So I've been playing around with photoscape, trying to find the look that i like as far as labels, frames and reflection. Im going to start including a picture of the Slab labels too, I feel that its a nice touch. I really like the backgrounds some of you guys use but can't figure out how to do it yet. Post some of your favorites and feel free to critique mine.
I like to add a bit of a margin around the coins so that they aren't touching each other and appear to be floating. Though my images kind of suck anyway since I just use my phone to snap pics. From the secret Santa exchange this year.
How do i rotate with out cutting down the image? Or do i need to just leave enough slack when i take the pic?
Looking pretty good. I agree with the previous comment that you should consider leaving a little more of a margin around and in between the coin, as they are looking too crowded in the image file right now. Here is the template I use. One example shows the same layout with and without a slab insert in the layout: And with another piece: BTW, I edit using Photoshop and all elements are on separate layers for full control. The layers are flattened and output as a jpg file for use online once all editing is complete.
How are you inserting that light and shadow effect under the coins? Oh, I see that you are using photoshop not photoscape
I use Photoshop. You can take the round selection and grab one of the corners, rotating it on the central point.
Mine's quite similar to others: I post it because I've made this with a php routine that I can pass the two png coin images (already cropped round), and an image of the cert. It then produces the final image with reflections and shadows, so I don't need to create that for each coin. The routine can actually be used online if you want (ie, you pass the obverse, reverse and cert images in the url, and it displays the final jpg image).
I've been using the same primary layout for 4 years now. I use a 10% gray (RGB 26-26-26) background. I apply a slight drop shadow around the coin circular crops to set them off from the background just a bit. If slabbed, I display the label at top center. If not slabbed, I use white text to describe the coin. Sometimes I also just leave the description and/or label out of the image -- depends on what I'm using it for. No fuss...
