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@oli welburn, follow this tip to get the largest possible version of a transfermarkt photo 👍

If you use auto-contrast on images like this which appear slightly washed-out, you'll get a much more vibrant and realistic cut @Yves Martinez 

@Yves Martinez, you would do well to check people's timelines before cutting images for them.

a) So you could see that several of these have recent and better cuts already, and

b) So you can see the kind of cuts we're looking for.

@Yves Martinez Brightening darker images like this one always looks better in-game. The easiest way is to go to this tab in Photoshop:

and tweak the brightness slider.

There is also a Photoshop action file, available for download here, which contains a lot of common actions, including one for brightening, for ease of use 😉

@Yves Martinez, I've tagged you in the past to point this out, but you never acknowledged it. Ignore this again, and I'll just reject the entire pack next time.

We 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.

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

What UID does this Rodrigo chap have? Feel free to post the correct image on this timeline too 👍

What UID does this Francisco chap have? Feel free to post this image on his timeline too 👍

@Nicolasa, reminder re this.

Yeah, they will have been uploaded with the created person UID and later changed automatically to reflect their actual UID after being added in FM26, and I have no way of knowing now which ones suffered this fate. Unless people point them out, that is 😉 Will add them to the next update pack 🍻

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Please be patient. You only requested this yesterday.

We do this in our spare time and there are 2,590 pending images:

If you want to give it another go yourself, 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.

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.

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.

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Get in! 🍻

Not bad, @Alex_14, but we want the player's face to fill the canvas for the 250px cutout, which would mean cropping the image along these red lines:

At the same time, we want all cuts to include a little bit of collar. 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.

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

I am soooooo tempted to cut out the dog's head instead.

 The face is much too small to possibly get something out of this photo.

@stivilitwa, the cut is a bit blurry and not ideal. Also, it has no collar and it's cropped too far from the top of the head.

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

At the same time, we want all cuts to include a little bit of collar. 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.

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

b) when you have a lot of images to upload, then you should upload them as a pack instead of individually and save the both of us some time.

You can also upload up to 50 images per pack instead of just a maximum of 3 when done individually.

c) 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.

Can you use the upload image function to provide us with the original source image without the background removed so that we can cut it accordingly?

If you want to give it another go yourself, 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.

@stivilitwa, the lighting on these two rejected images isn't very good, which means they aren't better than the current cuts.

@Nedkec11, the 2 rejected images aren't large enough to produce a worthwhile cut.

Also, for future reference, when you have a lot of images to upload, then you should upload them as a pack instead of individually and save the both of us some time.

You can also upload up to 50 images per pack instead of just a maximum of 3 when done individually.

It's not too bad, but it could've been a cropped a tad closer to the chin, but that's it 🙂

@yakioon, for future reference, when you have a lot of images to upload, then you should upload them as a pack instead of individually and save the both of us some time.

You can also upload up to 50 images per pack instead of just a maximum of 3 when done individually. 

@notcruzado, if the source image isn't the largest or the best, then the resulting cut shouldn't be in 250x250, because it'll just showcase the lack of quality. It's ok for it to be in 180x180, in that case.

@notcruzado Brightening darker images like this one always looks better in-game. The easiest way is to go to this tab in Photoshop:

and tweak the brightness slider.

There is also a Photoshop action file, available for download here, which contains a lot of common actions, including one for brightening, for ease of use 😉

@notcruzado, not bad but for future cuts, keep in mind that the face should be straight-on, rather than slanting or at angle; i.e. the eyes are ideally in a straight line and parallel to the top or bottom of the cut.

@F3D3, this has got a fair bit of snow. 

Snow is the colour from the background of the cut which was not totally removed. It is often white (hence ‘snow’) but it can be other colours. It can often be easily removed by putting the cut through remove.bg.

Here's a video on how you can easily remove any remaining snow thereafter within Photoshop:

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.

Can you use the upload image function to provide us with the original source image without the background removed so that we can cut it accordingly?

If you want to give it another go yourself, 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.

@Snipe2irt, please remember to use the upload multiple function 😉

Not a bad cut @jake_the_snake, but the lighting in the source image isn't ideal.

@F3D3, a couple of things to keep in mind please. I'll fix these myself, but I will reject any which don't take the below into consideration.

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

At the same time, we want all cuts to include a little bit of collar. 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.

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

b) when you have a lot of images to upload, then you should upload them as a pack instead of individually and save the both of us some time.

You can also upload up to 50 images per pack instead of just a maximum of 3 when done individually.

Hardly any different to the current cut.

Both are working for me right now.

@SrWer - what error message are you getting?

@silaqa - what file(s) are you trying to download?

@notcruzado, as you can see, merely resizing it (which I was perfectly capable of doing anyway) leads to an image noticeably lacking in sharpness. It needs to be cut again from scratch.