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CurrinCurrin Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭✭
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change one thing on the registery to make it better..What would that be...and why?image
My 20th Century Type Set, With Type Variations---started : 9/22/1997 ---- completed : 1/7/2004

My 20th Century Gold Major Design Type Set ---started : 11/17/1997 ---- completed : 1/21/2004

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  • melikecoinsmelikecoins Posts: 1,154 ✭✭
    Require pictures

    Glen
    I don't buy slabs I make them
  • skate4357skate4357 Posts: 325
    SIMPLE: Only Register 1 Unique cert number to a Registry set. Stop the Insanity. Stop putting 1 cert in 5 Registry Sets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Allow larger size files for pictures, and permit 2 photos for each coin. That would eliminate the need to combine the the obverse and reverse into a single photo. I have to resize my photos to less than half of their original size in order for them to be small enough to upload. It would also be great if larger files could be uploaded here on the Forum.

    Jim
    Countdown to completion of my Mercury Set: 1 coin. My growing Lincoln Set: Finally completed!
  • DAMDAM Posts: 2,410 ✭✭
    Definitely like Jim's idea of allowing larger images, and one each for the obv and rev.

    Since I don't have a digital camera I use a scanner. I am able to put up large images though and will be redoing some images to enlarge them. Still there's the need to scale down the quality a bit to get to the 50kb limit.
    Dan
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    What do you mean 50k ain't enough? 400 X 400 pixels and only 44k. What more do you need?

    image

    Yes Every set should have pictures. If it were not for the liability issues I would image them for you for a fee.
    Bill

    image

    09/07/2006
  • CurrinCurrin Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bill,
    You make some really nice pictures. If you can not image them for everyone, matbe you could teach us. Maybe PIC101. I am not use the cost of your hardware, but it would be nice to learn...
    My 20th Century Type Set, With Type Variations---started : 9/22/1997 ---- completed : 1/7/2004

    My 20th Century Gold Major Design Type Set ---started : 11/17/1997 ---- completed : 1/21/2004
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Darkhorse had some great tips on taking pictures of coins on an angle and then making them round again in PhotoShop.

    LINK

    I use PhotoShop which has a great save image for web feature. You can interactively see how different settings effect image quality before you save your final image for posting to the web. I have been able to get images that were 300k plus down to a decent size and quality for posting here. The image above started out at 157k.

    I am still working on this technique for coins that are still in the slab.
    Bill

    image

    09/07/2006
  • DAMDAM Posts: 2,410 ✭✭
    Bill,

    That's a great image but I've found I lose a little quality showing the obv and rev that size. You only have one side showing. Plus, some folks don't have photoshop or like software that allows them to adjust their images.

    I suppose experience helps too and I don't have a lot of it working with images.
    Dan
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Ok here's the other side.

    image

    True, experience does help and so does the software. I know PhotoShop is the highest priced and the best at what it does but there are other packages out there that will do the same thing for a lot less. In fact at www.irfanview.com you can download a freeware package that will do just about anything you need to crop and resize images for posting on the web.

    Bill

    image

    09/07/2006
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