FACEDETECT

NAME

facedetect - simple face detector for batch processing

SYNOPSIS

facedetect [-h] [--biggest] [--best] [-c] [-q] [-o OUTPUT] [-d] file

DESCRIPTION

Facedetect is a simple face detector for batch processing. It answers the basic question: "Is there a face in this image?" and gives back either an exit code or the coordinates of each detected face in the standard output.

The aim is to provide a basic command-line interface that’s consistent and easy to use with software such as ImageMagick, while progressively improving the detection algorithm over time.

facedetect is used in software such as fgallery to improve the thumbnail cutting region, so that faces are always centered.

OPTIONS

positional arguments:

file

Input image file

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--biggest

Extract only the biggest face

--best

Extract only the best matching face

-c, --center

Print only the center coordinates

-q, --query

Query only (exit 0: face detected, 2: no detection)

-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT

Image output file

-d, --debug

Add debugging metrics in the image output file

AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program.