Recover Faces

Clarity in facial features enhances an image’s communicative value. The Face Recovery enhancement recovers small or low-resolution faces by generating a high-quality version and blending it with the current face.

How to use

On file import, Photo AI will analyze the file and look for faces. Then, you can either manually add the "Recover Faces" enhancement or if you have Autopilot on, it will kick in automatically when faces are detected.

Once the Recover Faces enhancement is added, make sure that all the faces you want to enhance have a yellow selection around their faces.

Important: The yellow selection rectangle is not showing what area is affected by the enhancement. The yellow rectangle is only to determine which faces will be affected by the enhancement (yellow rectangle), and which will not (grey rectangle). In no way is this representative of the affected area.

Use the Controls tab to change the Strength for Recover Faces.
To get a good blend, check to see if Hair and Neck should be toggled on or off. You can toggle this on/off in your Selection Menu of Recover Faces (available in v4.0.0 and up) or in your Edit (Topaz Photo AI menu on Mac) > Preferences > Recover Faces > Parts to enhance.

To get the best blend possible, make sure to not only play with the Hair and Neck options, but make sure to recover the rest of the file, with other enhancements. Reach out to support@topazlabs.com with your original and current results attached to your email and we can return steps on how to get the best possible results.

If a face is not "detected" and not available to be selected in the Selection options of Recover faces, it is not possible to "force" Photo AI to "detect" this face. This can occur if the face is too small, does not have enough details to be recovered, if the face has hidden facial features, is sideways, etc.

When to Use

Low Resolution Faces

Use the Face Recovery filter on low resolution faces, even if it is large and takes up most of the image. Resolution is measured in pixels.

Small Faces

Use the Face Recovery filter when the faces are small and far away from the camera. The model generates the best results when the face still has sufficient detail. See the full image and zoomed-in portion below.

When Not to Use

Portraits

Using the Face Recovery filter can over-process faces that are already high resolution. This causes a loss of detail and creates a “plastic” feeling because it is too smooth.

Out-of-Focus Faces

Do not use the filter for out-of-focus images. The lack of detail hinders accurate facial reconstruction and generates unrealistic artifacts.

Balance Color

Preserve Text