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If you have a LinkedIn account, you can click the profile image to get a larger version 🙂

TransferMarkt recently changed the way their website handles player images, so here is how to get full-size images:
1) Go to the player's/staff's profile, click the profile image to view a larger image, and open that in a new tab.
2) You'll get something like this URL: https://img.a.transfermarkt.technology/portrait/big/435648-1576766482.jpg?lm=1
3) Copy this part of the image URL, the rest doesn't matter. https://img.a.transfermarkt.technology/portrait/big/435648-1576766482.jpg?lm=1

4)  Then paste that part of the URL at the end of this URL: https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/portrait/originals/

Like so: https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/portrait/originals/435648-1576766482.jpg

Now you can get the actual full-size image instead of one that's resized to 390px tall.

@Hansstr You've been told several times now that all cutouts must include a collar. Please don't ignore this in the future.

If you need a reminder of how to do this, read this post: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/641779 

@iwna His hand is in front of his face, and he isn't facing directly towards the camera anyway, so this source isn't an improvement.

@FM2024 Unfortunately all you've done is zoom in on the source mons rejected, so it won't result in a better cutout.

Maybe a screenshot from this video might be a better source image: (the one on the right-hand side in the  thumbnail image)

edit: Never mind, I've AI-upscaled the original source, as the video quality is quite grainy. Not perfect but better than the cutout that's already in the megapack.

@nando97 Be sure to check the players' profiles before requesting images to be cut - all of the Cuiabá players either have cutouts from these sources already in the megapack, or the source images weren't large enough to be improvements on previous cutouts because you lose image quality when upscaling the face to fit the 250px canvas.

@OKV Also, remember that all cutouts must include some of the collar. Several cutouts in this pack don't have collars.

This video shows you how you can easily move the collar upwards for cases where the player's neck is too long to otherwise include it:

@OKV Remember to check your cutouts on a dark background (and a light one as well) before uploading them - this one has parts of the background still in the hair.

Additionally, several of these sources were already cut out - it's worth checking the player's profile page first to make sure you're not wasting any time by duplicating what's already been done 😉

@mr.milanesa You can get full-size images from that source by removing this part of the image URL:
https://images.lavoz.com.ar/resizer/Fr0TetIqwMLNmPeiXUlcDVuUQaU=/640x360/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/grupoclarin/S4SDQGAIW5BLPHTY67AYSUL4HI.jpg
so it becomes this:
https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/grupoclarin/S4SDQGAIW5BLPHTY67AYSUL4HI.jpg

German league kits are already being made by JRsFMKits

@Diego Gutarra Can you post the original image? This isn't a bad cutout, necessarily (especially if there aren't any better source images available) but there's no need to leave so much space below the chin, as the face should take up as much of the canvas as possible. In the future, cropping the cutout to a few pixels below the chin is enough 👍

@mr.milansa This isn't a bad cutout, but you don't need to leave so much space below the chin - the face should take up as much of the canvas as possible. Cropping the cutout to a few pixels below the chin is enough 👍

@Henta This isn't a bad cutout, but there's significant “snow” around the edges of the hair in the highlighted areas. You can follow the instructions in this guide video to remove the snow.

@bhamichaelg What I said to you in this post still applies: https://sortitoutsi.net/comments/get/635862 

@Mansa Musa The image quality of this cutout is too poor to be considered an improvement.

When cutting images, you need to consider whether the image quality is good enough. A more recent image does not mean it will always be an improvement, especially when the current cutout is of very good quality.

As well as that, the image you chose to cut was a lower quality version of the original image, which might be good enough to be an improvement - provided you crop it to the area around the player's face first to avoid it being downsized by remove.bg.

@Mansa Musa First, he looks very similar to the current megapack cutout which was only cut in March last year, so there's no point posting a cutout that's of worse image quality.
Second, all cutouts should be 250*250px (or 180px if the image isn't high enough quality). Your cutout is only 220px, and the current megapack cutout is 250px, so it isn't an improvement anyway.

That's not the right person either, that's Steve Finan O'Connor.

edit: besides, Steve Finnan hasn't been in the FM database for a few versions (only in FM15 and FM19 from what I can tell), so there's not much point updating his cutout, as it appears that he is no longer involved with football.

@Eloy Gabriel Nuñez This image isn't the correct person, it's someone called John Lysaght. Make sure that you're requesting correct images in the future 👍

I say that because these two articles, with photos where Monteforte looks similar and is wearing the same shirt, are from May/June as well.
http://www.liguria24.it/2021/05/24/ligorna-luca-monteforte-aver-sbloccato-subito-la-partita-ci-ha-dato-morale/267138/

https://www.genova24.it/2021/06/luca-monteforte-elogia-la-sua-squadra-la-vittoria-della-convinzione-e-della-voglia-264299/

@Eloy Gabriel Nuñez you've squashed this image horizontally, so the proportions are unnatural, and the person isn't facing the camera, so it isn't a very good choice of source image.

@Paronomasiaster  I think it's just how the kit selection is coded, it isn't a very good mechanic. Even in FM21 we still see referees wearing grey shirts and black shorts against Newcastle wearing their home kit… The mechanic needs a total revamp.

One workaround you could use (but it's a hassle) is to remove the Alternative Kits shorts/socks in the editor, and have multiple versions of the 3D kits file - e.g. one with black shorts/socks and one with white - that you swap in/out depending on the game, remembering to clear the cache and reload the skin before the game.

@rekooner2 Just a minor thing to point out, but there's no need to leave quite as much empty space above the head. 2 or 3 pixels is enough space; you've left 8 pixels.

@Leonel Legal Instead of posting suboptimal sources again and again, read the advice you were given before to get larger,  better quality image sizes.

I assume it's because of the image quality, the one you uploaded is blurrier. Maybe this source from May 2021 would be better?

@Coach Treize This player already has a cutout from that same source in the megapack - why submit a smaller version?

@SC00P Firstly, this image is far too low quality to be of any use. Secondly, cutouts should be 250*250px (or 180*180px if the source image is too small/low quality for 250px). Read this thread to get an idea of the standards expected for cutouts 👍

Thanks for pointing it out, I've moved it to the correct profile 👍

I've rejected the original image so you can upload the cutout as a Game Ready image 👍

@Paul Zinn This image doesn't have a transparent background, so it isn't Game Ready. Can you post the original source image?

As you've been told before, bolid is making all of the English league kits already, on page 254. It will be made when it's released so just be patient, there's no need to post about them every time.