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<p>[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 2635040, member: 73983"]I just came across this thread. Very interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a video I did of what I would do to separate the coin from the background. I don't have an ancient coin to shoot. I chose this half dollar because of the reeded edge and how you can retain it. A perfect circular crop would either force you to lose the reeded edge or you would have some of the original background color showing, without a lot of cleanup work later. This video shows a mostly automatic way of removing the coin no matter what shape it is from the background. I used a Samsung Tablet with the screen set to white using a free app I downloaded for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]82Ykaj59xfs[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of the rubber stoppers I use to separate the coin from the background.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]580438[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jtlee321, post: 2635040, member: 73983"]I just came across this thread. Very interesting. Here's a video I did of what I would do to separate the coin from the background. I don't have an ancient coin to shoot. I chose this half dollar because of the reeded edge and how you can retain it. A perfect circular crop would either force you to lose the reeded edge or you would have some of the original background color showing, without a lot of cleanup work later. This video shows a mostly automatic way of removing the coin no matter what shape it is from the background. I used a Samsung Tablet with the screen set to white using a free app I downloaded for it. [MEDIA=youtube]82Ykaj59xfs[/MEDIA] Here are some of the rubber stoppers I use to separate the coin from the background. [ATTACH=full]580438[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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