Thanks Becoka for your great PhotoShop tutorial, and SpaceMonkey for your wonderful reflective coin

Goldbully · February 15, 2009 8:11AM

I never though I could do a PhotoShop 'coin reflection' at my senior age...I love it!!

I'm doing more tonight!!!

I know rgCoinGuy has several coin reflectors in his palette.(UtahCoin too, I believe)

So, if you got 'em, post 'em.

Thanks again Becoka and SpaceMonkey!!!

Here's my very first!!!!

mrearlygold · February 15, 2009 8:12AM

dtkk49a · February 15, 2009 8:15AM

Very nice !

OnlyGoldIsMoney · February 15, 2009 8:17AM

Superb

holeinone1972 · February 15, 2009 8:17AM

How do we do this?

Goldbully · February 15, 2009 9:36AM

<< How do we do this? >>

Updated Becoka Tutorial for PhotoShop

Thanks for the nice compliments everyone!!!!

coinsarefun · February 15, 2009 9:53AM

<< I never though I could do it at my senior age...I love it!!

I'm doing more tonight!!! >>

rgCoinGuy · February 15, 2009 9:54AM

Hey GB, last weekend I decided I wanted a bigger picture and played around until I figured out how to modify SpaceMonkey's template to fit what I was trying to do. I am not sure how to post the Photoshop template, but if SM or someone else is interested in posting it to the original thread, I would be glad to share.... Anyway, here is the result... I haven't done very many of these yet...

mustanggt · February 15, 2009 9:55AM

Very nice, Bully

Bcsican · February 15, 2009 10:12AM

The images of Orville and Wilbur Wright,
on that coin...
looks like they used the images of
Tom and Dick Smothers ( Smothers Brothers)
for likeness....

holeinone1972 · February 15, 2009 10:15AM

So I guess I can't use this w/o photoshop elements 6?

Is it an expensive program?

Thanks

Goldbully · February 15, 2009 10:41AM

<< So I guess I can't use this w/o photoshop elements 6?

Is it an expensive program?

Thanks >>

I use Elements 5.0 and it is available for $50 on Amazon!!

Here's my second image.....not sure how Lincoln got that black beard!!!

DAM · February 15, 2009 10:44AM

I have to say that is one of the coolest ways to show coins I've seen!

BECOKA · February 15, 2009 10:52AM

Sorry, the link to the how to has been busted for quite some time. I have not had time to fix the forum where it resides.

You can still go but it will take forever and a day to get there.

holeinone1972 · February 15, 2009 10:56AM

Can I get the elements 6 here and download it for $25 for real?

UtahCoin · February 15, 2009 11:04AM

EvilEmpire · February 15, 2009 11:04AM

Goldbully....VERY nice job!!

SpaceMonkey does have some nice templates. I gotta break down and start learning how to take REAL images of coins, not just snapping a pic of the slab for ebay.

Goldbully · February 15, 2009 11:40AM

Here's my grande contribution!!!

Goldbully · February 15, 2009 1:34PM

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<< I never though I could do it at my senior age...I love it!!

I'm doing more tonight!!! >>

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Ok OK, I get it Stefanie!!!

DAM · February 16, 2009 7:34AM

I've got Photoshop 7.0. Do you have to have Photoshop Elements?

Goldbully · February 16, 2009 8:15AM

<< I've got Photoshop 7.0. Do you have to have Photoshop Elements? >>

I'm not sure.

If it has some of the critical features like "merge down" and layering, it may just work.

Here's #4.....my green clapper '48 Frankie from Russ!!!!

BECOKA · February 16, 2009 8:26AM

<< I've got Photoshop 7.0. Do you have to have Photoshop Elements? >>

Photoshop 7 will work just fine, just some of the terminology is different. The locations of some of the tools may have changed as well.

mheffner2 · February 16, 2009 1:33PM

I'm trying to make it work my open source paint.net software, getting there... the steps are not the same, but getting there..

illini420 · September 12, 2009 12:40PM

Just wanted to bump this thread because another forum member was asking me who was doing my coin images... I of course said "me" with some help from SpaceMonkey's template and BECOKA's tutorial!!!!!!

CoinJunkie · September 12, 2009 2:17PM

illini420, those Barbers are insane!

BECOKA · September 12, 2009 2:45PM

I just did this template for another forum member. Wish I knew his forum name I only know his real name through e-mail.

soty27 · September 12, 2009 2:47PM

can you do this with gimp? or just photoshop?

BECOKA · September 12, 2009 3:04PM

<< can you do this with gimp? or just photoshop? >>

I have heard of other folks using programs other than photoshop. I have not tried it on gimp. I only used gimp for a short while when I was experimenting with Linux a few years ago.

If you want to be a guinea pig, just open the template in GIMP and see if you have different layers to work with, if yes then you can use the template.

Goldbully · September 13, 2009 4:27AM

dizzyfoxx · September 13, 2009 4:28AM

Pic looks a little juiced.

Goldbully · September 13, 2009 10:34AM

Here's a "juicy" Morgan I got from Poorguy Brandon!!!!!

BECOKA · September 13, 2009 11:56AM

<< Here's a "juicy" Morgan I got from Poorguy Brandon!!!!!

>>

How is Brandon? Have not heard from him in a long time.

currapete · March 11, 2016 11:29PM

Hi, I'm new to this forum and not even sure I'm posting this in the correct spot...apologies in advance. I'm just interested in knowing how to replicate the type of photo's here and if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.