Media library/Face recognition
Find myself
How admins enable Find myself on a shared workspace or gallery so recipients can search with a selfie.
Use this article to turn on Find myself on a shared workspace or shared gallery, so recipients can find photos of themselves with a selfie.
Find myself requires two things: the People Recognition add-on must be enabled on your plan, and a club admin must turn on People Recognition under Settings → People Recognition. You then enable Find myself separately on each shared workspace or gallery where recipients should see it.
What Find myself does for recipients
When Find myself is enabled, recipients see a "Find my photos" button on the public shared workspace or gallery. Clicking it opens a modal titled "Find my photos" with the description "Upload a selfie to find yourself in the gallery."
The recipient takes a photo with "Take picture". Clipido analyzes the selfie, searches for matching faces in that shared workspace or gallery, and filters the view to photos that match. Recipients do not need a Clipido admin account to use Find myself.
The selfie must contain exactly one face. If Clipido detects no face or more than one face, the error reads "No face or multiple faces detected. Please try again."
Enabling Find myself on a shared workspace
- Open Sharing and edit the shared workspace.
- Go to the Settings panel and open the "Discover" tab.
- In the "Search" section, turn on the Find myself toggle.
If People Recognition is not active on your workspace, the Find myself toggle is disabled. Turn on People Recognition under Settings → People Recognition first.
You can also turn on the "Search" toggle in the same section if you want recipients to use text and filter search in addition to Find myself.
Enabling Find myself on a shared gallery
- Open Sharing and edit the shared gallery.
- Open the gallery Settings panel.
- In the "Search" section, turn on the Find myself toggle.
The toggle is disabled when People Recognition is not active on your workspace.
What recipients see when Find myself is off
When Find myself is disabled, recipients do not see the "Find my photos" button on that shared link.
When People Recognition is turned off at the workspace level, Find myself stops working even if the toggle was left on in the sharing editor. Recipients will not be able to search with a selfie until a club admin turns People Recognition back on.
Troubleshooting common Find myself errors for recipients
The table below lists error messages recipients may see and what they mean on a shared workspace or gallery with Find myself enabled.
| Message | What it means |
|---|---|
| "No face or multiple faces detected. Please try again." | The selfie must show exactly one face. Ask the recipient to retake the photo with one person in frame. |
| "Please grant permission to access your camera" | The browser blocked camera access. The recipient must allow camera permission and try again. |
| "Something went wrong, please try again." | Processing failed for another reason. Ask the recipient to retry. |
| "Usage limit reached" | The workspace hit a upload or processing limit for face uploads. Contact Clipido support if this persists. |
| "Upload not permitted" | The shared link does not allow this upload type. Confirm Find myself is enabled and People Recognition is active. |
After a successful search, the gallery or workspace view filters to matching photos automatically. The recipient can clear filters using the normal search controls on that shared page.