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Canadian-Banknotes Pillar of the Community Canada 4944 Posts	Posted 12/03/2010 3:30 pm Hello I have taken some photo's of a coin that I just bought and was wondering if someone could crop them for me. I have been sitting at my computer for about an hour now trying to get them looking right, but I just can't. I am using GIMP and when I crop the image I can never add the black background to the picture. Thanks. Note: My pictures are not the best. I have been looking for a new camera, but for now this is all I have. (I don't have a tripod, so I had to hold the camera as still as possible.) Report this Post to the Staff

Canadian-Banknotes Pillar of the Community Canada 4944 Posts	Posted 12/03/2010 3:49 pm Here is the best I could do in 1 hour. See how the edges are almost "wavy"? Report this Post to the Staff
carmykle Pillar of the Community United States 2448 Posts	Posted 12/03/2010 4:29 pm I'd also check to see if a copy table is less expensive than a tripod. I have no idea what one costs these days but in 1984 they weren't that expensive. It gives you a very stable platform to shoot from. Report this Post to the Staff
hhbkiddo Pillar of the Community Canada 1248 Posts	Posted 12/04/2010 12:17 am you are NOT focusing on the coin...... Report this Post to the Staff
fenton Pillar of the Community United States 4989 Posts	Posted 12/04/2010 12:51 am Source material was a bit weak but here are your new coins ... Report this Post to the Staff
EyeEatWheaties Previously Banned Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 12/04/2010 12:56 am Report this Post to the Staff
EyeEatWheaties Previously Banned Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 12/04/2010 01:04 am if you are using Gimp try this in the future select File/New - (choose your new image size to have the black background) say 800x800 then select colors/invert - (that will give you the black background) then File/open (choose your coin image then tools/selection tools/elipse select (lasso your coin by dragging the elipse corners then edit/cut/ then go to the black background image then edit/paste then save as..... Report this Post to the Staff
Canadian-Banknotes Pillar of the Community Canada 4944 Posts	Posted 12/04/2010 10:45 am Thanks fenton and EyeEatWheaties for taking the time to crop these and add a black background for me. Quote: Source material was a bit weak but here are your new coins ... Would this be because of the camera I used? Report this Post to the Staff
flipcoin Valued Member Canada 75 Posts	Posted 01/10/2011 8:18 pm eyeeatwheaties thanks for info .,been trying to edit and upload some coins for the last 2 weeks lol. ,they are all mixed up from the scan I scaned them all just about 50 of them still trying to get them on albums ,organized , I'm spinning my head lol, what you said to fenton might help a bit wish me luck . flipcoin Report this Post to the Staff
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