Template to copy these values to other fields?

I'm not sure, but I think my friend used "Synology Photo Station".

Thanks for helping.

[Mario]

IMatch uses the official XMP face regions, not proprietary Microsoft Photo tags for face annotations.

I have never looked into Microsoft Photo XMP extensions, they are dead already AFAIK. Why Microsoft, a founding member of the Metadata Working Group, does not use the standard XMP tags for face regions but instead puts them into a proprietary XMP namespace extension is beyond me. Storing your vital data into a proprietary XMP set is probably not a good idea. Microsoft has a history of stopping support for such application-specific metadata formats after a while...

Face regions are complex tags, consisting or several tags wrapped into several structures. You cannot copy these with a metadata template. Maybe there is a magic ExifTool command that allows you to copy these tags into the proper XMP regions.

[axel.hennig]

Just for information (not tested yet): https://jmoliver.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/converting-and-exporting-windows-photo-gallery-people-tags/

[Mario]

Thanks for sharing. Copying this data into MWG tags should to the trick and IMatch should pick the regions up automatically.