If the Export setting Remove Person Info is selected, a keyword with the Person attribute will be exported if it isn't associated with a face rectangle. To reproduce:
1. Create a keyword John.
2. Edit the keyword and check the Person attribute.
3. Assign the keyword to a photo.
4. Export the photo to disk with Include: All Metadata and Remove Person Info selected.
5. Use ExifTool to verify that the keyword John was exported.
Tested on LR CC 2015.12 / OS X 10.12.6 and Windows 10.
1. Create a keyword John.
2. Edit the keyword and check the Person attribute.
3. Assign the keyword to a photo.
4. Export the photo to disk with Include: All Metadata and Remove Person Info selected.
5. Use ExifTool to verify that the keyword John was exported.
Tested on LR CC 2015.12 / OS X 10.12.6 and Windows 10.
John R. Ellis, Champion
Posted 9 months ago
Steve Sprengel, Champion
John R. Ellis, Champion
Remove Person Info removes Person keywords if they are associated with the face rectanges created by face recognition. But if they're not associated with face rectangles, they don't get removed.
I think people want to remove the Person keywords regardless of whether they're associated with faces or not. E.g. https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2382531
I think people want to remove the Person keywords regardless of whether they're associated with faces or not. E.g. https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2382531
Couldn't agree more.
If I'm checking a box that says "Remove Person Info", my expectation is that ALL person-related info is removed, whether or not it's associated with a face rectangle created by face recognition or just a person keyword I created and assigned myself.
If I'm checking a box that says "Remove Person Info", my expectation is that ALL person-related info is removed, whether or not it's associated with a face rectangle created by face recognition or just a person keyword I created and assigned myself.
Rikk Flohr, Official Rep
I have asked the engineering staff to chime in on "expected behavior" here to see if we need a bug or a feature request. Stand by...
Rikk Flohr, Official Rep
Engineering has responded thusly:
The export is the as designed behavior currently. A keyword can be assigned to a photo or a face region. By default, Lr only remove the person keyword on export if it is associated with an identifiable face region. To prevent exporting of keyword generally assigned to a photo, Lr has a separate “Include on Export” private keyword attribute. The current implementation gives that additional flexibility of exporting person keyword assigned to a photo, but not identify the person on a specific region of the photo.
Any changes to this behavior would fall into the realm of a feature request (Idea).
The export is the as designed behavior currently. A keyword can be assigned to a photo or a face region. By default, Lr only remove the person keyword on export if it is associated with an identifiable face region. To prevent exporting of keyword generally assigned to a photo, Lr has a separate “Include on Export” private keyword attribute. The current implementation gives that additional flexibility of exporting person keyword assigned to a photo, but not identify the person on a specific region of the photo.
Any changes to this behavior would fall into the realm of a feature request (Idea).
John R. Ellis, Champion
Thanks, I changed it to "idea".
Rikk Flohr, Official Rep
And, I added a vote!
So to rephrase Engineering's reply: the label should be "Remove Face Info"
In the context of Lightroom, "Person" and "Face" are specific, different concepts. If the option were to say "Remove Face Info", the actual behavior would match expected behavior.
That the label doesn't match the design behavior nor actual behavior is a bug.
In the context of Lightroom, "Person" and "Face" are specific, different concepts. If the option were to say "Remove Face Info", the actual behavior would match expected behavior.
That the label doesn't match the design behavior nor actual behavior is a bug.
Thobias Ⓒ