I have nothing to do with this website but thought I’d share what it can generate from cellphone quality pictures. https://coinstudio.ai/
It's a website that uses AI (ChatGPT) to blend several images of your coin into a single image. You upload the images; they can be from slightly different angles for better lighting on the coin, and it assembles them. Of course, it still depends on the quality of the images you upload.
I gave it a try, as I think there’s a really good use case. I bought a nice 1827 PCGS 50C O-147 in VF 30 on eBay yesterday, but the seller only had a single set of (crappy) pictures. So in addition to the slab photos of obv and rev, I uploaded pictures of another O-147 (CoinFacts) in the same grade, also certified by PCGS. Yeah, they’re obviously “fake”, but now I have decent pictures of a coin which I haven’t even received :-D Seller’s pictures: CoinFacts photos of another O-147: Results:
I’m happy with the results being a free site. Although they are essentially glamour shots, similar to a TrueView, an actual professional image would yield better results.
True? Yes. I have many faults, but lying isn't one of them. Unless I'm lying now -- which I'm not. ;-) How did I determine that? I went to the website, set-up an account, then tried it out by following its instructions. In that process it became obvious that until you upload a photo of the coin in the holder it will not complete its generation of a final photo.
Blackberry - can you show us the individual images it used to make one of those composites? I'm wondering how much editing/stitching/altering its doing compared to the originals.
Ignore my messy haircut background. My last conversation with the designer I also suggested a video option in addition to photos that get uploaded.
Thanks for that. That is actually really interesting - several years ago, I was doing something similar with photoshop. I'd take the best pieces of a half dozen images and piece them together in photoshop to make the best overall picture. It was incredibly tedious and time-consuming. I wish I had some examples to show. This looks to be doing the same thing with minimal effort. This weekend I might run a couple prooflike coins through it to see if I can break it, haha.
The website mentions cell-phone pictures... does it have to be? Are there limits on the size of the upload and size of the finished picture? Can I take pics with a real camera (uploaded as JPG) and get a high-res large format picture? Or is it limited to a certain resolution/size output?
The way I did it was utilizing the feature on the site that allows me to take photos directly on it. I believe there is an option to upload images though. I’m not exactly certain of the details on size, etc.
I tried the link, but get a privacy error warning. Guess there's something lacking with their security certificate. My employer's network doesn't like that. I could click through, probably, but won't risk it. Not that I think the site is dangerous, but because I don't want to get in any hassles with my employer's IT department.
