Computing grids propose to be a very efficacious, economic and ascendable way of
image identification. In this paper, we propose a grid based face recognition overture employing
a general template matching method to solve the timeconsuming face recognition problem. A
new approach has been employed in which the grid was prepared for a specific individual over
his photograph using Adobe Photoshop CS5 software. The background was later removed and
the grid prepared by merging layers was used as a template for image matching or comparison. This
overture is computationally efficient, has high recognition rates and is able to identify a person with
minimal efforts and in short time even from photographs taken at different magnifications and from
different distances.