Extra Faces
More possible iPhoto features
Whilst we’re talking about a couple of possible iPhoto features and overhauls, how about extending Faces by making it actually a bit more useful? Whilst it’s great being able to tag people, the only way to use this information is for uploading to Facebook or when searching. There’s a few things that could be done to exploit this information, especially when combined with other metadata from the photographs.
For example;
- Being able to select multiple Faces in iPhoto and seeing photos that contain all of the selected people.
- A graphical view of a person’s timeline over their lives, either;
- A graph of time (using the datestamp from the photo), or;
- Time combined with a travel map for a certain period of time (using the Places tag)?
- These could also be used with multiple people, for example people who commonly holiday together shown on a travel map over time.
- Being able to customise the Faces view, for example to sort by Surname, change the background etc.
- Better Address Book integration;
- Being able to open an Address Book entry from iPhoto.
- Setting the image in Address Book from a Faces entry.
- A graphical view of relationships between people (as can be set up in Address Book). This is a quicker, easier version of family tree functionality in iPhoto I suggested before.
