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<p>[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 2757970, member: 73983"]It sounds a little more daunting than it really is. It takes about an hour or so from the start of the shoot to the finished project for both obverse and reverse. My camera and lights remain in a fixed position, while I use a small black velvet jewelers tray with a black rubber stopper to mount the coin and rotate it for each frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once all the images are shot, I use Photoshop to open all the images into one file using layers, it's an automated process. Then Photoshop has an Auto Align Layers option, which brings all the coin images into perfect alignment. Then it's a simple crop, and edit to make sure the background is completely black. Then I decide how long each frame is visible and then save the file... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 2757970, member: 73983"]It sounds a little more daunting than it really is. It takes about an hour or so from the start of the shoot to the finished project for both obverse and reverse. My camera and lights remain in a fixed position, while I use a small black velvet jewelers tray with a black rubber stopper to mount the coin and rotate it for each frame. Once all the images are shot, I use Photoshop to open all the images into one file using layers, it's an automated process. Then Photoshop has an Auto Align Layers option, which brings all the coin images into perfect alignment. Then it's a simple crop, and edit to make sure the background is completely black. Then I decide how long each frame is visible and then save the file... :)[/QUOTE]
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