Reference photos

Identity and wardrobe checks are only as good as the photos they compare against. Run a pre-flight on a new set of references; it reports every problem below.

Character references

• Two to five photos per character, from different angles and lighting. One photo works, but it's less steady.
• One face per photo. With several faces, Raccord uses the largest, which may not be the person you mean. Crop to the character.
• Facing the camera, the face at least 112 pixels wide. Profiles and tiny faces are skipped.
• Only that person. A photo of someone else in the folder weakens every match. Pre-flight flags a photo that doesn't look like the others.
• No masks, heavy sunglasses or hands over the face.
• Distinct characters. If two characters' references look like the same person, Raccord can't tell them apart. Pre-flight flags it.

Costume references

• A photo showing the face and the outfit below it. The outfit is read from the shoulders and chest.
• The costume for this scene. Photos of different costumes for one character contradict each other; pre-flight flags it.
• Lighting differences are compensated using the face, so a costume photographed in daylight still matches a night scene. A different colour won't.

What wardrobe judges today

Colour, not pattern. A change of pattern in the same colours isn't caught yet. Outfits mostly out of frame are skipped rather than judged. See the known limits.