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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3899701, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>What else is new for this update? </b> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Well, some of you will have noticed that my background templates are different. I've switched from my old "shadowbox/spotlight" style templates to a simpler "grey gradient" background. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This is not because I disliked the old templates- in fact, for many coins they looked better. But they were labor-intensive, and I always had to hire out that labor since I could not create them myself with my limited software and skills. And that was always a headache. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">These new ones I can do myself. I like the grey gradient because some coins look better against a dark background while others look better against a lighter one. The gradient lets me have it both ways. These were the most popular in a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/backgrounds.347043/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/backgrounds.347043/">poll</a> I posted a while back. I do also save solid black and solid white backgrounds, too, so...</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Now each coin in the collection has multiple images.</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">"Shadowbox" background (old version):</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/cYVYPBtQjqB2a2030HPV_04.jpg?w=400&h=400" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I liked these, but they were just too much hassle, so instead, all the coins will now have...</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Gradient background (new):</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/RHiHsO3mRQJMayBDu1jT_Hekte-gradient.png?w=400&h=400" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Black background:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/BSl2rU6QrG1midi364NQ_Hekte-black.png?w=400&h=400" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">White background:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/VSRuJxKSbC2VobuPe5KQ_Hekte-white.png?w=400&h=400" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Gradient background with slab label:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/zXghLgLqQym6DLpasovx_Hekte-label.png?w=400&h=400" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Now that everything is reimaged, I can resume working on individual writeups for all the coins. During this "maintenance" period, I sold some stuff, figuring I'd let the collection contract a little bit (giving me less to work on and gaining some funds). </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">So the collection has now shrunken a bit more, to 45 pieces as of this most recent update. I think I'll hold at a "Box of 50" limit for a while until I get the writeups done and maybe do a little upgrading.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3899701, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]What else is new for this update? [/B] Well, some of you will have noticed that my background templates are different. I've switched from my old "shadowbox/spotlight" style templates to a simpler "grey gradient" background. This is not because I disliked the old templates- in fact, for many coins they looked better. But they were labor-intensive, and I always had to hire out that labor since I could not create them myself with my limited software and skills. And that was always a headache. These new ones I can do myself. I like the grey gradient because some coins look better against a dark background while others look better against a lighter one. The gradient lets me have it both ways. These were the most popular in a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/backgrounds.347043/']poll[/URL] I posted a while back. I do also save solid black and solid white backgrounds, too, so... [B]Now each coin in the collection has multiple images.[/B] "Shadowbox" background (old version): [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/cYVYPBtQjqB2a2030HPV_04.jpg?w=400&h=400[/IMG] I liked these, but they were just too much hassle, so instead, all the coins will now have... Gradient background (new): [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/RHiHsO3mRQJMayBDu1jT_Hekte-gradient.png?w=400&h=400[/IMG] Black background: [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/BSl2rU6QrG1midi364NQ_Hekte-black.png?w=400&h=400[/IMG] White background: [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/VSRuJxKSbC2VobuPe5KQ_Hekte-white.png?w=400&h=400[/IMG] Gradient background with slab label: [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/zXghLgLqQym6DLpasovx_Hekte-label.png?w=400&h=400[/IMG] Now that everything is reimaged, I can resume working on individual writeups for all the coins. During this "maintenance" period, I sold some stuff, figuring I'd let the collection contract a little bit (giving me less to work on and gaining some funds). So the collection has now shrunken a bit more, to 45 pieces as of this most recent update. I think I'll hold at a "Box of 50" limit for a while until I get the writeups done and maybe do a little upgrading. [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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