Josh Doig - Submissions - Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack

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mons
20 years ago
2 hours ago
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@Stu Fairway, I'll give you some feedback here rather than on the other thread First of all, I appreciate the enthusiasm. However, paint.net isn’t that good at producing cuts to the standard we aim for. While the completed cut may appear to have no issues on the surface, if seen on a dark background as in here, you will see there is a somewhat harsh white edge along the cut. I don’t know about paint.net, but this is easily avoidable if you put the source image through remove.bg first.

Additionally, we prefer our cuts to be cropped much closer to the chin to ensure the focus is on the face. The usual guideline is that 2-3 pixels below the chin are sufficient.

The original source is at https://scottishschoolsfa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/JoshDoig-400x543.jpg. If you remove the -400x543 from the URL, you get a much larger version which will give a higher quality cut

To get a good cut, I would crop that one, to something like this, then put it through remove.bg. You’d get something like this: https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/bpknDtGazBCTxsMN7qcNxWOaaHm7BiVHBQM68Wei.png.

The next step would be to put the collar a little bit higher as per the guidelines in the collar spoiler in this thread (not sure if a similar process can be done with paint.net), rotate it clockwise a degree or two, then crop it to 250x250

Give it a go with this one and also with your other cut if you can; will bring you much better results for relatively little extra work. Once you get used to it, this whole process can take a minute or two maximum per source image
Stu Fairway
12 years ago
1 week ago
172
Thanks - really appreciate that. I'd been wondering how to lose the annoying white edges
mons
20 years ago
2 hours ago
101,416
Thanks - really appreciate that. I'd been wondering how to lose the annoying white edges

I've cut this one: https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/SFxSryYOCtk0Y8ojEpudLEKYfFCIqxlNI48GmJwT.png

But the other one has had a good cut produced separately elsewhere, so I'm not going to re-cut. Both will be included in the upcoming 12.02 pack
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Completed by mons on 29 Mar 2022 15:45:41
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Rejected by mons on 13 Jul 2022 16:48:44
weeniehutjr
8 years ago
1 month ago
5,243

@tv_capper With the paper texture over the image I'm not sure if this would be an improvement - might be worth waiting for an official photoshoot to be released

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This image is part of a pack: Hellas Verona
Pending by Belajariman on 18 Aug 2022 16:45:11
In Progress by Belajariman on 18 Aug 2022 16:46:40
Completed by Belajariman on 30 Aug 2022 17:23:34
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This image is a response to #2345522 This image is part of a pack: Hellas Verona
Pending by Belajariman on 30 Aug 2022 17:25:18
Completed by mons on 30 Aug 2022 17:29:44
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Completed on 10 Apr 2025 21:59:16
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In Progress by Bastiaans on 10 Apr 2025 10:48:47
Completed by Bastiaans on 10 Apr 2025 10:49:32
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This image is a response to #3501730
Completed by mons on 10 Apr 2025 12:06:46
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Completed on 31 Mar 2026 23:30:45
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This image is part of a pack: Sassuolo Calcio Updates
Pending by IwanE on 25 Mar 2026 16:42:12
In Progress by Bastiaans on 26 Mar 2026 03:28:08
Completed by mons on 26 Mar 2026 12:53:29
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This image is part of a pack: Sassuolo Calcio
Pending by Bastiaans on 26 Mar 2026 08:28:03
Completed by mons on 26 Mar 2026 12:53:29