Is this the Ken Dorney trick you're referring to? https://www.cointalk.com/threads/testing-out-new-macro-lens-looking-for-feedback.329058/page-3...
@TIF If you go to the pricing page at https://www.remove.bg/pricing it says the free version goes to 1/4 megapixel, ie 625x400. But if you sign up...
Oh hey @Bing , I just found out you can click the "Edit" button, right next to the green "Download" button, and insert your own background color:...
Here is one of my results, using a fairly lousy iPhone photo: BEFORE: [ATTACH] AFTER: [ATTACH]
That's probably just the default color in your photo editor (for example, Mac Preview defaults to gray when the background is actually...
Every now and then a new photography thread pops up here on CT, and one of the recurring pain points is how to scrub the background out of your...
Cool puzzles! Wonder if they still have any in stock - I may reach out to them as well! The folks at Harlan J Berk continue to surprise me. I...
A bit more googling turned up some possible answers. There is a paper by Lorber & Iossif 2009 called "Seleucid Campaign Beards." It is well worth...
Strange how the sideburns on all these Seleukid coins look less beardlike and more like sidelocks. Perhaps they are connected to this Egyptian...
Strongly recommend Dan Carlin's telling of the Mamertine story in his "Punic Nightmares" series:...
I love these videos - wish every dealer did that. They are far better than any photo could ever accomplish. Although I do wonder why Aaron...
Here's an exceptional portrait of Borysthenes: [ATTACH] BOSPORUS. SCYTHIA: Olbia. Bronze ca. 330-300 BCE, Head of river god Borysthenes left /...
I saw the one on display at the Met in NY... never in a million years expected to see one at auction! Congrats!
Ha, I know what you're saying. Although the stories behind them are probably interesting. I read somewhere that one of the reasons Alexander...
Hi all, I noticed that the last few CNG electronic auctions have had loads of high-grade Alexander drachms from the "drachm mints" of Abydos,...
Can anyone recommend a good history book on the Seleucids? I'd like to venture more into this territory, but I've always found it hard to get my...
Aha! I knew it. Quick question - do you know any clever way to make the background of a coin photo transparent? Right now I use the tool in Mac...
@Deacon Ray Really cool graphics - do you make those yourself? The ragged edge on the mosaic, shading behind the coins... there's a good designer...
Thanks! I'll bump this thread again once I get it ready. Will probably take several weeks - it's a side project in addition to the day job!
I'll try to find a way to migrate your collection in for you!
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