Face tag mouse-over behavior

[Maik Qualmann]

Hi Michael,

We have two checks in our code for face region overlap. One is also used when 
importing faces. I experimented with the values ​​a while ago, and these 
values ​​shouldn't result in duplicate faces.

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/core/libs/database/item/
scanner/itemscanner_photo.cpp?ref_type=heads#L597

Maik

Am Samstag, 24. Mai 2025, 05:07:36 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb 
Michael Miller:
> Hi Tom,
> Do you mind sending me a sample image with the double face-tag in the
> metadata?
 
> I increased the size of the face region in 8.7.0 and it sounds like the
> overlap detection logic isn’t working.  Your sample would be very useful
> for debugging.
 
> Cheers,
> Mike
> 
> On May 23, 2025, at 9:35 PM, Tom Cunningham <TWCunningham627 at outlook.com>
> wrote:
 
> I have several files with face tags that, when moused-over, show two boxes
> around the face. Attempting to alleviate this, I removed one of the face
> regions from the metadata using exiftool. The two boxes still appear, so I
> tried syncing the metadata with the databases. Same behavior. I don’t
> really want to go through each file and remove the rogue tag by hand,
> because even if I do and subsequently perform a face recognition scan, more
> duplicates will appear. I have automated the duplicate removal process; how
> can I convince digiKam that now there really is only one region for that
> face in the metadata?