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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 2037923, member: 36248&quot;]I have been playing around with templates.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Coin buying is slowing, so I need to find ways to keep the hobby active without spending money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I basically copied a format several collectors here use.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The primary benefit of this template is that you get both a Closeup of the coin AND see the certificate label with year, grade, cert#, pretty stickers, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The issue I have with my full slab shots (how I normally take them) is that too much real estate is taken up by plastic.&nbsp; The issue I have with simple cropped closeups is lack of details for my viewers, like varieties, grade, CAC stickers, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, this is basically the best of both worlds.&nbsp;&nbsp; I need to retake most of my collection with closeup photos, as I mostly have slab shots that lack coin detail of the closeup shots.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is some testing I did today with my version of this layout.&nbsp;&nbsp; I used Adobe Photoshop Elements (PSE) 9.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1200 x 960 pixels.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371637[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371638[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371642[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371643[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371650[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]371662[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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