This is strange. I only see a few boxes with a red X in it instead of the photos. Everyone else's photos are OK but just don't see the ones by gonfunko.
That's because those are more than a year old. When I first read this thread since its recent resuscitation, I noticed there were an awful lotta X'es, too. But then I noticed the original date of the thread.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
It is a 6767 coin featuring the alien KingQueen. The United States of Canada puts out a circulating Commemorative every 100 years, a tradition started by the ancient canadians in 1967.
Thanks Shylock. I think your Altered Images are really cool looking. Mine aren't as well done, but I have fun doing them Here is one I am recycling from the Dripping with colors thread.
PhotoShop 7.0. It's intimidating software if you're not a computer nerd (I'm not). I had it loaded on my computer for a year before even attempting to use it, and I still only use/understand about 25% of its options.
It's easier to show in person than explain here, but I'll try to explain how I cut that tree down in the Grant reverse. This PS image was more time consumimg than it looked. After you've read this you'll agree it was also more work than the finished product was worth.
1) Always start with great pics like this Grant (from a Heritage auction) that are in great detail at a large size, preferably at 600 x 600 pixels. Otherwise it's not worth your time.
2) I first cut the tree out of the original pic in PS's ImageReady. I used the "erase" tool, starting with the "block" option of that tool to erase huge portions of the background with the coin at a reduced size. The smaller the size you reduce it to the faster the busy work, just don't get too close to the tree! If you screw up at any time you can always click the "edit" feature and click "undo eraser". This will erase the last stroke you made with your mouse (or any previous strokes).
3) I then used progressively smaller "erase" tool options using the "airbrush" options. These are all circular and fine tune the erasing right to the edge of the tree outline. I blew the image up to a very large size to do this. The larger the image the easier it is to find and follow the outline of the coin designer's image. And then when you reduce it to normal size all your minor mistakes barely show.
4) When the tree was completely cut out of the coin I saved it at the same size of the original Grant, to be rotated after I finished step 5.
5) Pull up another copy of the Grant coin. Shift over to PhotoShop from ImageReady and choose the erase tool. This option will now black out details rather than erase. Using the same method as steps 2 & 3 black out the tree from within the coin to create the shadow where it use to exist. Keep in mind where you want to cut the trunk of the tree and don't go beyond it, but you always have the edit tool to go back in time with.
6) You now have the tree in one layer/window, and the coin minus the tree in another. Using the "Rotate Canvas" option from the "Image" option on the top toolbar, rotate the tree enough counterclockwise to fit the other image.
Hmm. That does sound like a lot of work, but it is a great picture. Very funny. I actually had that program on my computer and took it off because I liked paint. Now, I wish I had it back because you can’t do much with paint. I have a couple of other simple photo editors but none are as good as Photoshop.
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Those are a lot of words to Photoshop. Is this close enough?
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Lets keep this strange coin thread going for a few more years, for better or worse. I'm game
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PhotoShop 7.0. It's intimidating software if you're not a computer nerd (I'm not). I had it loaded on my computer for a year before even attempting to use it, and I still only use/understand about 25% of its options.
It's easier to show in person than explain here, but I'll try to explain how I cut that tree down in the Grant reverse. This PS image was more time consumimg than it looked. After you've read this you'll agree it was also more work than the finished product was worth.
1) Always start with great pics like this Grant (from a Heritage auction) that are in great detail at a large size, preferably at 600 x 600 pixels. Otherwise it's not worth your time.
2) I first cut the tree out of the original pic in PS's ImageReady. I used the "erase" tool, starting with the "block" option of that tool to erase huge portions of the background with the coin at a reduced size. The smaller the size you reduce it to the faster the busy work, just don't get too close to the tree! If you screw up at any time you can always click the "edit" feature and click "undo eraser". This will erase the last stroke you made with your mouse (or any previous strokes).
3) I then used progressively smaller "erase" tool options using the "airbrush" options. These are all circular and fine tune the erasing right to the edge of the tree outline. I blew the image up to a very large size to do this. The larger the image the easier it is to find and follow the outline of the coin designer's image. And then when you reduce it to normal size all your minor mistakes barely show.
4) When the tree was completely cut out of the coin I saved it at the same size of the original Grant, to be rotated after I finished step 5.
5) Pull up another copy of the Grant coin. Shift over to PhotoShop from ImageReady and choose the erase tool. This option will now black out details rather than erase. Using the same method as steps 2 & 3 black out the tree from within the coin to create the shadow where it use to exist. Keep in mind where you want to cut the trunk of the tree and don't go beyond it, but you always have the edit tool to go back in time with.
6) You now have the tree in one layer/window, and the coin minus the tree in another. Using the "Rotate Canvas" option from the "Image" option on the top toolbar, rotate the tree enough counterclockwise to fit the other image.