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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3204107, member: 19165"]Well, that's a very different question than you initially asked.</p><p><br /></p><p>If this is a picture for a book, I would absolutely remove the greyscale large image background. It is distracting. I'd also remove the ANACS label with grade and such. I don't care what some random people put on some plastic. In a book, I want facts and descriptions, not the flashy sorta design that you want in a webpage. I want something I can reference, backed by research. I don't care what the grade is on this coin - I want to know what you can teach me about this error.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know what sort of other text you have surrounding the image, but there needs to be significant and thorough description in a book. I would really have to see what else is in that chapter or in that section to determine if this description was sufficient for this particular coin. Keep this guiding principle in mind - when you are writing a book like this, you need to be the absolute authority on this subject. You need to teach me everything I need to know about this coin, and you need to do it in a way that I will remember.</p><p><br /></p><p>You asked about a slide, but the fact is, advice on a book is quite different because of the different goals and expectations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3204107, member: 19165"]Well, that's a very different question than you initially asked. If this is a picture for a book, I would absolutely remove the greyscale large image background. It is distracting. I'd also remove the ANACS label with grade and such. I don't care what some random people put on some plastic. In a book, I want facts and descriptions, not the flashy sorta design that you want in a webpage. I want something I can reference, backed by research. I don't care what the grade is on this coin - I want to know what you can teach me about this error. I don't know what sort of other text you have surrounding the image, but there needs to be significant and thorough description in a book. I would really have to see what else is in that chapter or in that section to determine if this description was sufficient for this particular coin. Keep this guiding principle in mind - when you are writing a book like this, you need to be the absolute authority on this subject. You need to teach me everything I need to know about this coin, and you need to do it in a way that I will remember. You asked about a slide, but the fact is, advice on a book is quite different because of the different goals and expectations.[/QUOTE]
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