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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 104171, member: 2972&quot;]Again, thanks for the kind words.</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer your question directly, yes, I use Photoshop to put the black areas around the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a bit more detail, I use Nikon Capture for:</p><p><br /></p><p>a) Exposure compensation (usually a bad sign if I need to do this)</p><p>b) color /contrast changes (rarely needed)</p><p>c) translation of RAW to TIFF then sending to Photoshop for final retouching.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use Photoshop (actually Photoshop Elements, its cheaper cousin) to:</p><p><br /></p><p>a) remove the slab from the background</p><p>b) make the coin round again (skew) if the picture was taken at an angle (as my avatar was).</p><p>c) resize the photo</p><p><br /></p><p>Take care...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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