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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Denis Richard, post: 25997997, member: 112673&quot;]I&#039;m not a big fan of the gradient. To me, it overpowers the coins. When I use a gradient, I make the tonal change less dramatic—perhaps from light grey to darker grey. Also, foregrounds tend to be lighter, so I&#039;d put the darker shade at the top. Try a drop shadow on the coins. You might like it. I find it adds realism to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>About your software question, Photoshop has been my primary photo editing software for 30 years. I don&#039;t use anything else because everything else is just trying to be Photoshop. I realize it&#039;s another monthly expense, but I photograph coins for a living, so it&#039;s a cost of doing business. I also use Topaz in my workflow.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I may make another suggestion about your other background, the one with text, I think it needs more lines of text. Fill the background and make a texture rather than the current striped pattern. I find the lines take your eye away from the coins. Remember, it&#039;s not a watermark; it&#039;s a branded background that must complement the coins. One final opinion: your text is blue on grey. I suggest the text should be a slightly darker shade of the same colour as the background, whatever colour you choose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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