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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3362294, member: 71642"]I'd been using my PicMonkey (and there is a free version online) which is very useful for doing simple photo stuff if you want to expand and explore a bit. <a href="https://www.picmonkey.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.picmonkey.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.picmonkey.com/</a> I use it for our Christmas cards too now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>But, and this is probably just for Mac, there is a super simple tool in Preview (and perhaps the image view on a PC works the same). This literally took me about 10 seconds with a photo I had sitting on my desktop. I can now import the photo (a PNG file so just the coin on the transparent background) to PicMonkey to put it on a background of my choosing and tweak the lighting or whatever.</p><p><br /></p><p>First I picked a random photo I had sitting on my desktop and opened it up. Mac calls it Preview.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891316[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Next click on the pen tip looking thingy in the middle of the bar across the top. That opens up the editing tools (though you can get to them via dropdown menus too).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, click on the cutting tool shape selector all the way to the left of the editing tool menu. This will bring up the Ellipse shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]891318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]891319[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Clicking adds the drag and drop tool selector which you use to encircle the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]891322[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then hit the crop button and there you go. This post took waaayyyy longer than the coin cropping.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891324[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And, like I said, it's a png file with a transparent background so you can add it to whatever program you use and make it better. PNG files are much larger than JPG so I do convert them into something before posting in general.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3362294, member: 71642"]I'd been using my PicMonkey (and there is a free version online) which is very useful for doing simple photo stuff if you want to expand and explore a bit. [url]https://www.picmonkey.com/[/url] I use it for our Christmas cards too now ;). But, and this is probably just for Mac, there is a super simple tool in Preview (and perhaps the image view on a PC works the same). This literally took me about 10 seconds with a photo I had sitting on my desktop. I can now import the photo (a PNG file so just the coin on the transparent background) to PicMonkey to put it on a background of my choosing and tweak the lighting or whatever. First I picked a random photo I had sitting on my desktop and opened it up. Mac calls it Preview. [ATTACH=full]891316[/ATTACH] Next click on the pen tip looking thingy in the middle of the bar across the top. That opens up the editing tools (though you can get to them via dropdown menus too). [ATTACH=full]891317[/ATTACH] Next, click on the cutting tool shape selector all the way to the left of the editing tool menu. This will bring up the Ellipse shape. [ATTACH=full]891318[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]891319[/ATTACH] Clicking adds the drag and drop tool selector which you use to encircle the coin. [ATTACH=full]891321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]891322[/ATTACH] Then hit the crop button and there you go. This post took waaayyyy longer than the coin cropping. [ATTACH=full]891324[/ATTACH] And, like I said, it's a png file with a transparent background so you can add it to whatever program you use and make it better. PNG files are much larger than JPG so I do convert them into something before posting in general.[/QUOTE]
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