Monetnoe Delo
05-01-2008, 07:19
Dear members!
COIN COMMUNITY GALLERY [ http://essais.ru/gallery/ ] is an open resource available for everyone. Undoubtedly, it can be useful for both professional numismatists and collectors interested in pattern coins, bi-metal coins, animal coins etc. But we can only make it such when we work together. Processing incorrectly prepared images takes a lot of our time. It becomes significantly harder to maintain acceptable quality of the images and descriptions of the coins. It’s time to publish the guidelines for preparing the images for uploading. We hope it helps us all.
HOW TO PREPARE THE IMAGE OF A COIN
1. The coin must be taken out of the plastic holder.
2. Both sides of the coin (obverse + reverse) are to be scanned or photographed.
Use only white background (obligatory!).
Currently the database supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF and SVG file formats.
Desired resolution is 600 dpi (for smaller coins 1200 dpi would be better). Desired compression quality for JPG images – no less than 90%.
3. We recommend to use, as much as it possible, the following standard 'formula' for the file name:
[Country], [Year], [Denomination], [Metal]
For example:
Austria_2005_25 Euro_[Bi-metal (Ag + Nb)].jpg
Don’t use national characters (Chinese, Japanese etc.) in the file names – only Latin alphabet letters, digits and signs.
4. Below are examples of images that speak for themselves.
Images marked with red text are wrong and unacceptable.
- Correct image (obverse + reverse):
http://essais.ru/forums/Austria_25_Euro_2005_.jpg
- Too large empty space around the coin. Bad background:
http://essais.ru/forums/1.jpg
- Only one side (obverse):
http://essais.ru/forums/2.jpg
- Inaccurate location of coin sides:
http://essais.ru/forums/3.jpg
- Inaccurate clipping of the coin image:
http://essais.ru/forums/4.jpg
- Inaccurate orientation of the coin sides:
http://essais.ru/forums/5.jpg
- Different scale of the coin sides:
http://essais.ru/forums/6.jpg
HOW TO UPLOAD THE IMAGE OF A COIN
1. You must be a registered user of the COIN COMMUNITY FORUM.
2. Log in into the COIN COMMUNITY FORUM. Enter COIN COMMUNITY GALLERY (you can access it by clicking on "Gallery" (between the "Forum" and the "Classifieds/Auctions" links on the top). You’ll see the link “Upload Photos” in the upper right corner of the screen. Go there. Uploading a photo is accomplished through the use of the forms in two steps.
3. By filling in the variables, you are telling COIN COMMUNITY GALLERY which photo you wish to upload and information about the photo.
3.1. Choose a category to upload your images to. Select the most appropriate category for your photo using the drop down list of available categories. The current tree of categories is quite big; so make yourself familiar with the categories structure before you start uploading. It will be easier for you, if you click the “Upload Photos” button while browsing a proper category. In this case, you don’t need to search your category in the drop down list.
3.2. Select the photos you wish to upload from your computer. Be sure that you read and properly follow the rules of the section “HOW TO PREPARE THE IMAGE OF A COIN”. Using the Browse button, select the file on your system you wish to upload (be sure that the file does not exceed size limitations).
3.3. Press the "Upload/Submit" button. This will bring you to step 2.
4. On the form of the second step you will be prompted to enter the following information for each image you're uploading:
4.1. “Title”: this is a short description of the photo. It is mandatory to fill this field. We recommend to use, as much as it possible, the following standard 'formula':
[Country], [Year], [Denomination], [Grade], [Metal], [Catalogue Number]
For example:
Austria, 2005, 25 Euro, Special Uncirculated [Bi-metal (Ag + Nb)] [KM# 3119]
4.2. “Description”: use this area is for a more detailed description of the coin (date of issue, designers and engravers, diameter, thickness, total weight, die axis, edge, legend reading, issue limit, mint, rarity, historical details, grade, last traded at auction etc.).
4.3. “Keywords”: enter up to 10 descriptive terms, which visitors can use to search for your image.
4.4. Press the “Process” button for final uploading.
[B]Post images without watermarks or copyrights!
COIN COMMUNITY GALLERY [ http://essais.ru/gallery/ ] is an open resource available for everyone. Undoubtedly, it can be useful for both professional numismatists and collectors interested in pattern coins, bi-metal coins, animal coins etc. But we can only make it such when we work together. Processing incorrectly prepared images takes a lot of our time. It becomes significantly harder to maintain acceptable quality of the images and descriptions of the coins. It’s time to publish the guidelines for preparing the images for uploading. We hope it helps us all.
HOW TO PREPARE THE IMAGE OF A COIN
1. The coin must be taken out of the plastic holder.
2. Both sides of the coin (obverse + reverse) are to be scanned or photographed.
Use only white background (obligatory!).
Currently the database supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF and SVG file formats.
Desired resolution is 600 dpi (for smaller coins 1200 dpi would be better). Desired compression quality for JPG images – no less than 90%.
3. We recommend to use, as much as it possible, the following standard 'formula' for the file name:
[Country], [Year], [Denomination], [Metal]
For example:
Austria_2005_25 Euro_[Bi-metal (Ag + Nb)].jpg
Don’t use national characters (Chinese, Japanese etc.) in the file names – only Latin alphabet letters, digits and signs.
4. Below are examples of images that speak for themselves.
Images marked with red text are wrong and unacceptable.
- Correct image (obverse + reverse):
http://essais.ru/forums/Austria_25_Euro_2005_.jpg
- Too large empty space around the coin. Bad background:
http://essais.ru/forums/1.jpg
- Only one side (obverse):
http://essais.ru/forums/2.jpg
- Inaccurate location of coin sides:
http://essais.ru/forums/3.jpg
- Inaccurate clipping of the coin image:
http://essais.ru/forums/4.jpg
- Inaccurate orientation of the coin sides:
http://essais.ru/forums/5.jpg
- Different scale of the coin sides:
http://essais.ru/forums/6.jpg
HOW TO UPLOAD THE IMAGE OF A COIN
1. You must be a registered user of the COIN COMMUNITY FORUM.
2. Log in into the COIN COMMUNITY FORUM. Enter COIN COMMUNITY GALLERY (you can access it by clicking on "Gallery" (between the "Forum" and the "Classifieds/Auctions" links on the top). You’ll see the link “Upload Photos” in the upper right corner of the screen. Go there. Uploading a photo is accomplished through the use of the forms in two steps.
3. By filling in the variables, you are telling COIN COMMUNITY GALLERY which photo you wish to upload and information about the photo.
3.1. Choose a category to upload your images to. Select the most appropriate category for your photo using the drop down list of available categories. The current tree of categories is quite big; so make yourself familiar with the categories structure before you start uploading. It will be easier for you, if you click the “Upload Photos” button while browsing a proper category. In this case, you don’t need to search your category in the drop down list.
3.2. Select the photos you wish to upload from your computer. Be sure that you read and properly follow the rules of the section “HOW TO PREPARE THE IMAGE OF A COIN”. Using the Browse button, select the file on your system you wish to upload (be sure that the file does not exceed size limitations).
3.3. Press the "Upload/Submit" button. This will bring you to step 2.
4. On the form of the second step you will be prompted to enter the following information for each image you're uploading:
4.1. “Title”: this is a short description of the photo. It is mandatory to fill this field. We recommend to use, as much as it possible, the following standard 'formula':
[Country], [Year], [Denomination], [Grade], [Metal], [Catalogue Number]
For example:
Austria, 2005, 25 Euro, Special Uncirculated [Bi-metal (Ag + Nb)] [KM# 3119]
4.2. “Description”: use this area is for a more detailed description of the coin (date of issue, designers and engravers, diameter, thickness, total weight, die axis, edge, legend reading, issue limit, mint, rarity, historical details, grade, last traded at auction etc.).
4.3. “Keywords”: enter up to 10 descriptive terms, which visitors can use to search for your image.
4.4. Press the “Process” button for final uploading.
[B]Post images without watermarks or copyrights!