MATLAB: What is a good picasa replacement using matlab or otherwise

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hi. I only have limited computer programming knowledge in coding an Adobe AIR Flash application. So bearing that in mind I would like to know if MathLab is a good fit for coding a good image thumbnail engine for searching images local to my hard drive and NOT on the web, as well as including a portion for seeking faces out of my entire image database and displaying those in a separate folder. Picasa 3 was a great example of how this would work but Google has discontinued this product and replaced it with Google Photos, which is a web-based only application. I am looking to use or create and compile a desktop client. Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

Doing facial recognition well, recognizing with different angles, and different facial hair, different hats, and so on, is not easy. It would take you a fair bit of research and experimentation to be close to Google's or Apple's success. A couple of years ago, Microsoft launched its facial recognition technology to much publicity, the greater part of which was due to the many failures.
Myself, I would probably purchase a product rather than try to write it myself. Or I would look for freeware. facedetection.com has a useful-looking list of available products.
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