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Did you use an AI image enlarger perchance @Snipe2irt? Do avoid doing so because the eventual cut will look overly sharpened…

I don't think this is the right image for this player @KorlOne. Can you please provide the location where you found this? Will put it back on pending once you do and it's confirmed that the image is for the right person.

Thanks for the heads-up @kurovski, but I have no plans for further releases to this file.

You can very easily edit it yourself in your file by opening the Competitions and other Fixes.lnc file with Notepad, navigating to the section for Brazil, and making the changes that you want, which will be save-game compatible 😉

@toxicwave, can you please provide the full-size image without the background removed for this guy? Actually, please do so for all images that you upload.

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

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.

@Tony13  Can you provide us with the original source images of the rejected cuts without the background removed so that we can cut them accordingly?

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.

We've already told you several times to crop cuts closer to the chin, nudging the collar up if need be @malman. Cuts as dark as this should also be brightened. Please take note of the guidelines and the feedback you're being given before uploading any more images. If something isn't clear, just ask 👍

@biavva, we've already pointed out that all cuts must have a collar. You've ignored that, so I'll reject all your cuts which don't.

At the same time, the ideal cut only contains 2-3 pixels beneath the chin. Since in some sources, the person in the image may have a longer neck than usual, this would be quite difficult to achieve naturally.

Again, here's a video of the process on how to nudge the collar upwards:

Darker images like this will look much better if they're brightened @reiver 

Do keep an eye out for snow @TiagoSeattle 

@leoleng93, it's getting tiring repeating the same things. I admire your dedication and commitment, but images like this have a bit of snow and could do with being brightened. Please take more care before uploading your packs.

Do try and avoid cutting images of players from when they were under 16 @Mateee 

@Jan Edwinssen Using an AI image enlarger just “guesses” what certain pixels should look like when you make the image larger, and the result looks blurry/out of focus on certain details, with unrealistically smoothened skin, and unnatural looking hair/beard/eye/teeth details. If the source image isn't the largest, it should be cut in 180x180 instead of 250x250, and if it's not even good enough for that, then it should not be cut in the first place 👍

Which part of NO REQUESTS in the thread title did you not understand?

Not large enough to provide an improvement.

Current cut is looking at the camera and not half-shrouded in shadow.

Fit as much of the hair in the cut as you can. It's the only case in which it's allowed to include more than 2-3 pixels beneath and above the head.

I also urge you to crop the source image to an area around the face before putting it through remove.bg. Not doing so will cause the eventual cut to lose sharpness - compare the approved cut with yours for an example.

Not large enough.

It's already named like that in the most recent official database 🙂

@Brian Sarao cruz and @Gregorius Eddo, this is not the former Brazil captain but a random lower-league Portuguese player who hasn't been in the game since FM18

In the future, you can check by clicking this: 

and it'll take you to the database page for the person: https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager/person/55031612/cafu 

@YYXSS, I've removed this file until such point you provide more info about what this file does, ideally with screenshots.

If you are playing an FM23 save in FM24, then this fix needs to be also installed in the below folders:

This file will need to be re-applied if/when official patches/updates are released to ensure full compatibility. This is due to the fact that some files which are removed when installing this file are automatically re-installed by Steam when official patches come out.

@leoleng93, please try and brighten images like this so you get a more natural colouring 👍

From the FAQ: 

8. I want to make my own changes to data already edited in this file. How can I do this?

Solution: 

• If you want to edit club names before starting a career, then use the pre-game editor and load FM24 Sortitoutsi Licenses Fix - Club Name Changes.fmf, then change whatever you feel needs to be changed. Be warned that you may need to redo these steps for every re-release of this file, but once you've started a save game, it'll be immaterial anyway. This change will only work if done before starting a save game. Please remember that this data will be overwritten when a new version of this download is released and applied
• If you want to edit club names after starting a career, then it depends if the club already has a club name change input in FM24 Sortitoutsi Licenses Fix - Club Name Changes.fmf. If yes, then the only way to do is via an in-game editor. If no, then you can open the City, Club and Stadium Names.lnc file with Notepad and make the required changes. Make sure there isn't a # in front of the code in the lnc file because this means that the line is not to be considered by the game.

Please keep in mind the quality of the current cut @Geeor before deciding to cut a new image. This might be more recent, but the sharpness is noticeable less.

@Geeor 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.

Then let's see screenshots of the lnc folder in all your folders 👍

It's got nothing to do with the cut-out megapack, so best speak with the creator of the file and its facepack 👍

Read point 5 of the FAQ

Read point 5 of this FAQ

Read the installation instructions of the real name fix, carefully this time.

a) the German national team doesn't instantly populate itself but only at the time of the next call-up

b) you delete the dbc, edt and lnc folders from the 2400 and 2430 folders and replace them with the ones from the download.