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Pillar of the Community
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not sure is this is the right forum for this, but I have about 20 Morgans to sell, took photos of obv. and rev. labeled by date and mint on my computer. Uploaded them to photoshop and they are all there but without labels or ID, I think some are missmatched between the obv and corresponding rev. during upload.
Any tricks to sort this out or do I have to re-photo all coins with a paper label in the photo to maintain integrity?
I am sure someone else has run into this problem and has an answer, any help please?
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Valued Member
United States
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I make little labels to identify the obverse. If I need to I erase them in Photoshop later.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bob, I label my 2x2 holders with a unique Letter/Number combo in pencil. I remove the coin to shoot it and then replace it in the 2x2. Let's say the coin is an 1878-S Morgan dollar with code X123 on the label. My file names will be: 78_S_X123_Obv and 78_S_X123_Rev. Also have to ask if you know how to "rename" a file? Just go to the file and right click once. From the drop-down menu choose "rename" and simply enter the new name for the file. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanksz for the suggestions. I know how to rename but that name is not uploaded, I have all the morgans labeled or named by date and mint, but when I upload them that label or name is not part of the pic and I loose control over which obverse goes with which reverse, I have them in a Dansco album and remove each one separately to shoot, then put it back in the album. On my camera download to computer there is a one-2-one correspondence, then when I name them and upload to photobucet the name is lost.
I was thinkiing about using some small letters like from the office supply and place a letter by each coin, writing the corresponding info on a notepad, then cropping to leave the letter or number as part of the pic, that way when it is uploaded the number or letter would be in the image itself and avoid confusion.
I would hate to put a coin up for sale that had the wrong reverse on it.
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Pillar of the Community
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then when I name them and upload to photobucket the name is lost. Ahh...you said photoshop in your first post, so I was confused. The pictures of coins I see on photobucket usually have names that make sense (the name and year of the coin, for example). Do they have to be renamed to that sort of name after they are uploaded? |
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United States
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well I'm not sure if its longer or shorter than re shooting but one option is you could go through your pictures and match up the reverses and obverses by comparing them to the coin in hand. For example, you would take lets say your 1887 out. Oh look a carbon spot on the rev! Then go find a picture with that exact carbon spot and a few characteristic scratches and you have your rev. Then rename it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mattbrowning7;that sounds like a possibility, but some are so close to the same, mostly MS 60.
Finally decided to re-shoot and will follow the following procedure next time and all ohter times I am shooting multiple coins of the same type
going to my computer and type in all dates and mints in column form, i.e.
1878-P
1878-S
1879-CC
and so on and so on. then cut the column out and place it on the camera stand, when I shoot the coin it will be placed on the strip with the date and mint just below the rim make obv and rev shots using same ID, then place the next coin over the 78-P for example so the 78-S shows below the rim. Then when I crop and resize I can crop with the date and mint showing as part of the pic and never be confused again.
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 United States
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Everything I've ever uploaded to Photobucket shows the filename when you mouse over it (along with the varying link codes), and adding a title is part of the original upload process. I'm not quite sure what information you're losing here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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SuperDave, here is an example; copied img code from photo bucket and pasted here  I think I see what you are saying, the last numbers/letters in the code indicate the pic name from my computer; had not seen this before (didn't look far enough I guess!). all I saw previously was a place to click and add title, description, tag etc along with numerical codes for the pic/ Problem solved this pic should be the 1879 P , anyone know which reverse this is? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Once the pic is posted and the img code converts to the photo the info is lost so I will have to copy it down on ezch posting in order to properly id the coin to buyers looking only at a photo as above. I wasn't able to get any id by mousing over the pic, just by viewing the entire img code; The part of the code showing in photobucket does not extend to the last part of the file and the name/id was hidden. Thanksz for all the help.
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United States
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Well, the filename of that pic is 1879Prev.jpg, which pretty well identifies it.
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Posted 07/20/2010 08:46 am
