Registry Photos ? Improvement Coming ?
Fairlaneman
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This subject was brought up about a month ago. I believe someone said they would get back to the Members and render a decision on whether seperate pictures, obverse and reverse, could in the future be entered. I know this is not high priority with PCGS but IMO the way pictures can be entered into the Registry is 2nd Class all the way. The NGC Registry picture entry puts our Registry to shame.
Just Curious. Guess the Number 1 Registry is satisfied with Number 10 Photos in the Registry.
Ken
Just Curious. Guess the Number 1 Registry is satisfied with Number 10 Photos in the Registry.
Ken
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Rick
A member at NGC can enter pictures there just like here. The difference is that you are allowed 2 pictures with a 100MB size limit for each. This makes for some really nice shots of both the obverse and reverse of a coin.
Ken
is displayed along with links to display the next/previous photo's.
That's ok, but a much slicker way would be to:
Display the set as it is now, but make each coin a link to a detail page that
would show information like coin number, date/mint, grade, pop figures,
sufficient room for plenty of owner comments, and the TWO photo files with
100k size limits as suggested by Ken!
There should also be navigational buttons for Next Coin, Previous Coin,
This Set, All Sets in Category, and Registry Home.
100mb each or 200mb per coin! They better be really nice shots !
In their improvement process, I hope they come up with a better way to manage the photos we do upload for the sets. Dave
Jim
Possibly PCGS should increase their allowed image size to 250k (hard drive space and bandwidth are both relatively cheap.)
<< <i>whether seperate pictures, obverse and reverse, could in the future be entered. >>
I'm not sure I can see any need for the ability to include two images. All of the images in my registry sets include both the obverse and reverse in a single image. It's simple to do in Microsoft Paint.
Russ, NCNE
09/07/2006
I would prefer to see a coin listing simalar to the pop report that shows how many coins by date and grade are in the registry sets. This would be helpful when evaluating new purchases.
My Jefferson Full Step Variety Set (1938 - Current)
My Jefferson Proof Variety Set (1938 - Current)
That one is only 57k, 43k to spare.
Russ, NCNE
all because you know how to or presently post obverse and reverse using whatever adobe does not mean we know or are able to do that. The suggestion was simply to make it easier for all to be able to post an Obverse & Reverse etc. I agree with that suggestion and hope they will take heed.
That being said you know I love your photo talents, it puts most of us to shame .
Marc
<< <i>all because you know how to or presently post obverse and reverse using whatever adobe >>
Actually, I don't own Adobe, or any other expensive graphics program for that matter. Frankly, I find those programs too complicated to use. As I said, I use Microsoft Paint. It's built in to every copy of Windows, and it's so simple that even I can use it.
Edited to add: Making the two individual images of the reverse and obverse is actually the hard part. So, any of you that already handle that fine, would find that merging them is a piece of cake.
Russ, NCNE
Ken
Those images look damned nice and clear to me. Your file size for the whole wad is only 205k, so split that by three and you're well under the 100k limit.
Russ, NCNE
That '30-S is really really nice!
Russ Rules
Marc
Russ actually just last week I found something in Adobe that I did not know was there. Lately pictures have been coming out clearer. The problem I have with the side by side photos is that I shoot pictures free hand and the background color is not always the same. That is the main reason I prefer a obverse and reverse photo.
As far as PCGS changing anything if they do thats fine if not thats fine also. Just thought this would be a decent discussion topic for Registry people.
Ken
09/07/2006