Photoshop Techniques 005

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use of layers and channels in Adobe Photoshop. You can also look up these other issues to explore related techniques:. #006 How to Create a Chiseled Object. …

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Photoshop
Techniques
How to
Create an Embossed Object.
The secret to reproducing an embossed look in Adobe Photoshop is creating highlights and shadows that work together to create the illusion
of depth. Where you position these highlights and shadows control the direction your light appears to be coming from.
A smooth embossed effect is a gentle way to integrate graphics or text into your Photoshop images. Beveled and embossed graphics have become
particularly popular in the last few years for multi-media uses.
This issue walks you through the basic steps involved in creating a simple embossed graphic. This issue also continues to expand on the use of layers and channels in Adobe Photoshop.
You can also look up these other issues to explore related techniques:
#006 How to Create a Chiseled Object.
#020 How to Create Complex Beveled Graphics.
#030 An Overview: Using Layers to Combine Several Techniques.Photoshop Techniques
Layers vs. Channels
Layers and Channels. For new Photoshop users, the terms can meld and blend together. What is the difference between them? Why would you choose to use one over the other? This section should help give you a few reference points when thinking about layers and channels.
Channels.
Using channels is like using a cardboard stencil.
Look at how you might use a stencil: 1) Cut a shape out of a piece of cardboard. 2) Lay this stencil over a background. 3) Spray paint through the stencil. 4) Remove the stencil.
This is not unlike how you will use a channel in this technique. A channel will hold your embossed object’s shape. The channel itself is not a visual part of your final image.
Follow through this technique. We create the channel in Step 2, and use it again in Steps 3 and 5. After completing this technique successfully a few times, the role of channels may start to make more sense.
Layers.
Layers on the other hand are more intuitive for the new user. Each layer in Photoshop is like a layer of clear glass. The diagram below may help you visualize how we use…