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Bah, you're right, it won't work with a blind import.

Pitty I don't have a way to query the cast/crew database directory though ODBC/JDBC, I would then be able to identify any headshot that had not been changed and delete it.  Then the blind import would work.

It would also make the distribution files smaller - have a baseline version and then updates.

Don't think so. - In the example of Surfeur you get two contributions from two different sources (C1 and C6) with different quality. Any preprocessing can't avoid that the later import overwrites the prior one - regardless which one ist better...

Regards, AA

and in the worst case - the original very poor one doesn't get replaced at all so that overwrites the picture and puts it right back where it was.

Well, you would see things go a LOT faster if the contributers assign all updated cast/crew to a manual profile and then send me a database with only that manual profile and all cast/crew removed that aren't assigned to a profile.

I'll take submissions like that up until I validate BY's (last step).

Yup - that's why I asked people to import everything when I first released v3.  By far, didn't happen.  So accepting everything that's similar will go a long way to help!

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I'm getting pretty close to finishing importing the last headshot database.  Sorry Surfur, your last one won't be imported in v4, it's simply taking too long to process these and I won't be able to complete it by the 2nd of July if I import yours (heading out on vacation on the 3rd).

I thought I'd give some pointers on how I evaluate headshots....


Here, both high quality headshots.  The one on the right is accepted because a more recent photo will be accepted over one depicting them from a younger age.  The only exception to this is if the actor or actress hasn't been in any movie since their younger photograph was taken.  This should be documented with your contribution.


When I evaluate the headshots, I have to decide which photo makes a better headshot.  Here, the right photo is the better headshot even though it's much smaller.  Though if the left photo was cropped no lower than the lower ribcage, it would have been accepted.


Here is an example of an over crop.  A lot of the headshots I'm reviewing is of the same photo, just cropped closer to the face.  In this case, the left shot is a perfect headshot.  A headshot is also known as a bust shot and shouldn't crop right around the head.

I tend to agree with all 3 examples.  About the first one, I think it s more a matter of preference.  But in general, recent photos are better than older photos, they are more available and it is easier to pick a good head shot candidate with these pictures.  If the actor has an active career and is gettin older, why rejecting a good and recent picture?

That's exactly why I take the most recent headshot of an actor or actress.  People aren't going to agree which photo at what stage in their carrier is better as we can already see here.  It's cut-n-clear vs speculative.

Surfer, if you submit after importing v4, your work will still be preserved for v5.

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Surfer, if you submit after importing v4, your work will still be preserved for v5.

No problem about that. I make a monthly update of my database, always at the same address (thanks to Cyrille), so you always can take the newest one. I'm far more worried about your decision to take older photos, that will make our databases differ notably (I really can't accept that solution for mine).

I'm now confirming all Birth Years in the Cast/Crew database.