Pic Emboss
Software : Photoshop CS2
Level : Beginner

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

1. Open the photograph you want to use for the picture text emboss effect. Try to take vibrant or light colored image.

2. Type the text over the picture.

3. Create the duplicate layer for background and drag it over the text layer. The positions of the layers will be as bellow.

4. Select the top image layer

Layer > Create Clipping Mask

5. Select the text layer

6. Layer > Bevel & Emboss (Inner Bevel)

7. Check Drop Shadow also.