1. A method for forming a mugshot from a digital color image comprising: (i) determining a dominant face using the digital color image; (ii) performing person segmentation using the digital color image; (iii) cropping an image and a mask based on the dominant face thereby forming a cropped image; (iv) performing rough segmentation of the cropped image; (v) averaging a mask in projection space; (vi) refining the mask thereby forming a refined mask, and (vii) preparing the mask for the mugshot, wherein at least two or more of (i) through (vii) are performed using a suitably programmed computer.