Creating a person

Use this article to create a new person in your people library from an unknown face detected in an uploaded image.

People Recognition is an add-on, and a club admin must turn it on under Settings → People Recognition before you can add people. Only club admins can create people from detected faces.

Opening the Add to people library dialog from MediaCopy Anchor Link

1. Open Media and click an image that contains the face.
2. In the side panel, select People.
3. Under Unknown people, click the face thumbnail you want to name.
4. In the face detail view, click Add to people with the description "This person will be searchable by name."

The "Add to people library" dialog opens.

Opening the Add to people library dialog from an upload batchCopy Anchor Link

1. Open the upload side panel for a finished upload.
2. Click the "Face detection" step.
3. Under Unknown people, click an unknown face thumbnail.
4. click Add to people with the description "Find this person in the future."

The same "Add to people library" dialog opens.

Filling in the Add to people library dialogCopy Anchor Link

The dialog title is "Add to people library". The description reads "Add a name to find this person in the future."

1. Review "Are these the same person?" Clipido shows up to four similar face thumbnails from your workspace. Empty slots are labeled "Empty".
2. In the "Name" field (marked "Optional"), type a name such as the placeholder "Sam Smith", or leave it blank.
3. click Create, or press Enter in the name field.

While Clipido saves the person, a toast shows "Creating person..." On success, the toast reads "Person created". On failure, it reads "Failed to create person".

After you create the person, Clipido searches your workspace for more photos of the same face. The person card shows "Detecting person..." until matching finishes.

When Clipido finds an existing person with the same nameCopy Anchor Link

If you enter a name that already exists in your people library, Clipido opens a second dialog titled "Existing person" with the description "This person may already exist in the people library."

You then choose one of these paths:

1. Under "Create new person", click the face card to create a separate person record with that name anyway.
2. Under "Existing people with this name", click a person to add this face to that existing record instead.

If you add to an existing person, the toast reads "Person added to existing person".

What you should see after creating a personCopy Anchor Link

The face moves from Unknown people to Library in Media preview and in the upload "Face recognition" view.

In Settings → People Recognition, the new person appears in the "People" grid. You can click the person to Open Edit person and manage their name, tags, or search results.

If the face was already linked to a person, "Add to people" is disabled with the tooltip "Already added to people library".

Related articlesCopy Anchor Link

• Face recognition
• Adding a face to a person
• What if a face is matched to the wrong person?
• Enabling face recognition
• Biometric data