Aleix Face Database - 126 subjects; over 4000 images taken over 2 identical sessions 2 weeks apart; resolution 768x576; 24-bit raw images; controlled varying illumination, facial expression and occlusions; uncontrolled clothing, make-up, hairstyle; stored on 10 CDs; free downloads.
BioID Face Database - Dataset for face detection. 1521 gray level images, 384x286 pixel, 23 people with manually set eye positions.
Ljubljani CVL Face Database - 114 persons, 7 images per person; resolution 640x480; color images; JPEGs; uniform background and lighting; side views; varying facial expressions; request database from researcher.
NIST FERET - Standard face database for the evaluation of face recognition systems.
Oulu Physics-Based Face Database - Images, skin spectral reflectance measurements of subjects, camera channel response and spectral power distribution of illuminants used. 111 subjects, 16 images per subject (32 images if glasses present); resolution 428x569; 24-bit RGB images; compressed BMPs; frontal faces; varying lighting; minor variation in pose; grey background; stored on 2 CDs; $50 charge.
The XM2VTS Database - Motion video, accompanying sound and individual images; 295 subjects, 4 recordings per subject over 4 months; color images; resolution 720x576; 32KHz 16-bit mono sound; zipped PPMs; varying posture; varying illumination (controlled); speaking subjects; stored on CDs and DVDs; cost recovery charge.
Yale Face Database - 15 subjects, 11 images per subject; grayscale images; GIFs; center-light, with glasses, happy, left-light, without glasses, normal, right-light, sad, sleepy, surprised, winking; 6.5M free download; registration required.
