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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3300304, member: 56859&quot;]Here are the instructions.&nbsp; Looks like I&#039;ll have to change my images backgrounds to white but that&#039;s not a big deal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Usage instructions</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The image search engine offers a quick and easy option to search for entries of the same coin (f.e. for pedigree research) or for coins struck from the same dies (f.e. for die studies or coin identifications).</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Please note that for coins struck from hand-crafted dies (ancient and medieval), identification searches are usually of limited use as only few die-matching entries will be in the database. For coins made from machine-made dies (modern times), on the other hand, the use of the pedigree research is rather limited due to the high number of coins struck from the same (or very similar) dies.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Since acsearch contains professional coin photographs for the most part, the best search results are obtained by using a professional coin image for your search query. Please note that:</span></p><ol> <li><span style="color: #0000ff">The image should contain both sides of the coin.</span></li> <li><span style="color: #0000ff">The background of the image should be white (no patterns and no textures, e.g. by cropping in Photoshop, Gimp, etc.).</span></li> <li><span style="color: #0000ff">The image should be cropped and not contain a frame.</span></li> <li><span style="color: #0000ff">The shadows on the image should be as natural and unobstrusive as possible.</span></li> </ol><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Snapshots from a smartphone are often too dark and blurred and, therefore, not suitable for the image search engine. In general, the better the query image, the better the results.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">If the image search engine returns many results, they can be further narrowed down using the text search function. For coins from dies that differ just marginally from others (e.g. same image, different date), the date can, for example, be used as an additional search criteria.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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