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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2618361, member: 19463"]For the record, my prints of black background coins cost exactly the same as those of white background coins. Seventeen cents for 4x6" and $9.99 for 20x30" at Costco gets you a better print than most home printers can make spending that much on blank paper. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some coins do look OK on gray but it requires processing and (the hard part) deciding how dark gray you want. This is cccccc gray where 000000 is black and ffffff is white.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]573998[/ATTACH] </p><p>Certainly refining the edge takes some practice. This one is not perfect when viewed full size but good enough at sizes generally used online. A lot depends on the lighting used when taking the photo. It is always easier to shoot it right than to fix it. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]573999[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think I'll stick with black. It is easier. Thanks for the opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2618361, member: 19463"]For the record, my prints of black background coins cost exactly the same as those of white background coins. Seventeen cents for 4x6" and $9.99 for 20x30" at Costco gets you a better print than most home printers can make spending that much on blank paper. Some coins do look OK on gray but it requires processing and (the hard part) deciding how dark gray you want. This is cccccc gray where 000000 is black and ffffff is white. [ATTACH=full]573998[/ATTACH] Certainly refining the edge takes some practice. This one is not perfect when viewed full size but good enough at sizes generally used online. A lot depends on the lighting used when taking the photo. It is always easier to shoot it right than to fix it. [ATTACH=full]573999[/ATTACH] I think I'll stick with black. It is easier. Thanks for the opinions.[/QUOTE]
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