Image convention: what is this style called?

Weiss · May 5, 2013 6:37AM

Images of the obverse and reverse with a shot of the label above? They aren't always the very best images of a coin (unless they're trueviews, props to Phil!), but I like how much information is conveyed in these shots. Just got photoshop a few months back and I'm playing around making my own for the first time.

Does this style of image have a name? For the prong style holders, is it better to exclude than to include them? Any other thoughts or observations?

daOnlyBG · May 5, 2013 6:54AM

A number of people, including myself, show coins like this. It's nice, convenient, shows a lot, tells a lot, and so forth. I might add, however, that you don't need photoshop to make simple renditions of this style. I preferred cloud-computing style software- that is, online software that lets you edit this stuff really efficiently, like http://pixlr.com/editor/.

To answer your question, I don't think this format really has a name. At any rate, it's a nice coin you have- reminds me of the "dirty gold" types I usually see floating around here.

Jcarney · May 5, 2013 7:21AM

I hate the NGC prong holders for photos, especially gold dollars and trimes. My theory is show them, they are what they are.

tlbrown · May 5, 2013 7:30AM

Nice Coin! But not sure if this is a photoshop composite (in layers) or not. I would concentrate on getting each image tack sharp before putting it together. Also, I would rather see the prongs then know someone was photoshopping them out. The word photoshop and coins in the same sentence makes me little nervous on a whole different level . Looks like you are off to great start though. Good Luck!

LindeDad · May 5, 2013 8:13AM

Sharpen and align all three images before pasting them on the matte.

LochNESS · May 5, 2013 8:45AM

Let your images showcase the coin. Everything on that label, except for the cert #, can be found by looking at the coin itself. And you can identify the slab by the prongs, if they are included and the label is not. Whether or not you can recognize your own coin's variety from an image is a different story. But most labels (like this one) don't include attributions anyway. No catalog number nor mintage. So why include it? If the date has worn off - or isn't legible - then I could see including the label.

magikbilly · May 5, 2013 9:07AM

This is a layered composite with cropped, feathered edges (more so on the certificate, coin is a bit sharp edged and you can see the grey there) and an attempt at selective focus for the backing canvas. No?
I did a sample a while back with a Standing Lib 25C - it's not my coin so I can't post it here. Some liked it and some disliked it. The backing was an extreme closeup re-textured, that was composed of the colors in the colorful toning. I also had mintage and descriptive text added as well.

Looks OK - with practice will look better!

Eric

CoinZip · May 5, 2013 9:41AM

Its the SpaceMonkey style..............

I think he posted the first image I ever saw like that.

RonB · May 5, 2013 12:41PM

messydesk · May 5, 2013 12:51PM

I always refer to images showing both sides of the coin as composites, with or without the tag.

Weiss · May 5, 2013 2:12PM

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Nice. But my piece actually has rotated dies.

magikbilly · May 5, 2013 2:42PM

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That, and the three dimensionality made with selected focus (perhaps not wanted by some) has been lost.

Eric

Frankcoins · May 5, 2013 3:00PM

I suggest showing a bit of the NGC slab rather that showing the coin alone with the prongs...which makes it look like pieces of the coin are missing. On the bottom photo, notice how your brain suddenly "gets it."

Original coin photo from VAMworld.com

RonB · May 5, 2013 3:47PM

<< <i>I suggest showing a bit of the NGC slab rather that showing the coin alone with the prongs...which makes it look like pieces of the coin are missing. On the bottom photo, notice how your brain suddenly "gets it." >>

Nice, big difference. That actually works well on PCGS prongs also..
Now just have to figure out how to incorporate it into a black background..

-Ron

Image convention: what is this style called?

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