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At least it works (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago

I still don't understand why police sketch artists are a thing when back in the mid 2000's I made a golfer in Tiger Woods 2005 that looked just like me. The GameFace II software in that game was so easy to make a face that looked like whatever you wanted. Best face manipulation software I've seen before or since.

So why don't police just have that game around to have witnesses make a model of whoever they saw?

[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Stop, you're making me bitter about the Sims lol

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 hours ago

To my knowledge, it's rather an interviewing skill than a drawing skill. The victim might not be able to name details, such as narrow, small eyes when they recount it themselves (nor if you gave them all of the design freedom of a 3D modeling software), but if you specifically ask them whether the eyes were big or small, wide or narrow, then they can often give an answer to that, with some amount of uncertainty. Gauging that uncertainty is also part of the interviewing skill.

I also imagine a sketch where the uncertain details are left out is more helpful for actually finding the person than a highly detailed model where everything has to be modeled realistically, no matter how unsure you feel about it.

[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

That's fair. However I'd like to see a study where subjects were shown a 5 second clip of a crime and half were sent to a police sketch artist, and the other half given that Tiger Woods game and see who comes up with a better depiction

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago

I would recognize the second guy from the sketch.

[-] dontsayaword@piefed.social 19 points 17 hours ago

If I remember the story right, the sketch did help them catch him

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 18 hours ago

Can I get robbed by the movie guy, please?

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 18 hours ago

"What happened to you?!"

"I got mugged... It was awesome!"

[-] palmtrees2309@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Ranvir singh om Lemmy. Not on my bingo.

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