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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1725553, member: 19065"]Just changing the filled in background digitally doesn't change the nature of shots, which you originally mentioned shooting against red (raspberry) and blue (cyan) backgrounds. </p><p><br /></p><p>It does help the presentation, showing toned coins against a black or white ground, but for more accurate images, without the warm and cool color influence of the original backgrounds, you'll need take all new photos of the coins against a black, white or neutral gray background. Do this even if you wish to use a solid black digital fill for your image file.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also worth noting, be careful with how you crop the coins. Now we can see a sliver of the color background the coins were shot against. It shows between the coin edge and the filled in background in your image file. A neat, clean crop, even of such a tiny detail like this, will help how well your coins appear. If the digital editing tool you use to crop is a perfect circle but your coin isn't, then your camera captured the shot at a slight angle askew to the coin. Some editing software, like Photoshop, allows you to trim away such imperfections while other editing programs may not have such tools featured that let you do this. Hope the tips help. Each step should bring some new features of your coin pics to life for sharing on the forums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1725553, member: 19065"]Just changing the filled in background digitally doesn't change the nature of shots, which you originally mentioned shooting against red (raspberry) and blue (cyan) backgrounds. It does help the presentation, showing toned coins against a black or white ground, but for more accurate images, without the warm and cool color influence of the original backgrounds, you'll need take all new photos of the coins against a black, white or neutral gray background. Do this even if you wish to use a solid black digital fill for your image file. Also worth noting, be careful with how you crop the coins. Now we can see a sliver of the color background the coins were shot against. It shows between the coin edge and the filled in background in your image file. A neat, clean crop, even of such a tiny detail like this, will help how well your coins appear. If the digital editing tool you use to crop is a perfect circle but your coin isn't, then your camera captured the shot at a slight angle askew to the coin. Some editing software, like Photoshop, allows you to trim away such imperfections while other editing programs may not have such tools featured that let you do this. Hope the tips help. Each step should bring some new features of your coin pics to life for sharing on the forums.[/QUOTE]
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