== Tips for using Psychomorph ==


By various current and former members of the [http://www.perceptionlab.com/WEBPAGE/People/People.html Perception lab]

'''delineation'''
(mapping templates to images):[[BR]]
* load image in template window[[BR]]
* random template should load on top of image and can be manipulated cross-by-cross to outline image features[[BR]]
* if random template is too far off from image, go to template menu, select 'Auto Delineation', 'ASM AutoDelineate' and then select "****.asm". follow the instructions it gives.[[BR]]
* important crosses:[[BR]]
- two crosses below bottom of ear should be placed to indicate where neck joins chin (bottom of ear: where cheek and ear lines join)[[BR]]
- 2 line-less crosses, one for each eye, should be in centre of each pupil[[BR]]
- for lips, red line(TOP lip) should be along bottom of top lip and blue line(BOTTOM lip) along top of bottom lip[[BR]]
- lowest hair points should connect to the shoulder where neck and shoulder seem to merge[[BR]]
- nostrils each have one cross on inside, and one indicating where the nostril surround connects to upper lip area, there should be three other crosses outlining outside of lower nose[[BR]]
* make sure that NO LINES CROSS, especially in/around eyes [[BR]]
* when the template is complete, save as "template" not as "image"[[BR]]
* when you reload that particular image, the new template should automatically load on top of it[[BR]]

'''averaging'''
(merging multiple faces together to create composite face):[[BR]]
* in the double window, go to "average" menu and select "make average list"[[BR]]
* select tem as file extension. if the images you are using are tiffs/jpgs, put tiff/jpg for next option then tem again.[[BR]]
* when completed, this should create a txt file in the directory you have selected, make sure it is in the directory you keep the images that you want to use.[[BR]]
* access the txt file and take out any images you dont want, just delete the unwanted ones, get rid of the spaces and save[[BR]]
* when you have saved, go back to the "average" menu and select "average images..." and click on the txt file[[BR]]
* this will merge all the faces you have in the txt file together[[BR]]
* if image ends up tilted, you can go back to txt file and paste a more straigtened image first and save then re-average [[BR]]

'''aligning'''
(re-aligining image according to position of eyes so that eyes are equal height from base of frame):[[BR]]
* in the template window under the template menu, go to option "align eyes", in which there is an option to align eyes or batch align.[[BR]]
* if you are aligning individually, just select "align eyes"[[BR]]
* if you are aligning a group of faces, go to the "make average list" option in double window first, then select "batch align eyes"[[BR]]