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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 8252872, member: 56859"]Thanks <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In Photoshop Elements I made various layers (black, the "spotlight", etc) into which I drop pictures of the coin with the background removed. The obverse and reverse are copied, flipped upside down, and dragged into position both vertically and within the layers to obscure the portion that would be out of the spotlight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's what the layers look like. For this screen shot I put placeholder layers for the coin and its reflection. Note that the "Light" layer is less than 100% opacity, keeping the fake light from being too harsh.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/screen-shot-2020-06-27-at-10-59-53-am-png.1137183/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I first saw this done by [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] and really liked the look so I copied it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 8252872, member: 56859"]Thanks :) In Photoshop Elements I made various layers (black, the "spotlight", etc) into which I drop pictures of the coin with the background removed. The obverse and reverse are copied, flipped upside down, and dragged into position both vertically and within the layers to obscure the portion that would be out of the spotlight. Here's what the layers look like. For this screen shot I put placeholder layers for the coin and its reflection. Note that the "Light" layer is less than 100% opacity, keeping the fake light from being too harsh. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/screen-shot-2020-06-27-at-10-59-53-am-png.1137183/[/IMG] I first saw this done by [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] and really liked the look so I copied it.[/QUOTE]
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