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TUTORIAL
How to unite obverse and reverse sides of the coins.
1-) Open Adobe Photoshop. Scan coins one by one or as a group, obverse and reverse sides separately.
2-) Press control key + N to get a new blank page. Select width let us say as 1000 pixels and height as 700 pixels. Select background as white.
3-) Then press "OK". Now you have got your blank page named as "Untitled-3"
4-) Left-click when your cursor in the untitled-1 area.
5-) Select the "rectangular marquee toll" or just pres "M"
6-) Select one of the obverse sides from the untitled-1.
7-) while your cursor in the selected area, press "control key" and left button of your mouse together and drag the selected area toward the blank page.
8-) Release the left button of your mouse. Now you moved the selected area into your blank page.
9-) Using the marquee tool select again the moved obverse side in "untitled-3"
10-) Press "control key" and "T" in the same time to rotate your image.
11-) When your cursor is out of the selected area rotate the image as you like while pressing the left button of your mouse.
12-) Double click the left button of your mouse when your cursor in the selected area. Now your image was rotated and inscriptions are horizontal.
13-) Click the left button when your cursor is out of the selected area to cancel the selection
14-) Now select the "Move tool" or just press "V".
15-) While pressing down the left button drag the image to the upper left corner.
16-) Now activate the "untitled-2" by left-clicking over it. Repeat the same steps for obverse side.
17-) Using the "marquee tool" select the proper area over the reverse side which is unnecessary and to be erased.
18-) Select the "Erase tool" or just press "E".
19-) Select "Brushes"
20-) Select an eraser which has a proper size.
21-) While pressing the left button erase the unnecessary area from the reverse side.
22-) Select the marquee tool.
23-) And press the left button when your cursor out of the selected area to cancel the selection.
24-) Select again the "Move tool".
25-) While pressing the left button drag the reverse picture to a proper location near obverse.
26-) Release the left button.
27-) Press the "Layer" at the left upper corner then select "Flatten image".
29-) Then crop the last image properly.
30-) Congratulations. You have done it.
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