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Originally Posted by
Petespockets55
Tried to download but a tab comes up saying the link from the publisher appears to be broken?
I just gave it a try and it worked for me.
There are 3 "download" buttons on the page. I hit the "green" one.
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Thanks Ray. I'll try again. Overlays could be a very usefull tool once I have a handle on using it.
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Overlays can also be made by using the Transparency Effect... I use Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10!!!
Jim
(A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!
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If you are publishing an overlay in a print article, you must use traditional single-images for the overlays, but if you're publishing online you can animate them, which I find is much more informative. Here is a link to a few of the animated overlays I've made using Paint.net and ezgif.com...
http://www.macrocoins.com/overlays.html
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OK I've downloaded paint.net. No instructions and I don't see anything about overlaying pics in the program. How is this actually performed??
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Open the two files you want to use for the overlay
Select the secondary image that will overlay on the other
Perform Layers-->Flip Vertical
Perform Edit-->Select All
Perform Edit-->Copy
Select the primary image
Perform Edit-->Paste into new layer
Select Layers-->Layer Properties
Adjust Opacity to your liking
If the overlay needs position adjustment:
-Select the layer it is in
-Click on the image and move it to correct placement
If the overlay needs rotation:
- Select the layer it is in
- Select Layers-->Rotate/Zoom
- Rotate until it is in correct orientation
Iterate position and rotation adjustments until both are correct
Select File-->Save As
Choose the destination folder
Enter desired file name
Select JPEG in the pulldown menu
Adjust slider to desired Quality level and press OK
Select Flatten
Open saved file and decide if it is OK
If not:
- Select File-->Undo (this will "unflatten" the image)
- Go back and correct whatever you don't like
EDITED TO ADD:
I realized you may have been asking about how to do an animated overlay. If so, let me know and I'll go through the steps.
Last edited by ray_parkhurst; 04-29-2017 at 05:27 PM.
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OK Thanks Ray,
I didn't see any help really on the web last night, so I did it this way - "See Pics"
I'm not sure they are layered exactly on top of each other though. The last pic is either a different variety or not layered correctly.
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Originally Posted by
eaxtellcoin
OK Thanks Ray,
I didn't see any help really on the web last night, so I did it this way - "See Pics"
I'm not sure they are layered exactly on top of each other though. The last pic is either a different variety or not layered correctly.
Coin #3 is not aligned correctly. It is at a little higher magnification as well so it needs to be scaled to fit with the others.
It looks to me like they are all the same variety.
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Originally Posted by
eaxtellcoin
OK Thanks Ray,
I didn't see any help really on the web last night, so I did it this way - "See Pics"
I'm not sure they are layered exactly on top of each other though. The last pic is either a different variety or not layered correctly.
Those are nice pics... I know you were not asking about the variety but to me Coin 1 does not match Coin 2 and 3... Coin 2 and 3 look to be the same but Coin 1 appears to be slightly farther north and east compared to the others... Also the splits in the serifs of Coin 1 appear to be in a slightly different location... If I over stepped just let me know!!!
Jim
(A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!
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I aligned, scaled, and cropped the images close as I could, and then did an animated overlay. Coin 1 is an earlier die state, with coins 2 and 3 having been ground such that the field is higher, but it still looks to me like they are the same die, but I'm not 100% convinced. For sure 2 and 3 are the same as jfines69 stated.
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