I did have an occasion when it popped up and was very active up front 
a few months ago. I don't know what triggered it. Then a couple of 
days ago, I couldn't find my email attachments. Eudora has been 
putting them in the same folder (labelled, highly imaginatively, 
"Attachments") for years -- and suddenly the new ones weren't going 
there. I found them in a folder marked "0000" inside a folder named 
"00" inside an unused iPhoto library (I have multiple iPhoto 
libraries -- I use iPhoto Buddy to create and manage them). And the 
other stuff in that folder was faces images.

Well!!! After I had checked Eudora's prefs (the attachments pref was 
correct, but I reset it and now it is working correctly again as it 
has for about two decades) and stopped worrying about how that funny 
folder had started grabbing my attachments, I returned to thinking 
about tht stupid (for me) faces feature and wondering how much those 
faces fattening my iPhoto libraries.

I'll get iLife 2011 shortly (thanks for the pointer, Brian) and that 
should fix it all.

I use iPhoto for importing and storing my pix and also for 
preliminary editing -- straightening horizons and whatnot, getting 
exposure, colour, contrast and dynamic range right, perhaps 
sharpening a little. Cropping too, from time to time. Red eye, of 
course, where necessary. I am finding it a very useful tool.

I'm still using Canvas X as my primary graphics program for both 
raster and vector. I was concerned a few years ago about Canvas 
falling behind in the raster area (it's about equivalent to Pshop 4-5 
with a handful of updating bells and whistles and some very useful 
wrinkles of its own) and started supplementing it with PhotoLine. 
However, iPhoto is now providing some of the quick fix bits Canvas is 
less good at so I've stopped using PhotoLine. I'm anticipating the 
new version of iPhoto will provide me with further editing tools.

Kind regards

Geoffrey Heard
Business writer, Editor, Publisher
The Worsley Press

>Geoff... seriusly, now: just ignore it!
>
>I use iPhoto just to store and organize images I use on my website, 
>so I don't need/use "Faces" and... even forgot it actually existed 
>until you reminded me with your post :-p
>--
>paolo
>
>
>On 20/dic/2010, at 07.29, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
>
>>  Thanks for that info, Brian. v.8 doesn't offer such sn option. Has 
>>Apple been listening to users? Gasp!!!
>>
>>  Looks like an upgrade is in order.
>>
>>  Cheers, geoff