Need Computer Software For Overlaying Coin Scans.

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999fine Pillar of the Community United States 1346 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 4:35 pm Is there an inexpensive computer software that will allow me to overlay scanned images of coins for determining die differences? * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

nss-52 Moderator United States 54280 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 4:49 pm Paint.net (name of software) is a free (that's inexpensive) program that will allow you to put images in separate layers, then change the opaqueness of the top layer. The website is getpaint.net Report this Post to the Staff
999fine Pillar of the Community United States 1346 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 5:03 pm Great! Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 5:27 pm I second the nomination for paint.net. It is the only thing I use. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
999fine Pillar of the Community United States 1346 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 6:56 pm Bueno! Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 8:05 pm Thanks. Ill look for that too. Love the price Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 9:14 pm I know you were asking about computer software but, if anyone is interested in an overlay Android app, I have Photoblend and it's very easy to create images like this: In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
999fine Pillar of the Community United States 1346 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 9:17 pm spruett... that's pretty nifty. I've an Android phone. Although a different purpose I'll check it out. A guy cant have too much technology that he can't figure out how to work. Report this Post to the Staff
999fine Pillar of the Community United States 1346 Posts	Posted 07/19/2017 10:05 pm Darn. I'm a dinosaur with Vista. Paint.net needs me to join the 21st century. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 07/20/2017 11:00 am Yeah. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4036 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 11:38 am I just saw this thread or I would have weighed-in earlier... For use in print medium, you have no choice but to do a single-image overlay, but for online use you can do an animation. Animated overlays are IMO much more effective than single-image types, and require only limited local resources. You need to be able to flip one of the images and do an effective alignment between the two. You can do this manually by cropping so that the obverse/reverse images line up properly. Then upload the obverse and reverse images to one of the online animated gif makers, and create the animated overlay. I can no longer link from Photobucket so you will need to look at my website to view these: http://www.macrocoins.com/overlays.html Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
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