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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4990328, member: 29751"]Your images don't show a <i>ton</i> of red shift - but it's certainly there and noticeable! Your coin also isn't deeply or vibrantly toned (light, pastel, satiny surfaces seem to be more accurately displayed in TrueViews). An aside, it is "Tru<b>e</b>View", not "TruView" as so many tend to mistype.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not the only one who has complained about their consistent red-shifted images. I have been complaining for at least 6-7 years, even direct to Phil Arnold, and nothing ever changes. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think it almost <i>must </i>be a <i>combination </i>of their light sources <i>and </i>their post-processing. I don't understand how they can be getting some of the photos they are without boosting saturation on some images. They also tend to light toned coins differently from frosty white coins - toned coin images often take on a more axial-like appearance, which overexaggerates colors. There also seems to be a lack of consistency in <i>how </i>red-shifted a coin's image is...some Morgans seem to be fine, other types of coins - like world coins and medals - seem to suffer from this red-shift sometimes in wildly misleading ways.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4990328, member: 29751"]Your images don't show a [I]ton[/I] of red shift - but it's certainly there and noticeable! Your coin also isn't deeply or vibrantly toned (light, pastel, satiny surfaces seem to be more accurately displayed in TrueViews). An aside, it is "Tru[B]e[/B]View", not "TruView" as so many tend to mistype. I'm not the only one who has complained about their consistent red-shifted images. I have been complaining for at least 6-7 years, even direct to Phil Arnold, and nothing ever changes. I think it almost [I]must [/I]be a [I]combination [/I]of their light sources [I]and [/I]their post-processing. I don't understand how they can be getting some of the photos they are without boosting saturation on some images. They also tend to light toned coins differently from frosty white coins - toned coin images often take on a more axial-like appearance, which overexaggerates colors. There also seems to be a lack of consistency in [I]how [/I]red-shifted a coin's image is...some Morgans seem to be fine, other types of coins - like world coins and medals - seem to suffer from this red-shift sometimes in wildly misleading ways.[/QUOTE]
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