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The FAMED Face Database

The Faces and Motion Exeter Database (FAMED) is a video database of 32 male actors for use in psychological research.  Each actor was filmed from two viewpoints (full-face and three-quarter) whilst they performed a series of facial motions including the telling of three jokes, a short conversation, six facial expressions (smiling, anger, fear, disgust, surprise and sadness) and rigid motion such as head rotation from left to right and up and down.  The actors performed all actions three times; once with no headgear, once wearing a swimming cap to hide hair cues and once whilst wearing a wig.

There are four versions of the database:

Samples of the database are show in the sections below together with download links.

Each database comprises of 2,303 video clips.  All videos are in Quicktime format.  The database is being made available to other research groups.  The copyright remains with the database authors, Chris Longmore and Jeremy Tree. The database creation was funded by ESRC grant RES-000-22-2229.

Citation

The database is described in the following article. Please cite this article as the source of the database if you use it for research.

Longmore, C. A., & Tree, J. J. (2013). Motion as a cue to face recognition: Evidence from congenital prosopagnosia. Neuropsychologia, 51, 864-875

 

The Original Database

Example clips of the database:

Feel free to download the database.  However, by doing so, you agree to the following conditions:

  1. All images are used for non-commercial academic purposes only.
  2. Only images/full videos of actors in directories 31 and 32 may be used in publications or presentations (these actors are located within part 3 of the database).
  3. The videos are not to be provided to third parties.
The database is split into three (quite large) files.  Part 1 contains actors 1 to 10, part 2 contains actors 11 to 20 and part 3 contains actors 21 to 32.  Please donwload only 1 file at a time to reduce server load.
  1. famed_part1.zip (474.6MB)
  2. famed_part2.zip (550.0MB)
  3. famed_part3.zip (618.5MB)

Threshold Processed Video

Threshold videos contain only pure black and white pixels. They are particularly useful for investigating the role of motion in face recognition due to the lack of pictorial cues present in the footage. These threshold videos were created from the original database with all pixels with an intensity greater than 128 made white, and all those below that point made black.

Example clips of the database:

As with the main database, feel free to download the threshold version.  The same conditions apply: by downloading, you agree to the following conditions:

  1. All images are used for non-commercial academic purposes only.
  2. Only images/full videos of actors in directories 31 and 32 may be used in publications or presentations (these actors are located within part 3 of the database).
  3. The videos are not to be provided to third parties.

The database is split into three (quite large) files.  Part 1 contains actors 1 to 10, part 2 contains actors 11 to 20 and part 3 contains actors 21 to 32.

  1. famed_threshold_part1.zip (471MB)
  2. famed_threshold_part2.zip (499.1MB)
  3. famed_threshold_part3.zip (549.5MB)

Blurred Video

These videos have been blurred using a pixel radius of 8 pixels.

Example clips of the database:

As with the main database, feel free to download the blurred version.  The same conditions apply: by downloading, you agree to the following conditions:

  1. All images are used for non-commercial academic purposes only.
  2. Only images/full videos of actors in directories 31 and 32 may be used in publications or presentations (these actors are located within part 3 of the database).
  3. The videos are not to be provided to third parties.

The database is split into three (quite large) files.  Part 1 contains actors 1 to 10, part 2 contains actors 11 to 20 and part 3 contains actors 21 to 32.

  1. famed_blurred_part1.zip (161.2MB)
  2. famed_blurred_part2.zip (172.7MB)
  3. famed_blurred_part3.zip (205.4MB)

Pixelated Video

These videos have been pixelated using a block size of 8 pixels.

Example clips of the database:

As with the main database, feel free to download the blurred version.  The same conditions apply: by downloading, you agree to the following conditions:

  1. All images are used for non-commercial academic purposes only.
  2. Only images/full videos of actors in directories 31 and 32 may be used in publications or presentations (these actors are located within part 3 of the database).
  3. The videos are not to be provided to third parties.

The database is split into three (quite large) files.  Part 1 contains actors 1 to 10, part 2 contains actors 11 to 20 and part 3 contains actors 21 to 32.

  1. famed_pixelated_part1.zip (320.7MB)
  2. famed_pixelated_part2.zip (353.1MB)
  3. famed_pixelated_part3.zip (412.1MB)

Last updated: 4 April 2014, 5:00 PM