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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4591313, member: 56859"]I copied the look from Joe who copied it from someone else <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>There may be a simpler way but here's how I do it. First I had to make the reflection template itself. I don't have a tutorial on how to do that but the picture below shows the layers of the template (all layers except the coin and its reflected copies are part of the saved template). After taking good pictures of your coin (good meaning well lit, well focused, and with visible edges of the coin) you must remove the background. Next you drag the backgroundless obverse and reverse into your reflection template, make a second copy of each side, and for the extra copy flip it in the vertical plane, drag it to the bottom (this is the reflection), and move the reflected copy layers to their proper place. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you're unfamiliar with working in layers in a program like Photoshop, this isn't going to make much sense <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I use Photoshop Elements (PSE), a light version of Photoshop. Pixlr Editor is a free online photo editor which looks and functions much like PSE.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1136884[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a wider screen shot:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1136887[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the saved image:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1136888[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 4591313, member: 56859"]I copied the look from Joe who copied it from someone else :). There may be a simpler way but here's how I do it. First I had to make the reflection template itself. I don't have a tutorial on how to do that but the picture below shows the layers of the template (all layers except the coin and its reflected copies are part of the saved template). After taking good pictures of your coin (good meaning well lit, well focused, and with visible edges of the coin) you must remove the background. Next you drag the backgroundless obverse and reverse into your reflection template, make a second copy of each side, and for the extra copy flip it in the vertical plane, drag it to the bottom (this is the reflection), and move the reflected copy layers to their proper place. If you're unfamiliar with working in layers in a program like Photoshop, this isn't going to make much sense :D. I use Photoshop Elements (PSE), a light version of Photoshop. Pixlr Editor is a free online photo editor which looks and functions much like PSE. [ATTACH=full]1136884[/ATTACH] Here's a wider screen shot: [ATTACH=full]1136887[/ATTACH] And the saved image: [ATTACH=full]1136888[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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