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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => U.S. Coins => Topic started by: scottishmoney on May 27, 2008, 12:10:28 PM

Title: Introducing Eliza
Post by: scottishmoney on May 27, 2008, 12:10:28 PM
(http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/1890ccliberty.jpg)

Eliza is the latest lovely young lady to join my numismatic harem.
Title: Re: Introducing Eliza
Post by: Nevol on May 27, 2008, 12:56:21 PM
And what a lovely Eliza she is.  I'd be very pleased to make her acquaintance any time.  ;D ::)
Title: Re: Introducing Eliza
Post by: Humpybong on May 27, 2008, 01:54:33 PM

Very nice coin SM

I hope Eliza will not be jealous of others in your harem.

  ;D
Title: Re: Introducing Eliza
Post by: Paint Your Wagon on May 27, 2008, 09:13:38 PM
Very nice

Can you tell me how you do your pics ? I hesitate between a very good scanner and a single low light photo .
Anyway the coin is presented like it would be in real life .
Title: Re: Introducing Eliza
Post by: scottishmoney on May 27, 2008, 10:17:50 PM
I scan most of my images, because then I have no variation in the horizon vs. vertical.  I confess, I use about a 12 year old photo imaging programme, not supported by Microsoft anymore, because I like the ease of use.  And it works better than photoshop.  I do change the background, but the immediate background around the coin, ie very close is just a similarly coloured paper I taped to the scanner lid.

I have worked with Photoshop, but whilst it is good for some stuff, I find that it does nothing for coins.
Title: Re: Introducing Eliza
Post by: Paint Your Wagon on May 28, 2008, 12:40:16 AM
I have used iphoto plus4 for 12 years and still do in bmp mode . However I found no driver for my old scanner that will only speak win98SE
So I gave up and bought a canoscan8800 but I still save all my scans in bitmap
I have photoshop which is usefull for cutting capsules off a coin but in general I have been studying photoshop for several months and it is too complicated . ( I have the full version) . For coins inside a capsule it has healing and burning tools though which for silver are intresting since I do not want to handle silver proof coins
Title: Re: Introducing Eliza
Post by: longnine009 on May 30, 2008, 09:17:56 AM
She appears to be a Knightness by birth--born into  the Clashed Die Clan? 8)