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<p>[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 2424088, member: 59737"]Absolutely, what you want to do is open Photscape, select "Editor" and then select the coin you are wanting to use. Ensure that it shows up in the right side as an image. At the bottom left, you will see tabs for "Home", "Object", "Crop" and "Tools". Select Crop. If the image is distinctly round, you can select "Crop Round Image" the color select option is the color that will fill the background. Mouse and click the area you want to crop until you have the circle you want and then select the option "Crop" it is above "Save Cropped Area". Once you've done that, you'll see your newly cropped image with that background. Be sure to save the new photo. I like to save as a new file in case I screw it up and need to go back to the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next thing you can do after cropping both the obverse and reverse is look at the top tabs "PhotoScape" "Viewer" "Editor" etc and select "Combine". At the very bottom left of your screen, you'll see a gold star, two revolving arrows (meaning refresh) and a folder with a magnifying glass. Click on the middle one with the two arrows and click on "refresh". This will ensure your newly saved photos are updated. On the right side, you will see the tabs "Down" "Side" and "Checkered". Select Side. This will put your two images side by side. Then click and drag the obverse side into the grey area labeled "Drop your photo here" do the same with your reverse image. Zoom out and they should be side by side, same size, cropped and looking nice. Save the new file.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the finisher, go back to the editor and refresh the files like before by clicking the two arrows. Select your newly combined image to edit. Look for the "Filter" tab below the "Sharpen" tab. Select it and almost at the bottom of the menu, select the "Reflection" option. 10% is usually a good percentage, so go ahead and click okay. Save your image and voila![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 2424088, member: 59737"]Absolutely, what you want to do is open Photscape, select "Editor" and then select the coin you are wanting to use. Ensure that it shows up in the right side as an image. At the bottom left, you will see tabs for "Home", "Object", "Crop" and "Tools". Select Crop. If the image is distinctly round, you can select "Crop Round Image" the color select option is the color that will fill the background. Mouse and click the area you want to crop until you have the circle you want and then select the option "Crop" it is above "Save Cropped Area". Once you've done that, you'll see your newly cropped image with that background. Be sure to save the new photo. I like to save as a new file in case I screw it up and need to go back to the original. The next thing you can do after cropping both the obverse and reverse is look at the top tabs "PhotoScape" "Viewer" "Editor" etc and select "Combine". At the very bottom left of your screen, you'll see a gold star, two revolving arrows (meaning refresh) and a folder with a magnifying glass. Click on the middle one with the two arrows and click on "refresh". This will ensure your newly saved photos are updated. On the right side, you will see the tabs "Down" "Side" and "Checkered". Select Side. This will put your two images side by side. Then click and drag the obverse side into the grey area labeled "Drop your photo here" do the same with your reverse image. Zoom out and they should be side by side, same size, cropped and looking nice. Save the new file. For the finisher, go back to the editor and refresh the files like before by clicking the two arrows. Select your newly combined image to edit. Look for the "Filter" tab below the "Sharpen" tab. Select it and almost at the bottom of the menu, select the "Reflection" option. 10% is usually a good percentage, so go ahead and click okay. Save your image and voila![/QUOTE]
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