In a method and system for mapping a digital image having a plurality of pixels, a skin color map of the digital image is computed. The skin color map has a plurality of skin color values. Each of the skin color values is associated with a respective set of one or more of the pixels. Each of the skin color values indicates a likelihood that the respective pixel set is skin. A face map of the digital image is generated. The face map is divided into one or more face zones and a background exclusive of the face zones. Each of the face zones is a group of the pixels. Each of the face zones indicates a greater likelihood than the background that the respective group of pixels is a face. In the skin color map, the respective skin color values associated with the pixels of the face zones are increased to provide a revised map, which is used in controlling a procedure producing an output.