Working with Faces

By using facial recognition, iPhoto can identify a person in a picture and then automatically find any other pictures that contain that same person's face. Naturally, this face recognition feature isn't perfect, but it's remarkably useful for identifying multiple pictures of people.

Naming Faces in a Picture

To use the Faces feature, you must identify a face in a picture and type in that person's name by doing this:

  1. Click a category under the Library or Recent heading (such as Photos or Last Import) in the left pane of the iPhoto window. The right pane shows you all the pictures stored in iPhoto.

  2. Click a picture that contains the face of a person who appears in multiple pictures stored in iPhoto. The Name button appears near the ...

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