i finally got it working! but its taking representation from my files? i thought it was going to cross reference the facial features of this person in the photo of mine with the endless list of people with photos of your facial rec listing? about deepface HOT 5 CLOSED

It compares image given in img_path and images in db_path.

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It compares image given in img_path and images in db_path.

wait you mean your application isnt going to compare images that it already has instored in it because your application has no stored images?

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It compares image given in img_path and images in db_path.

does your application not have all the stored images of every person who ever uploaded their pictures on the internet?

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Of course no!

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Of course no!

wait then how is it a facial rec application?

im talking the facial rec of websites where you can upload a picture and they use their dataspace of all the stored pictures of people who posted theirs online to cross reference the facial features of the one you have giving you a list of potential sourses thus finding out who the person in your picture you uploaded is by the list provided, that has social media and etc of the listed results?

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