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Tried Stitching Pics. How Did I Do?

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 Posted 05/23/2016  02:29 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add MontCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
took a little figuring out using only the Canon software

1st.Took pics of both sides
2nd. Trimmed using DPP. Used the circle option to black out background on both pics. Then converted to jpeg/tiff and saved.
3rd. Merged using Photo Stitch. Saved again.
4th Trimmed again to get rid of excess edges.

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Can take closer shots of each side and then stitch.

What do you think? Planning on using this for Grading. If there is easier way using Canon software please let me know.
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05/23/2016 02:55 am
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Looks good! If you can crop out a little of the space between the coins it would be even better.
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i agree with Biedercoins a little closer together. I like what you have done with the stitching. that looks good very well done.
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Looking good, but a little more cropping wouldn't hurt.
Here's my method:
1. Take pictures and save to computer.
2. Insert on a PowerPoint slide.
3. Crop the picture so that the coin's edges line up with the image's.
4. In the drop-down crop menu, set the aspect ratio (of the cropped area) to 1:1.
5. Select 'crop to shape' and choose the ellipse. Since the aspect ratio is 1:1 it will be a circle.
6. Make a rectangle with black/grey borders and white fill, then set the dimensions to 4.7x9.4.
7. Set the coin's dimensions to 4.7x4.7, line it up in the left half of the rectangle.
8. Repeat with the reverse.
9. Select all and choose 'save as picture'. Save it as a jpeg, and it will usually be under 200KB.
This is very easy and usually takes quite a bit less than a minute per coin, so I can go from this...

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...to this.
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If you want it bigger you can go make the images bigger in PowerPoint, but you will probably need to use the optimizer.

I don't know how long your method takes, so if it works well for you, by all means keep using it. This is just an idea.
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05/23/2016 08:24 am
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Trimmed a little more.

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Better like this?
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 Posted 05/24/2016  09:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dave M to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is this the actual color of the coin, or do you perhaps have a white balance problem?
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This coin has monster toning from sitting in dansco album for 40 years.

Toning looks really bad in pics, but gorgeous in hand.
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