Can Face Detection ignore Raw Files?

[Michael Miller]

Hi Tonio,
There’s not direct way to to ignore RAW files, but there some work-arounds you can try.  The simplest way is to tag all the files you want to face scan with a cast tag like “Scan for faces”.  When you create and apply the tag, you exclude RAW files.  In the Face Scan Widget in the People sidebar, you can select the “Search In” tab, and select the newly created tag “Scan for faces”.

While it’s not ideal, I admit, it will do what you want.

Cheers,
Mike

> On Jan 14, 2025, at 1:07 PM, Tonio Kroeger <tonio.kroeger1903 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I just came across this and I did not find a hint in the mailing list or in the documentation. Together with the JPEGs I often store the raw file (DNG, CR3, ...) directly beside the JPEG. (I group the files by "group by filename" in Digikam and I am fine...)
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> Now when working with face detection all the raw-files are also considered. It probably won't hurt but computing time is doubled and also I need to tag twice the number of pictures. 
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> Is there a way to easily ignore the raw files and restrict tagging to the JPEGs?
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> Thanks
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> Tonio (Digikam-Fan)
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