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Both will be fixed for 2025.02 👍

@rogeriofza, as stated earlier, when you have a blank space instead of a cut-out, it means there is a config file pointing to a folder in which an image with that UID is not present. This generally happens when an update pack is installed in a separate folder and not part of the overall faces folder, or there is a rogue config files somewhere.

Can you make a search in the graphics folder of the following UID: 2000264574? That's Marko Ristic fyi.

Before you take a screenshot, can you sort the results in the manner outlined below?

This can be achieved by posting the UID in the red circle, choosing the view tab via the blue circle, the details option in the black circle and making sure the folder column in the green circle is long enough to display the full path.

When you run the search, can you change the below search options?

This will help me see if there is one or more other folders in your user data folder which contains one or more other facepacks, and where that image is coming from within your files…

@k24j, sources like this can very easily provide a good 250x250 cut. If the source is poor, then 180x180 is fine, but the aim should be for 250x250 cuts.

Also, try and find the most recent image possible…

Seems like you download the 2025.00 base pack, but afterwards, for reasons unknown, downloaded update packs released previously, which might be the cause of your issue. In order for us to understand what you did wrong, can you please upload screenshots of your megapack folder, showing clearly the full path it’s located in as well as how many images are in that folder?

Follow this tip on how to get the largest possible versions of transfermarkt images.

@Juventusman, images as small as this are not worth requesting, let alone cutting. Be sure to upload the largest possible versions of images, and not thumbnails.

His LinkedIn history as an auditor seems unlikely to have been combined with a role as Dortmund's chief scout @Juventusman, but I stand to be corrected…

Those who have kept up-to-date with the megapack can download the 2024.00 update pack as a stand-alone download, which contains 6,754 new and improved images.

Ah, I see. I suggest using the workaround in the first post for the club names, because I suspect that you had that in place when you started the save game at the outset.

@Felipe Mateus BRASIL, this doesn't seem to be on the right person's timeline.

Oh, no doubt, but I wasn't speaking to you mate - but to kilian_nagle, which is why I replied to his post 😉

You could follow the various feedback I've given you elsewhere, which you're seemingly electing to ignore…

He's getting them from the Premier League website, so they aren't large enough. When most of those players have had cuts either in the Euros or for the new season, there's really no point in cutting them again from such inferior sources and then having to tweak them to be any good. 

If any Premier League players need to be upgraded or replaced, surely better sources will be available online anyway.

The images available on the Premier League website aren't large enough to lead to improvements, by and large. You need to upscale them, which loses a fair bit of sharpness, so they're simply not worth cutting. Better sources are available with a simple Google Image search @kilian Nagle.

@kilian Nagle, these are no better than the current cuts, which are identical and quite recent. No point in cutting them again, so please refrain from requesting images like these in the future.

Bit of snow in your cut @Chodw118. All you need to do is to put it through remove.bg, which'll take most of it away.

You don't seem to have the full amount of images in there. It should be just over 480,000 and you've got around 7k less. Moreover, the image for Rene S Andersen in your screenshot isn't the most recent one, which leads me to think you never properly installed the 2024.01 update pack, which I can however see that you did download.

The easiest solution would be to download the 2025.00 base pack via the torrent file, delete your existing faces and iconfaces folder, and install the most recent base pack from scratch.

It's not clear what you're asking here. Can you try rephrasing that?

When you have a blank space instead of a cut-out, it means there is a config file pointing to a folder in which an image with that UID is not present. This generally happens when an update pack is installed in a separate folder and not part of the overall faces folder.

Can you take a screenshot of the faces folder once it's fully loaded? i.e. not half the way through like in your screenshot. I'd like to see the number of images in there too.

Not large or different enough to merit cutting because it'll need upscaling to be in 250x250 and most probably won't replace the current, essentially identical cut anyway.

Do remember to upload batches as a pack @krissmed. Apart from being easier for you to do and easier for whoever wants to cut them all to download them, it helps keep the list of individual requests at a more manageable level…

@aozm, I'm afraid that almost all of these cuts have had the aspect ratio not maintained from the original source and are cropped too far from the face.

This thread contains guidelines for what we're looking for in our cuts in terms of dimensions, snow, collars, face orientation etc. and video tutorials for each element. Before starting to upload packs, I think it's best that you refine your technique with individual cuts and upload both the source and your cut in this thread to gather feedback on what needs to be tweaked.

If you want to give cutting another go, I would recommend using remove.bg, which is a free online tool which removes the background to an excellent standard, for free and almost instantly.

Here's a couple of videos on how to use it, one when combined with Photoshop and another using photopea.com, which is a free online app so close to Photoshop that it has the same shortcuts, layout and icons.

If you don't have Photoshop, photopea.com is the tool I would recommend to use to tweak the draft cut produced by remove.bg. It's more powerful and versatile than GIMP and other similar tools.

Good work @Sloogan 

We want the player's face to fill the canvas for the 250px cutout, which would mean cropping the image along these red lines:

We also want all cuts to include a little bit of collar. At the same time, the ideal cut only contains 2-3 pixels beneath the chin. Since in some sources like this one, the person in the image may have a longer neck than usual, this would be quite difficult to achieve naturally.

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

Here's a video of the process on how to nudge the collar upwards:

@k24j you should take care to avoid the shoulders being cut off before the edge of the canvas (below is another example, showing the gaps between where the shoulders are cut off and the edge of the canvas).

All you need to do is be sure you don't crop the source image too narrowly before putting it through remove.bg, so that you have enough shoulder width to work with. If the original source is cropped already, just use clone stamp to recreate the missing bits.

I appreciate that sources for obscure players might not be available @podefteza. But cuts which are as pixellated as this aren't worth adding to the megapack because they don't really show the person's face properly.

Taking the saturation levels down a notch would make cuts like this look a bit truer to leave @TiagoSeattle 👍

Good work @Castroman, but do consider brightening your images just a little bit in the future, for a more natural look.

@Sloogan, we prefer to have our cuts closer to the chin and the top of the head.

You should use the FM23 version of this file, if you're playing FM23 😕

@forza41, check people's timelines before requesting images in case they've been cut already, like here.