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Such as?

Nope, I'm afraid.

Update packs are released for the main megapack every 3-5 weeks. It depends on how many images are released and how quickly I can get through them. There is no release date plan for the simple reason I cannot read the future 😉

Then we'll have to wait until one becomes available…

No worries 🙂

FYI, it's good that you marked yourself as working on this, but once you uploaded the game ready version, the system automatically marks the source version as completed - so best not to remove the in progress button yourself 😉

No worries, but a message to let us know would've solved it. Are we saying the one to be cut here is the one on the left then? Given the guy on the right has been requested already?

Same goes for you @Diego Can 👍

@haqand, next time, please make more of an effort to find the best possible source for your requests. I can understand that they might not be readily available, but @Qartz found 38 alternative sources. Some might not be better than yours, but a large chunk of them are.

Next time, I'll just delete your entire pack instead of going through all of them individually to compare.

@Daz10N Good cut, but please remember that 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.

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:

@Alex S., when there is more than 1 person in a photo, it's a good idea to tell us which one is supposed to be 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.

@celiori, do take the time to check a person's timeline before uploading a request, to see if the image you are requesting has been cut already, as happened here.

This is almost the same @Hiperaktif Koala, what's the point? 😕

@Hiperaktif Koala 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 😉

@Hiperaktif Koala, 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:

Got chunks of snow above and below his ear to our left, and also on the collar @felipepesouza 

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 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.

Should the rejected image go on another player's timeline then? Or is he not in the game yet?

@ΦΩΤΗΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΣ, please, stop uploading cuts. I can't keep explaining the same thing over and over again.

If an image is game ready, please don't request it at source @felipepesouza.

A couple more 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.

When you quote someone, it's considered helpful if you don't remove their message, but include your reply beneath it - like I'm doing here…

There was no need to also send this as a private message, when you are explicitly told not to send private messages for things which cannot be discussed publicly.

Also, when you quote someone, it's considered helpful if you don't delete their message and include your reply beneath it - like I'm doing here.

I understand what you mean, but as a cutter, you have to provide us with cuts in line with the guidelines. If you're working on a cellphone and cannot do everything that is required, then it's best to do so only using a PC. Moreover, the main issue was not just the snow, but the fact that you cropped your cuts far from the chin. Furthermore, a lot of these people have had cuts produced recently, so there's limited added value to cutting them again quite so soon.

As a cutter, it's your responsibility to make sure your work adheres to the guidelines given.

I think I can say with some certainty that it's got nothing to do with this fix, but to either another file you might have downloaded or to the way you installed it…

I was always a bit fearful it might happen, but was a bit hesitant at appearing ungrateful at your work, so didn't want to mention it. But I think it's a good idea, as the colours make it pretty clear what's what 😉

Suspected something similar might be the case, as you're a good enough cutter for it not to take a couple of months. Hope you're better now!

No worries. If you have any issues or queries, best to post in the tutorial thread before uploading images, so that we can give you feedback to improve your technique moving forward 😉

@Mazen_Darwish7, a couple of things to keep in mind:

a) good effort, but this cut has 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:

b) 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:

c) 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.

Finally, 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 want to give them 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.

@Mazen_Darwish7 

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.

@Saphyre, do make sure to provide us with the largest and best available source for your requests. The page for uploading images has some guidelines and a link on how best to find them 😉

The editor this year has a separate set of folders, so you'd need to apply the dbc, edt, lnc fix only for those folders, for the changes to apply there.

@Egemen Deliorman, do take the time to check a person's timeline in case they have been cut already, as happened here.

I really can't be bothered to discuss this. Just don't ever do it again.

Using AI to enlarge does not result in faithful images. Post the original source image so that we can compare it and see.