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Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 12:51 am Has anybody tried a edge lettering GIF with the coin rotating edge on to read the edge lettering? How many shot would it take to make a smooth rotation? Report this Post to the Staff

rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 01:01 am It would take a lot of shots. I'd say you'd need a couple shots for each letter. Perhaps one shot with each letter straight-on, and one intermediate. Then the animation would need to have a few transitional images between those for smoothness. How many letters are there on a lettered-edge coin? Lots of images, but it would be cool. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 01:23 am Capped Bust half dollar says "HALF A DOLLAR FIFTY CENTS" very wide spaced. I want to try this but have not used the GIMP animation before. I only have big coins with edge lettering, so it may be a LONG project. I'm going to try it. It may be great or a great disappointment. Report this Post to the Staff
Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 1:18 pm So here is a sample. Not the full edge, the file size would be too big to upload. I used a Mexican 50 peso. Its a bullion coin, and has a very wide edge. Report this Post to the Staff
Dar Pillar of the Community United States 1476 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 4:48 pm Nice! I haven't even begun to think about doing that yet. Very Cool idea! Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 5:07 pm Very cool! How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 9:31 pm That's cool Wizzy! One problem is how to photograph all the letters at a fixed spacing and perspective. You need some sort of turntable with angle ruler. I've seen such beasts around. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/09/2015 4:14 pm I just winged it. I used an acrylic coin display stand to hold the coin, and carefully rotated it a little bit . I used the microscope slide holders to hold the stand still. I took 72 shots to get a full 360. The smallest I could get the full GIF file was @ 750kb. Report this Post to the Staff
Dar Pillar of the Community United States 1476 Posts	Posted 06/10/2015 1:45 pm You might be able to rig something with a protractor? Report this Post to the Staff
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