Face Browser

Overview

The Face Browser displays all extracted faces from your project in a scrollable thumbnail grid. It follows the MVE (Mask/View Editor) pattern familiar to DeepFaceLab users, providing a visual overview of every face in your source and destination datasets.

From the Face Browser you can inspect individual faces, open them in the Face Editor, apply overlays to visualize mask quality, run batch operations, and sort or filter the face set to find specific frames.

Thumbnail Grid

Faces are displayed as square thumbnails arranged in a grid that dynamically adjusts to your window size. Each thumbnail shows the aligned face image at a compact size, making it easy to scan through hundreds or thousands of faces quickly.

Adjusting Thumbnail Size

You can increase or decrease the thumbnail size to see more faces at once or to get a closer look at individual faces. Use the thumbnail size slider at the top of the Face Browser panel to adjust the size. Larger thumbnails make it easier to spot mask issues; smaller thumbnails let you see more of the dataset in one view.

Navigating the Grid

• Scroll -- Use the mouse wheel or trackpad to scroll through the face grid vertically.
• Click -- Click a thumbnail to select it. Selected faces are highlighted with a border.
• Shift+Click -- Select a range of faces from the last selected face to the clicked one.
• Cmd/Ctrl+Click -- Toggle selection on individual faces to build a multi-selection.
• Cmd/Ctrl+A -- Select all faces in the current view.

Selecting Faces

Selecting faces enables batch operations and provides context for certain tools. The selection count is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Face Browser.

Sorting and Filtering

The Face Browser provides sorting and filtering options to help you find specific faces or organize your dataset:

• Sort by filename -- Default ordering, faces appear in the order they were extracted.
• Sort by similarity -- Groups visually similar faces together, useful for spotting duplicates or outliers.
• Filter by mask status -- Show only faces that have masks, or only faces that are missing masks, to focus your editing efforts.

Batch Operations

With one or more faces selected, you can perform operations on the entire selection at once. Right-click the selection to open the context menu with these options:

• Auto-Segment Selected -- Run BiSeNet auto-segmentation on all selected faces. Progress is shown in the status bar.
• Delete Selected -- Remove selected faces from the dataset. A confirmation dialog appears to prevent accidental deletion.
• Export Selected -- Export selected face images to a folder for external use.

Opening the Face Editor

To edit a face mask or view detailed metadata, double-click any thumbnail in the Face Browser. This opens the face in the Face Editor, where you can paint masks, run auto-segmentation, and edit polygon boundaries.

Source and Destination Datasets

Every Recaster project has two face datasets: the source dataset (faces of the person whose face will be used) and the destination dataset (faces of the person in the target video). The Face Browser lets you switch between these datasets using the tabs at the top of the panel.

Both datasets support the same browsing, selection, sorting, and editing capabilities. Mask quality is particularly important for the destination dataset, as these masks directly control the blending boundaries in the final merged output.

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