Jann Bangert - Submissions - Cut Out Player Faces Megapack

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Pending by Eltarian on 13 Jan 2021 15:40:47
Completed by mons on 13 Jan 2021 15:45:09
weeniehutjr
6 years ago
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@Eltarian The cutouts in this pack are blurry again. Try to make sure that the cutouts you're making are sharpened if the source images are blurry. 👍
Eltarian
5 years ago
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@weeniehutjr
strange.. tried to sharpen them with Topaz Sharpen before sending away
also used no other programs exception of photoshop
mons
17 years ago
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@weeniehutjr
strange.. tried to sharpen them with Topaz Sharpen before sending away
also used no other programs exception of photoshop

Might be the sources themselves tbh. Can we have the source for this one?
Eltarian
5 years ago
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weeniehutjr
6 years ago
1 week ago
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@weeniehutjr
strange.. tried to sharpen them with Topaz Sharpen before sending away
also used no other programs exception of photoshop

You might have better sharpness by using Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen, with settings like this:
Change the Amount until you're happy with the result (larger images might require a larger Amount), only increase Radius if you're sharpening a large source image, most of the time Reduce Noise should be kept to 10% or less to avoid excessive smoothening that removes details.
https://i.postimg.cc/s2RRH0NP/image.png
weeniehutjr
6 years ago
1 week ago
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The source image is definitely sharper/less blurry than the resulting cutout. Is your cutting process much different to how mons shows in these videos?
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Completed by mons on 13 Jan 2021 18:09:57
Eltarian
5 years ago
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The source image is definitely sharper/less blurry than the resulting cutout. Is your cutting process much different to how mons shows in these videos?

tried you settings in sharpen filter, is it better now?
if yes, I will reapload all the pack
weeniehutjr
6 years ago
1 week ago
5,204
tried you settings in sharpen filter, is it better now?
if yes, I will reapload all the pack

Better, but maybe a little *too* sharp around the edges so 50% Amount might be better for sharpening your cutout. Additionally, if you're sharpening a cutout (or an image with transparency in general) I'd recommend ticking this box which "locks" transparent pixels, as there was some ghosting/artefacts around the edges.
https://i.postimg.cc/Qxd83PSj/image.png
mons
17 years ago
12 minutes ago
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tried you settings in sharpen filter, is it better now?
if yes, I will reapload all the pack

It's slightly better, but it's really an extra unneeded process. It's probably quicker just to recut it.

All I did for my cut was crop the source, put it through remove.bg, nudged the collar upwards and removed some minor snow. 2 minutes at most between the source and the final cut. Anything more than that is simply unnecessary.

I also added some brightness and saturation to give it what I think is a better, more natural colour, but that's an extra step in terms of cutting process, which doesn't have anything to do with why your cuts tend to become that tiny blurrier between source and cut.

Avoid using Topaz. For most of your sources, which are usually excellent, it's completely unnecessary. I don't know why you seem to look for steps to complicate what is really a fairly straight-forward process 🙂