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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3074191, member: 88829&quot;]I like the diversity of the responses in this thread and the rich combination of options for image handling you are suggesting.&nbsp; So far I have nothing archived online, but the Forum option looks attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to scan everything and edit the scans in Photoshop.&nbsp; From that I have an archive of over 3000 images that so far I have not used here at all.&nbsp; These are alpha-numerically coded and the number is written on the flip insert accompanying each coin.&nbsp; About half of my late Roman bronzes (1500 coins) have been done this way.&nbsp; It was a servicable system, but scanners suffer in controlling depth of field, most noticeably in closeups, and don&#039;t allow for angle of exposure.&nbsp; So now I use a combo Canon and Nikon system for imaging directly into a computer, bracket exposures for each side, and do the final edit in Photoshop.&nbsp; On average I will make 6 to 10 exposures per coin (3 to 5 per side), and these will be archived raw.&nbsp; From them I select the obv and rev views, which will be combined and edited for tone, color, and size.&nbsp; The final edits will vary from 3-6 Mgb per two-side image.&nbsp; For upload to online venues I do a reduction to 200K.&nbsp; For archival storage of raw and final edits I use 2TB external drives and a 6TB outboard RAID5 array.&nbsp; So far the newer approach is being used mainly for silver, which I never did with a scanner.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the moment about the only way I can enter these discussions with images is to use the seller image archive in my acquisition logs (arranged by company and lot number) which makes individual coins hard to locate.&nbsp; [When did I buy that? - hmmmm.]&nbsp; But except for starting my own threads, I&#039;m afraid I&#039;m going to be late to the party most of the time, until the most commonly accessed part of my material is caught up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the suggestions everyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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