Guide to Creating Still Image Sorting Rules
What is image sorting?
Steps for creating sorting rules
Click the "+New" button under "Sorting Rules" in the menu to open the "Create Sorting Rule" screen.
Select the type of rule you want to create.
Name the sorting rule. Select the option to add the rule name to the meta information of images that match the sorting rule.
Set the conditions for the sorting rule and click the "Create" button to create it.
You can create up to two rules for each account.
Sorting by Face and Facial Expression
Faces

By pre-registering facial images of the people you want to sort, you can sort images that contain those people.

Up to 20 people can be registered for one sorting rule.

You can assign label names to registered faces and record them in the image information. You can disable this feature if you don't want to record them.

To improve sorting accuracy, we recommend that you register a front-facing image that clearly shows the entire face.

The face sorting function is not available in North and South American countries.

Smiling Faces

You can sort images by determining whether or not a person's facial expression is smiling.

If a person's face is registered, the image will be considered smiling if even one of the registered people is smiling.

If a person's face is not registered, the image will be considered smiling if even one of the detected people is smiling.

Closed Eye

You can sort images into images with eyes open and images with eyes closed.

If one eye is open or the eyelids are not completely closed, the image is considered to be closed.

If human faces are registered, an image is considered to be open-eyed if even one of the registered people has their eyes closed.

If no human faces are registered, an image is considered to be open-eyed if even one of the detected people has their eyes closed.

Face Focus

You can sort images into well-focused and out-of-focus images based on the area around a person's face.

The system determines whether an image is properly focused based on the area around a person's face.

If a person's face is registered, the image will be deemed to be properly focused if even one of the registered people is properly focused.

If no person's face is registered, the image will be deemed to be properly focused if even one of the detected people's faces is properly focused.

Sorting by Subject Category
Subject category

People / Living things / Animals / Dogs / Cats / Birds / Plants / Vehicles / Cars / Trains / Airplanes / Foods / Sports / Buildings / Mountains / Water / Night views

You can sort by specifying multiple categories from the 17 categories above.

You can specify multiple categories. In that case, photos will be sorted as long as they contain at least one of the following categories.

Sort by blur or exposure
Overall image blur

You can sort images that are out of focus due to camera shake or other reasons. Images that are not in focus anywhere in the image are identified as blurry.

Overall image exposure

You can sort images into those with and without proper overall exposure.

Images shot in AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) mode are determined to be correctly exposed.

Sorting by Image Information
Connected Camera

You can sort images by the camera connected to image.canon.

Image Type

You can sort by image type (JPEG, HEIF, RAW).

Rating

You can sort by the rating assigned by the camera itself.

Shooting date

You can sort photos by specifying a shooting date and time range.

Sort by freely combining conditions.

You can sort by combining all of the above conditions.

Notes

Determined based on image.canon proprietary standards. The functionality and performance of automatic image sorting will not always match your intentions or expectations.

If the face size is small, the face cannot be detected. It is therefore not possible to perform face sorting and face sharpness, eyes not closed and smile detection.

When the face is tilted up, down, left, or right, it may not be possible to correctly perform face sorting and face sharpness, eyes not closed and smile detection.

For images with faces slightly out of focus, images that are not properly focused, or images that are too dark or too bright, it may not be possible to correctly perform face sorting and eyes not closed and smile detection.

If the subject within the image is extremely small, cut off, or the whole image is dark, the subject category detection may not sort the images as you intend or expect.

Exposure detection, in backlit scenes, night view scenes, and snow scenes, etc. may not sort images as you intend or expect.

If the image resolution low, the whole image is dark, or the area in focus is extremely small compared to the image size, the blur detection may not be as you intend or expect.

The image.canon analysis mechanism and detection standards differ from the blur detection for the camera main unit.

If the images uploaded to image.canon are saved on an SD card and returned to the camera, and you perform editing tasks such as image rotation or rating on the camera, it may not be possible to play them on the camera or they may be corrupted.