User's Guide

To create a face, it is recommended you start with the shape of the chin, followed by the head. Once your face is completed, you might have to modify the chin to blend it in with the other features. Accessories such as mustaches, beards and glasses are usually added at the end. 

The FACES User Interface is the set of buttons, menus and windows used to create and modify composite pictures. 

This section describes some features of the interface which can help you use your FACES software more effectively. Details on how to use the Viewer Area, Features Palette and Selection Area are particularly helpful. 

The Top Toolbar is located at the top of the FACES window and consists of a series of buttons. Each icon can be clicked to execute a number of FACES commands. Those commands are:

• "New" 
• "Open" 
• "Save" 
• "Print" 
• "Random Faces" 
• "Start Autorun Demo" 
• "Start Exercise/Stop Exercise"
• "Review Exercise Portrait""
• "Help" 

The Observation Exercise allows you to develop your observation skills. A composite picture generated by FACES is displayed for a few seconds. During this time, you should examine the picture closely and try to remember as many of the facial characteristics as possible in order to reproduce them afterwards. 

Before the exercise begins, a dialog box is displayed in which you can select a level of difficulty. These levels are determined either by the number of feature sub-categories available in each feature category, or by the duration of the display period. For example, the beginners’ level (Level 1) offers fewer available features to make your choices easier, as well as a longer display period. Once you have selected a level, the exercise begins. You can stop the exercise by re-selecting the Start Exercise / Stop Exercise command. 

The BAC (Biometric Alphanumeric Code) is a special feature of FACES which allows each composite picture to be encrypted into an ID code. Just as every new composite picture is an original creation, every BAC is entirely unique, much like a fingerprint. The BAC allows you to automatically generate a composite developed by someone else on your screen. All you have to do is type the composite’s BAC in your Enter BAC dialog box. Thus, it takes nothing more than a phone call or email for one FACES user to transmit a composite picture to another FACES user, since the only information exchanged is the BAC. By effectively bypassing the often cumbersome process of transmitting graphic data, this breakthrough feature of FACES makes it possible to send perfect quality images in a matter of seconds. 

The FACES 4.0 EDU and FACES 4.0 EDU Plus programs do not support this function.    

The Slide Show Area allows you to preview all composites created during a particular session. This feature allows you to preview the composites one by one until you stop the slide show.

The Run Slide Show command allows you to run the slide show.

 The Stop Slide Show command allows you to stop the slide show.

 The Pause Slide Show command allows you to pause the slide show. The composite will be highlighted until you run the slide show command again.