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First Coins For Collection Reboot, First Coin Photos With "Budget" Rig

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 Posted 10/30/2025  01:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mercdude to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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...and set a file size...

OK, that is compelling. Imma try it. The Gimp is great but it doesn't let you set a file size but then neither does photoshop...

OK, I found the setting and... ... wow
It's only as good as my original photo but I'm sold at least for posting here. Thanks
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You should resize first. Your image above is pretty big. I resize to usually 1024 by 800. Thats a nice size that compression doesn't hurt the image. I also set the file limit to 299 KB , just under the 300 KB limit.
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Here are my latest merc acquisitions. I deleted my last post from earlier today because the coins looked ugly. I don't want to waste anyone's time.

I don't know how anyone feels about a little Gimp filtering and temp reduction but I think the pics benefited from it.

Same photo setup as before (iPhone 14, tripod, desk-light) but I did a few things differently; daytime photography, bottlecap, 1:1 Aspect Ratio on iphone (instead of 4:3 previously used), cropped and resized in Gimp (I only cropped in Gimp previously), and exported final file from Irfanview.

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 Posted 11/09/2025  12:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice!


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I don't know how anyone feels about a little Gimp filtering and temp reduction but I think the pics benefited from it.
I feel fine about it. I have used adjustments to get the screen image to look like the in-hand image many times before.
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Thanks @JBuck
It's good to hear I'm on the right track. But I've just learned something about iphone photos. A setting I had set incorrectly at least for coins. And I need to buy another merc or two to try it. So it seems.
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But I've just learned something about iphone photos. A setting I had set incorrectly at least for coins.
Is it he portrait setting? I thnk iPhone has that and had it first. My moto has it now. Great for people, not so much for coins.

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And I need to buy another merc or two to try it. So it seems.
Good luck!
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Is it he portrait setting? I thnk iPhone has that and had it first. My moto has it now. Great for people, not so much for coins.

It's "Most Compatible" (jpeg) vs "High Efficiency" (HEIF). I've been taking jpgs when I could've been taking HEIFs. Next time HEIF, 1:1 and boom
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It's "Most Compatible" (jpeg) vs "High Efficiency" (HEIF). I've been taking jpgs when I could've been taking HEIFs. Next time HEIF, 1:1 and boom
Ah, a new one to me. Thank you for the information. Good luck!
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