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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iGradeMS70, post: 1705630, member: 29109&quot;]A recent conversation with a forum member ATS got me thinking how often eBay images could be &quot;enhanced&quot; without any of us even realizing until after we&#039;ve purchased the coin. Today&#039;s photo-editing programs are so advanced that we&#039;re able to select just portions of an image we&#039;d like to enhance (juice), i.e. the coin., without making it look terribly unnatural.</p><p><br /></p><p>For veteran toned-coin collectors, it&#039;s usually pretty easy to tell when a photo&#039;s color has been enhanced, either by obvious quality distortion and/or discoloration (that &quot;pink tint&quot; you might see on the slab label from the saturation of colors used in an editing program), but there are ways to eliminate this &quot;tint&quot; altogether. With a little crop selecting, it&#039;s easy to enhance <i>just</i> the coin&#039;s color, avoiding the discoloration of any other portion of the image.</p><p><br /></p><p>Examples;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Case 1) Here is a completely original, unedited version of a Morgan dollar in a slab. Note the color is rather dull and luster looks subdued. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w519/bjeavons/new%20album/juice3_zps95f2eaee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Case 2) Here is the same photo but I&#039;ve now ellipse selected (crop selected) <i>just</i> the coin via a free online photo editing program. Notice the color is now exaggerated, luster is bright, and the coin has much more eye-appeal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w519/bjeavons/new%20album/juice4_zps4ccf1aef.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Case 3) In this example I have now &quot;juiced&quot; the entire image (coin, slab, background). Notice the discoloration of the background (granular surface of copy stand). The background is lighter and has a blue-ish pink hue to it. To veterans, it is easy to tell the color of the label is abnormal and the &quot;pink tint&quot; is evident.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w519/bjeavons/new%20album/juice5_zps75efec1a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, here is a side-by-side example of both Case 1 and Case 3 images. The misleading differences are obvious.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w519/bjeavons/new%20album/juice6_zpsb3f5533c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All this being said, many would still find all the images I&#039;ve provided above to be perfectly acceptable and would never be suspicious of them having been juiced (Case 2 &amp; Case 3) if they had not seen the <i>original</i> image in Case 1. More so, notice how deceptive the image in Case 2 could be to the buyer - no discoloration or distortion has occurred.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Unethical? Yes. But this is the reality of eBay, so it is paramount that we beware of cases like these and know how to spot when an image may have been juiced. Personally, for the very reasons I mentioned, I avoid purchasing toned coins on eBay altogether. </p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Additional comparisons between original and &quot;juiced&quot; photos;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w519/bjeavons/new%20album/juice2_zpsc8ba387a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w519/bjeavons/new%20album/juice1_zps1054338c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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