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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2046555, member: 42773&quot;]Gil...also, the actual images of your coin are quite good - good enough to use with a little bit of editing. I use Paint.NET, which is a FREE open-source editor. Just google it and you&#039;ll find downloads. I took your pics and edited them the way I edit mine. Some of this sounds complicated but it really isn&#039;t once you&#039;ve learned a few tools in the software.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I used the CURVES dialogue to suck some of the red out of your pics since the white balance wasn&#039;t properly adjusted...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374895[/ATTACH] </p><p>Next, I used the CURVES dialogue to brighten up the images by increasing the luminosity...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374896[/ATTACH] </p><p>Then I cropped the images, increased the contrast by 10 points and combined the obverse and reverse into one image. Then I used a paintbrush with white paint to simply paint over the entire background. I then resized the image to a width of 1000 pixels, and since downsizing an image causes a loss of resolution, I used the the SHARPEN tool, 1 point.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this took about 15 minutes. Here is the final result. If you want to use Paint.NET to edit your images, I would be happy to talk you through every single step - it&#039;s easier than reading the manual, trust me...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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