[Digikam-devel] Re: face in metadata

[Marcel Wiesweg]

> The most important aspect I miss is that the face is in the database
> only, and not in the pictures information. If the pictures are copied,
> only the tag (face name) remains in the metadata. The face area is not
> there anymore. This is also the case if the picture is copied. Evenmore,
> forcing the rescan (the image is marked as scanned) will not find the
> previous results (when modified by hand).
> Also when the album/picture is moved using digikam, the face area
> information is not bound to the new image location.
> Could it be possible to store the face area with the name in the
> metadata (XMP) ?
> Should I open  wish ticket ?

Some Rumanian students under mentorship of Gabriel are working on this afaik 
at the moment.