FaceGen Picture Instructions

[Deft]

Photoshop Player Picture Template Location at OOTP Download Center

Instructions:
This is how I do it.
1) Open Facegen 3 and make, the face, the expression and
texture you want.
2) Open the template in Photoshop and get the orientation in the facegen face to match the photoshop template. (One is provided in the
2) Screen capture the Facegen face and save as
First_Lastname.bmp
3) Open the screenshot in photoshop and use the select
wand on the background and then inverse the selection.
4) Copy and close the screenshot
5) Go to the template and paste below the layers the
jersey and hats are on but above the background.
6) Use free transform the face to fit the size, (usually 20-30% depending on the template)
Note: if the player is heavy set expand the player body template using free transform too.
7) Use the clone tool or smudge tool to flush out the neck and cover up the lettering on the head if you do not have the full version of FaceGen
8) Add facial hair by picking the color from the
eyebrows and then paint on a new layer(optional)
10) Use the burn tool to give shadows around the shirt
seem lines and the sides of the neck
11) Save as the First_Lastname.bmp
12) Open the First_Lastname.bmp and use the Sharpen
filter (This is a hint that I found that makes the
players look more realistic especially went the player has ruddy complexion)
13) Change the mode of pciture from RGB to Indexed colors
(this decreases the file size)
14) Save as the First_Lastname.bmp



With a little practice you can knock players out in less than 5 minutes. Its recommended to have the full FaceGen program so you can save faces for future use. I have attached an example.

[Cuss16]

This is awsome, they should sticky this.

[Shorty]

deft rules

[Shorty]

Deft was my inspiration and still is for keeping the JBL players up to date with faces, here is some work I have done. Not quite the same quality as I don't do some of the things he does, and Deft is a master of different ranges of shots and angles and what not, but to save time I just do the up close facer. Good enough, but those jerseys Deft does are brilliant. Facegen Demo really is a great tool for immersion. Sticky this thread!



And don't forget to be creative once in a while, like with Neville Fowles and his crazyeye.

[Deft]

Thanks, guys. I do hope they sticky this because I have sent this out several times. I am going to make new generic templates once we get further into the spring.

[Cuss16]

Originally posted by Deft
Thanks, guys. I do hope they sticky this because I have sent this out several times. I am going to make new generic templates once we get further into the spring.

MLB uniform templates would be nice.

[Qrusher14242]

so do i need the full program to do this? it costs $495

[Shorty]

If you had read any of these messages, you will find that with workarounds, the demo works

[RayofHope]

Once you have the face you want in the face gen program (read the read me file form the download provided in the original post), go to the "Genetics" tab of facegen and take a snap shot of your screen (CTRL+PrintScreen most of the time - print screen is normally on the same level as the "F" keys and to the right, above delete). This is handy, because you'll have a shrunk version of the head immediately.

Open up Photoshop and select a new document - if it asks for size, make it like 1040 x 700 pixels, just big enough to paste your screen shot into.

Once you have your screen shot opened up in photoshop, select a box around the SMALL head (Not the big head on the left, but where there is space for nine heads on the right, where your head is in the middle) and as much of the neck as you can. Don't worry if you lose some of the neck, but get all the head if possible.

CUT (CTRL+X) this small head out of the screen shot.

Open a new document in photoshop, this time, make the dimensions 90x135 - which matches the dimensions of the template for the fictional player in the download provided by Deft.

Paste your small head into this 90x135 document. You may need to maximize this window and use the "free transform" tool to get the entire head inside the 90x135. Shrink the head a little (horizontally and vertically) too. Select the magic wand tool, then - usually by using the inverse selection tool after selecting magic wand - CUT only the head of your player.

Open one more new 90x135 document and paste the head in here. LEAVE this document with only the head open in your photoshop window.

NOW, open up the fictional player template provided in Deft's download. Once open, on the bottom right, you should see a panel with info such as "red cap" "blue jersey" etc - and room for two icons, a lock and an eye). DESELECT everything down here (it's deselected if there is no eye symbol next to it) apart from the undershirt and jersey - and pin strips, wrinkles etc.

In the fictional player template, you should now have just a jersey with no head, no neck, no background, no nothing but the jersey.

Now use the magic wand to select the upper half (the blank area, don't select the jersey), and CUT (CTRL+X) it - leaving only the jersey.

Now go back to that image of your head, and CUT (CTRL+X) the head.

Go back to your fictional player template with only the jersey, and PASTE (CTRL+V) your head onto the shoulders. Use the free transform tool to get the head centred as best you can on the shoulders, but DON'T worry if there is a gap between the jersey and head/neck.

Add a hat if you want, and a bat, background, change jersey colors whatever you want (do this by reselecting the items that you deselected earlier, on the bottom right). To get the head to fit inside the hat, use the free transform tool one more time.

If you have a gap between the neck/head and the undershirt/jersey don't worry. Zoom in on document until you see the gap clearly, and select either the color of the undershirt (which I do, because it's either black or white) or the color of the jersey, and just color in the gap.

You can blur out the "SI" by, as said by Deft et al, selecting the blur tool (which looks like a tear drop) then selecting the size of the font on the tear drop, and smudging it out.

Save the file as a BMP, find the player number you had in mind in your OOTP game, copy the new file over into the "photos" folder of your league, and Bob's your uncle.

I figured this out after playing around with the free photoshop 30 day trial version (HINT HINT) for an hour or so. Experts may laugh at my method, but I tihnk it's pretty easy if you've never used Photoshop - you just have to locate the tools - which doesn't take long.

Does that make sense?

I hope so.

Attached is a photo I made of the second overall draft pick in this year's (2007) NPBL Rookie Draft - 1B Jason Wallin (he's supposed to look a little rough, like he's had a tough life):



Another one I made - this was my first effort - so the color is a little off on the jersey extension, also hadn't figured out how to stretch the head into the hat with the free transform tool here:

[Deft]

Bump, based on interest on the main page

[Jonzard]

Hey Deft, do you have any more templates for different bodily alignments and zooms? If you do that would be great.

[Deft]

Originally posted by Jonzard
Hey Deft, do you have any more templates for different bodily alignments and zooms? If you do that would be great.

I have several. You can roam around the ATHL site to find one you like and just PM me and I will send it.

[Deft]

Bump, if anyone hasn't seen this.

[Modern Relic]

Just FYI, Deft. The link in your first post seems to be dead.

[Deft]

I think Joe is working on his download section. Here is another link although I think it is an older version.

Baseball Sim Central Link