jojokoning - Comments

@jojokoning The guidelines say photoshopped images are to be rejected 👍

Good point - I've recut it from the original source with the ensuing increase in image quality. I hadn't got round to checking it yet, but it's quite evident now that you mention it.

 

I think I've spoken to @jojokoning before to try and avoid using such tools and cut the original source images - cuts like this show why…

Please @jojokoning, when you have a lot of images, even if they are not from the same requested pack, upload them as a pack anyway. You save the time of uploading them one-by-one and I save the time of downloading them individually too…

Images like this which are lacking in quality should be cut in 180x180, as having them in 250x250 only means their lack of sharpness is magnified @jojokoning 

 

A few images in this pack and some of your other recent ones are also very clearly from poor sources (not your fault, I know). In those cases, there is no need to upscale them to 250x250. If the source image is small and/or of low quality, just cut it in 180x180. There are some which are just a blurry mass of pixels, and it might be worth considering whether they're even worth cutting in the first place tbh.

@jojokoning, keep an eye out for snow all around the head:

 

 

Here's a video on how to spot it and easily remove it:

 

 

Also, take care to maintain the aspect ratio when resizing images. I can't tell whether if it's the source image which was so bloated, but it seems a very unrealistic head shape. I've tried to correct it to a more realistic shape.

 

Finally, in cases like this, adding some auto-contrast and/or brightness (as applicable) will ensure the final cut looks that little bit better 😉

@jojokoning, it's good that you're moving the collar upwards, but there's no need to nudge them so far up. Having a little bit of collar on the same level of the chin or very slightly beneath it is enough, because the person otherwise looks like a hunchback 😉

 

Here's a post explaining this in more detail 👍

It's likely that the source image for this cut was quite poor @jojokoning . When it's this small and lacking sharpness, do consider whether it's worth cutting in the first place, and whether its lack of quality will lead to a better 180x cut instead of 250x 😉

@jojokoning, if a source is this poor, it's better if the cut is in 180x180 instead of 250x250. I believe we've also spoken about the need for all cuts to include a collar, so please ensure they all do 👍

Use photopea.com, it's a free online tool which is very similar to Photoshop. The same technique shown on the video can be utilized on it as well 👍

@Kevin Mahendra, we ask for all cuts to contain a collar within no more than 2-3 pixels of the chin, and for them to be cropped no more than 2-3 pixels above the head.

 

If the source image contains a collar which is lower down than that (as seems to have been in this case), use the below technique:

 

 

I'll tweak this one myself, but please keep the above in mind for any future cuts you may do 👍