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Image help, please
tradedollarnut
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Grrrrr. What a hassle trying to combine an obverse and reverse image together for the PCGS Registry. Can anyone post the steps in Adobe to do so? I can't figure it out.... Thanks.
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I have the 2 images I want saved
then I hit on top "image" and scroll down to "create panoramic view"
I hit that it asks if I want them horizontal or vertical
then I add images until I decide enough
I would think you can do it with any imaging software. I use Microsoft Paint because it comes with all computers that have Windows (I think).
Step one.
open the obverse image.
Step two.
Select the area of the coin and copy it. (use the tool that looks like a rectangle to draw a box around the coin). Go to the menu and click on edit, then click on copy).
Step three.
Start a new image and click on edit, then paste, and drag the image into the corner.
Step four.
Save the image with whatever name you like.
Step five.
Open the reverse image.
copy and paste just like steps two and three.
Step six.
Save the image and you should have what you want.
I hope this helped.
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Good Luck!
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I also use a program called Thumbs Plus for basic editing, cropping, resizing, etc. Not nearly as powerful as the big name programs, but very easy to use, has most of the features that one needs, and it's cheap.
Russ, NCNE
Different versions of Adobe exist I believe. The version I have is very simple to use.
Step One (If you have the images already cropped)Far Top left where it says File...Click This and a list will open.
Step Two...Hit Photomerge
Step Three...A box will show up where you select your pictures from your files. Pick the two you want. You can only pick one at a time.
Step Four... Go to the bottom of the Box and hit OK.
Step Five... Another box will show up with the pictures at the top. Drag them down and position them in the box. Then hit OK
Step Six... Another box will show up. At the top in the second row of symbols there is a icon that looks like a camera. If you put your cursor on it you should see Save for Web. Click this Icon.
Step Seven...Another box will show up that lets you change the KB size of the photo if you need to. PCGS is 100KB but I have had better luck with 95KB. If your size is OK just hit OK.
Step Eight...Another box will show up that lets you save the file where you want it in your computer. Choose and then hit Save
Step Nine... You are Ready to "Rock and Roll" with your Beautiful Coins. Just No Franklins or Kennedies please. Those things are everywhere.
Ken
I'm gonna redo it trying the merge feature......
A little cropping and resizing.
Russ, NCNE
The obverse and reverse were not cropped at the same size it looks like. Also when I re-did the picture the reverse is shot at just a little to much angle to get it cropped correctly. Anyway here is what I came up with.
BTW....Nice Coin.
Ken
Ken
Legend Seated Dollar Set
<< <i>Image help, please >>
And I thought you meant help on improving your image!
Michael
I improved that years ago when I decided against law school.......
Thanks for sharing the pictures!
Seth
<< <i>I improved that years ago when I decided against law school....... >>
I guess all I have to do is get my family to hand over its business and my image will be improved as well.
Michael
The rest of us build our own..... but that probably is your best option.
<< <i>The rest of us build our own..... but that probably is your best option >>
Not what I heard.
Michael
Well, for what it's worth - here is my life history for your amusement.
I was born in 1961 in Seattle, Washington. My father was enlisted in the Navy. We were poor and lived with my great grandmother. We moved to a small town when I was 8. My parents divorced when I was 11 and we moved to Olympia. My mom worked full time and went to school at night to get her degree - kind of tough when raising three kids. But we managed. Upon high school graduation, I followed my father's lead and enlisted in the Navy. I was enlisted for a year and got an ROTC scholarship. I went to the University of Washington and received an engineering degree and was commissioned. When I got out in the late 80's, I went to work for Westinghouse at the Hanford Reservation in Eastern Washington as an engineer. A friend and I decided to buy a cardroom. At the last minute, he backed out but I went ahead with the deal. I quit my engineering job and put everything I owned in hock to buy the business. I worked 16 hour days 6 days a week for several years before I'd had enough of that life. A year later I sold the cardroom and put everything I owned on the line again to buy a small Electrical contractor in Spokane. I had a 10 year deal and paid it off in 3 years. I bought its largest competitor, again putting everything I owned up as collateral, and merged the two companies. I formed a fiber optic division. Within 5 years the business had gone from $7M in volume to $40M in volume and become Eastern Washington's largest. Later, I got back into coins after a forced hiatus due to lack of money. I'd wanted to be a dealer when I was a kid, but never had the start up funds. I bought some coins from Legend Numismatics and eventually became their backer and partner, which I still am. Along the way, I acquired some pretty nice stuff. And, as always, I put everything I own into my businesses and collection.
If many of the Socialist class had a say on when it was "handed" to you it was when you were born. There is no way to ever get out of the stigma of being successful unless you give it all away for the good of others who are less fortunate, e.g. (the "D" students in school who took basket weaving) and not AP physics in H.S. and if they made it to college to some BS classes... oh I mean B.A. course because calculus was too hard.
Happy New Year,
Brian
I'm a little confused. Where did I say that you were handed a family business? I said that I heard it was better to be handed a family business then build your own. Meaning it was an easier and more profitable road.
Here's the breakdown --
You said your image improved when you decided not to go to law school. A retort to my comment about your image, which by the way I was joking about, hence the
I apologize if that's what you took from my post. I meant nothing of the sort. While I did enjoy your story, I am not surprised by it. Truly I did not mean to offend you in anyway. My original comment was made in jest. I actually hold you high esteem, even more so now after reading your history.
While I might jest with you and some of your posts, I do not mean any criticism of you as an individual. So I can only hope that my apology will be accepted, since it is made with the utmost sincerity.
And for the record, I do have very little class, just ask my wife!
Michael
Sorry, Michael - I took your comment as being addressed toward me and my background. I apologize.
My father who grew up in extreme poverty, never graduated from high school, but learned discipline like you in the military, ended up starting and building his own company. Unfortunately he passed away before he could see it grow under the leadership of my brother. But it still amazes me what he had to overcome to realize his dream and potential.
Anything is possible. He's the reason that I now have my own firm. While it might still be in it's infancy, I can only dream where I can be in a year or five or even 10!
Thanks for sharing you story though!
By the way, I'm pretty sure I represent one of your former competitors in fiber optics -- Teledyne Technologies.
Michael