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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4366534, member: 105571"]I use PhotoScape X for Windows 10 and it is very versatile, pretty intuitive, and the free version costs - $0. The Pro version costs $39.95 but you don't need it and if you decide you do, it's really easy to upgrade. Anyway, download the free PhotoScape X (or one of the other Photoscapes for other Windows and MAC applications), and play with it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once you can navigate, take your coin photograph and drag it into the EDITOR box. Then select the CROP button, CIRCULAR button, select the color of the background you want, and drag the handles to encircle the coin. Hit the APPLY button and then save it. Do the same with the photo of the other side of the coin. Then select the COMBINE box. Select one of the VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, or TILED buttons. Drag the cropped obverse into the box. Then drag the cropped reverse into the box. Now you have the two photos side-by-side or top-to-bottom. Save this new file then go back to the EDITOR box. Drag your combined photo into the EDITOR box and now you can add text of your own into this entity or you can copy and paste a photo or object of the slab label (I use the SNAGIT program to make an object copy of the label but you have to buy SNAGIT). </p><p><br /></p><p>See below for what this looks like when complete. This combines both a copy/paste of the slab label and custom text of the die marriage and rarity.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how cause the corners of the slab label to hide behind the coin where they would overlap so I have to make the label size small enough to fit the gap which makes it harder to read. If anyone using PhotoScape X knows how to do this, I would appreciate a tutorial. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1103378[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 4366534, member: 105571"]I use PhotoScape X for Windows 10 and it is very versatile, pretty intuitive, and the free version costs - $0. The Pro version costs $39.95 but you don't need it and if you decide you do, it's really easy to upgrade. Anyway, download the free PhotoScape X (or one of the other Photoscapes for other Windows and MAC applications), and play with it. Once you can navigate, take your coin photograph and drag it into the EDITOR box. Then select the CROP button, CIRCULAR button, select the color of the background you want, and drag the handles to encircle the coin. Hit the APPLY button and then save it. Do the same with the photo of the other side of the coin. Then select the COMBINE box. Select one of the VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL, or TILED buttons. Drag the cropped obverse into the box. Then drag the cropped reverse into the box. Now you have the two photos side-by-side or top-to-bottom. Save this new file then go back to the EDITOR box. Drag your combined photo into the EDITOR box and now you can add text of your own into this entity or you can copy and paste a photo or object of the slab label (I use the SNAGIT program to make an object copy of the label but you have to buy SNAGIT). See below for what this looks like when complete. This combines both a copy/paste of the slab label and custom text of the die marriage and rarity. One thing I haven't been able to figure out is how cause the corners of the slab label to hide behind the coin where they would overlap so I have to make the label size small enough to fit the gap which makes it harder to read. If anyone using PhotoScape X knows how to do this, I would appreciate a tutorial. [ATTACH=full]1103378[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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