gameface - fifa 2010

Why does my guy look like he has had severe burns? The pictures I've taken of me don't look anything like that. Has anyone actually managed to make a good gameface or are they all a bit of a failure?

OK - have had several more attempts - maybe 10% better but still shockingly awful. Hope they've considerably improved it for FIFA 2011 considering this is what they're basing the game upon.

(I'm the one on the right btw)

HaHa! I had a half hearted attempt at creating mine, couldn't be arsed after 2 minutes in, gave up. Now glad I did so... Good work sharing your epic fail though

Did you ever think it could be because one side of your face is glaringly bright, causing the software to have a few problems working out the correct tone etc of your skin? I don't know how gameface works, but I'd certainly suggest taking a more neutral shot (no shadows as far as possible etc) and then spending a bit of time in photoshop to sort it out.

how do you photoshop light out of photos? I'm not spotty and ginger so I've never had the need to photoshop my pictures.

Do you get much sex?

Well my hairs basically a boring kind of dark blonde, and I'm well past the age of having spots, not that I was too cursed anyway. Still - you can always used a combination of cloning and burn/dodge etc. Why not take another one?

It would be so easy if we were all black.

That's what I've always said. Although apparently some.. was it HP..? Laptop onboard cameras don't consider black people to be legitimate human beings, so who can say?

Do you get much sex?

No, are you offering?

I don't think he is.

You need to be more accurate with the + pointers on your picture as it uses them to map your face pic onto the model. If you put the crosses at the outside of your nostrils and the tip of the nose in the right place then you won't get the shadowing effect around the side of the nose because the photo will be stretched the correct amount and the folds in the picture will be where the folds in the 3D model go.

Also, use the colour palette/brightness to tone your skin to one of the in-game skin shades so the circle "face in the hole" effect disappears.

I found using the 2 different pictures was probably the best way to get an accurate pic.

It's still a bit flawed because you can't control things like neck length, face shape (much), and what happens to your eyes when it puts you actually in-game, but you can do a pretty decent representation.

One last thing - once you've set your face parameters with the crosses, etc. DON'T change them with the sliders, they're the right sizes on average from your two photos and you shouldn't be able to improve them!

This is me, kinda :