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Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 1:22 pm I have noticed that action houses will "enhance" the colors on the high end coins they are selling. Here is an example. First the "drab" picture. Then the "enhanced" Pic. This is the same coin. So how is this accomplished? I want to turn my gray silver into a colorful rainbow array. Report this Post to the Staff

Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 1:29 pm sorry about that first picture Report this Post to the Staff
Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 1:31 pm BTW I like the Cindy Crawford Mole! Report this Post to the Staff
matttheriley Pillar of the Community United States 1512 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 1:34 pm Nice coin! It's all done either with different lighting or post production, using digital editing tools like Adobe Photoshop, or GIMP. Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 10:22 pm I personally would not go much beyond this: Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
pepactonius Pillar of the Community United States 9395 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 11:36 pm That second picture looks like what you sometimes get when you scan the coin directly -- colorful and not very sharp. Report this Post to the Staff
Wizzy1 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 06/17/2015 01:03 am so how is it done? I have canon DPP. what specific tools are you using? Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 06/17/2015 04:47 am Quote: ...so how is it done? The majority of these enhancements occur after the click of the photo. I would suggest going to http://www.gimpusers.com/ and signing up as a user to participate in forums addressing your specific questions. Several tutorials also exist at this site and all is free similar to the GIMP software itself, which essentially processes digital photos very similar to Photoshop. fyi mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 06/17/2015 11:23 am I used DPP. Select the photo in the main window Press Edit Image Window button Hit 100% view for images smaller than the viewing window (like this one) Refer to the histogram: If the image is overall too dark, press the first tone curve assist button If still overall too dark, press the tone curve assist + button Adjust the Saturation to match the look of the coin, always erring on the side of less enhancement Adjust Sharpness to taste, always erring on the side of less enhancement Adjust the dark tones with the left slider on histogram until the darkest shadows of the coin are pushed to black Adjust the highlight tones with right slider on histogram until the brightest highlights are pushed to saturation 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 06/17/2015 2:18 pm Thanks ray. Report this Post to the Staff
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