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Face Assessments

When you’re culling photos it can be easy to let an out of focus shot slip through,

but with our AI driven focus assessments you’ll be able to find the best shot every time!

Here’s why you’re going to love Face Assessments:

Speed

Make decisions quicker. Zooming in on each face individually is slow, time-consuming and frustrating.

Shot analysis

See focus issues and facial expressions ten time quicker!

Contextual recognition

Select's AI understands that not every eye state is the same in different situations.

Face Assessments in action

Kyle shows how powerful face assessments can be in your workflow to easily identify potential problem shots.

"Face assessments help me with couples or group shots to make sure their faces are doing exactly what I want."

Molly Grunewald • @mollgrune

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More info about Face Assessments

Face Assessments streamline your culling process by automatically evaluating the quality of faces in your photos. By assessing factors like focus, sharpness, and facial expressions, this feature helps you quickly identify the best shots, saving you time and ensuring that the images you select are those where your subjects look their best.

Yes! Face Assessments can detect and evaluate multiple faces within a single image. Each face is individually assessed, allowing you to easily determine which subjects meet your quality standards. This is especially helpful for group photos or events where multiple people are captured in a single frame.

Two indicators appear under each assessed face. The ellipse covers the eyes and expression, and the curved line covers focus. Hover over either for a short explanation; the focus indicator also shows a score out of 10.

Narrative picks up from over 17 different assessments and we're adding to that all the time. See the full guide to face and focus assessments.

Green = No problems detected.
Yellow = There might be something sub-optimal, double-check if you're not sure.
Orange or Red = There's likely to be a problem.

Think of them as warning lights on your car’s dashboard – they're there to alert you to possible issues. Hover over them to see the score out of 10. You can change the colors of the assessment indicators in preferences.

Face Assessment and the Close-ups panel pair together seamlessly, allowing you to easily access multiple faces within a single image. Not only that, but Face Assessments drives our First Pass Image Assessments, helping you get to your best photos faster.

Every plan includes Face Assessments. On Lite, you see them when you hover over a face. Standard, Premium and Ultra show them in full, including in the Close-Ups Panel. See pricing.

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