Opening a FACE File

The FACE file type is primarily associated with Gallery.

FACE	File extension: FACE
	File type:	face

What is a FACE file?

FACE files mostly belong to Gallery by Samsung. FACE filename extension is associated with image files captured by Samsung mobile phone facial recognition software. Such FACE files contain cropped photographs of the faces of subjects (persons, dogs etc.) in the images stored in the phone's gallery. These files are typically located in the /storage/emulated/.face/ directory and they are used for image tagging. Some UNIX-based operating systems such as Ubuntu save each user's avatar in a PNG or bitmap file with FACE filename extension. This kind of FACE files are used by the GNOME Display Manager when displaying a user's profile on the login or settings screen. You can also open a FACE file with XnView image processing software. Some smartwatches store watch faces in FACE files. Facer software may be used to open and install watch faces stored in FACE format. FaceServer, an older UNIX operating system software also saved images in FACE files.

How to open a FACE file

You need a suitable software like Gallery to open a FACE file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your FACE file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a FACE file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

Online FACE File Viewer

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How to convert a FACE file to JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF, ...

1. To do this, click the button "Choose your .face file to view this image" on this page.
2. After your file is opened in browser,
3. click "Save as..." in the menu.
4. Then choose the image format (e.g. JPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, ...) you want.
5. Your file will be converted and downloaded.

FACE format details:

If you can determine the file format, the associated program can also be determined. Each file format has a unique extension and almost always a unique signature. For example, Microsoft Word documents have the extension .docx and the signature (usually the first 3 characters in this file) PK. Nonetheless, different programs can utilize the same file extension to represent distinct file formats. Double-clicking on the file often results in an error when opening. So a detailed analysis of a file is vital in order to determine the format and the associated program. Below is our analysis of the FACE files:

FACE is not a commonly used file extension and is used by a few programs, each with its own file format. But the following two file formats are common:

• 25% of all FACE files start with the bytes 03 01 63 61 66 2E 01 00 crucial for this file format. These files are binary files, so they do not contain text, but only cryptic characters. The files are often between 590 bytes and 260 KB in size. The file type was developed only in the last few years. Several words can almost always be found in the files, e.g. caf, Suit and Three Piece. The file name true true.face is typical for these files. Such FACE files store data about person-related data.
• 20% of all FACE files start with the bytes Z¥4, which are crucial for this file format. They consist of illegible, cryptic characters. Most of these files are 130 KB to 3 MB in size. The files contain the following words: 167210065. The following filename is common: Bluedigo.face. Such files sometimes refer to watch.

All other FACE files (55%) have different formats, often, for example, Facer watch Face, plist, XML, caf and FaceFile. They are often associated with client, scene, android, attack, session, webcam or video. If you want to find out which format your FACE file belongs to, just click on the button "Choose your .face file to view this image".