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FIRST AND FOREMOST, please take a moment to read this provided documentation to get a better idea of what's
behind the portraits sitting within these folders you recently downloaded. Also, each sub-folder contains formatting
notes/instructions I recommend you read at least once. Consider a quick read as a thanks, and respect, for the countless
hours I poured into these fomrats provided to you.

This document was typed and finalized on 11-17-2012, 5:53pm, Eastern Time.

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Thank you very much for reading and welcome to another one of my many, and proud, Mugen Community Releases!!

Now that I think of it, I've been into Mugen for about 7 years. And what an amazing ride it's become. One major
gripe I've always had with many of our outstanding releases is that portrait quality and art direction
are all across the board: You never have exceptional governing, and matching quality with high standards.
I am here, amongst other amazing talents within Guild, to make sure that lack of quality is no longer an issue.
I have always been a stickler for detail when it comes to how pixels comprise an image since it makes me literally
cringe when I see rushed low quality work. With all of Mugen's various releases, every single character from a
particular series does not include complete sets of matching portraits/art direction.

Marvel VS Capcom II and Street Fighter X Tekken have some remarkable artwork that deserves the 256 color
indexed treatment, so here you go with two governing formats for your Mugen's deserved attention. I really went
portrait crazy this time around. When you bring your friends over and want to showcase your Mugen, you can
do it in style.

On the Street Fighter X Tekken art direction side, these 24 portraits were formatted to the following standards:

High Resolution, or my high quality trademark 240 by 280 resolution portraits, for all of you standard portrait/screenpack
users. This set also includes a bonus set of small face portraits at 25 by 25 pixels!!

Big Boss Nexus Reborn formatting gets all three treatments as well, which include his Select Screen Portraits,
Versus/Winner Screen Portraits, and Small Face Portraits. SFxT's art direction looks amazing in his excellent
Screenpack formatting. I remained tight lipped on this fact for a very long time, and you can clearly see why:
SFxT shines brilliantly in Big Bosses format. I can't stress enough how talented he is, and how equally impressive
his Nexus screenpack is.

Boss, you're totally awesome and this is just for you. Surprise!!

And most importantly, as my screenshots in our "screenshots section" recently showcase, KyoKano's amazing Screenpack
gets the SFxT love it rightfully deserves with every format NOT counting his lifebar format. Why weren't those included??
Check out provided documentation for an explanation.

If you do the math, thats an exact 192 portraits just for SFxT, contained within. That's quite a bit if you ask me. Right??

BUT WAIT... ONE MORE THING...

I also went ahead and formatted my Marvel VS Capcom II templates to match KyoKano's governing style. I really felt that
his work is among one of the most underrated and not-so-well-known screenpacks that Guild has seen earlier this year.
Converting MvC2's artwork to his clean and sharp vision has been an absolute pleasure and I'm sure you will enjoy the results!!
Of course, that genuine enjoyment came in between all of the late nights of tedious, mind-numbung and endless pixel clicking
while watching countless Blu-Rays.

With MvC2's art, you have 53 portraits in the following formats:

Lifebar Portraits: I scaled and rotated each of these to properly fit that provided lifebar template, and the results
are simply fantastic. Come to think of it, these small gems are my favorite of the bunch. What's the reason why I like these
the most?? It's the small details that these little guys provide. Most notably being Anakaris' giant hand, Sakura's long headband,
Ruby Heart's golden locks of hair with that huge hat, SonSon's staff and Jin's cape. All of them really "pop" in KyoKano's
format while they sit atop all of the action. I'm very confident you will agree!!

Select Screen Portraits: I did my best to make sure each portrait is properly formatted and framed to give a unified look
while selecting your character. Note how each portrait here faces away from each other.

Small 'Face' Portraits: Again, I went for a unified look that matched as best as possible. These, along with my
aforementioned 25 by 25 pixel SFxT portraits, are my first true attempt at creating those small face portraits with higher
resolutions. The results are awesome. Also, what happened to the small portrait trend that seemed to be popular about seven months
ago?? Perhaps these will reinvigorate some more creativity from the community...

Versus and Winner Screen Portraits: The last offering here are those nifty versus and winner Screen portraits. Each versus screen
portrait face one another, and each winner screen portrait face to the right.

Soooo....

If you do the math here, thats 212 portraits total with MvC2's formatting alone. Combine that with the previously listed 192
portraits that SFxT includes, this entire package consists of...

404 total portraits!?

I just did that calcuation. Holy shit.

All joking aside, I really hope, but do not doubt, that you will enjoy all of the hard work I put into creating this coheshive
package for you, the awesome Mugen user. I did my absolute best to ensure the quality that I am consistent with and well known for
shows itself here once again. Count on my standard with each subsequent release.

It's been a wild ride, and it's only going to continue and improve. And if anyone should make a screenpack that is worth creating
content for, I will always consider and most likely create something for you.


Long live the fighting game; Mugen keeps that love going strong.


Well deserved and BIG thanks include:

Cybaster for hosting me on that awesome site of his. I'm one of his biches!!

KyoKano for sharing his amazing and frighteningly accurate Street Fighter X Tekken Screenpack. I know good work
when I see it, and his release is clearly no exception. Download it NOW.

Big Boss for gracing the community with Nexus Reborn. If it wasn't for his Screenpack, these additional SFxT portrait
formats would not be sitting on your HDD. Don't miss out.

MaxBeta/CalmAxel for pointing me in the right direction for super high quality MvC2 scans that allowed for such
high quality Mugen Portrait conversions for all of these months. You are the man sir!!

NoZ for also pointing me in the right direction for those 24 uber high quality scans that comprised my SFxT
portrait formatting. If it wasn't for you my friend, all of these SFxT formats wouldn't have happened!!

MugenGuild      "www.mugenguild.com" and "www.mugenguild.com/forum"

Jap-Sai         "www.jap-sai.com"

Contact me anytime on my Yahoo Account:
"sa1k0r0@yahoo.com"

Or just message me anytime on Guild!!



"Give more than you think you can give."
-Saikoro


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