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Photoshop: Engraved effect?

  • 04-03-2009 01:25PM
    #1
    shoutman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭


    Hey I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a way to make the gravestone below look engraved in photoshop. I want to have a few different statistics written on it but am a photoshop noob for the most part.

    gravestone.jpg

    Thanks in advance for any advice.


Comments

  • #2
    aineolach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭aineolach


    I don't use photoshop so I don't know how simple this tutorial is but it looks fairly straight forward: http://www.moesrealm.com/photoshop/engraving.html


  • #3
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Layer styles. Specificially emboss and inner shadow.


  • #4
    shoutman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭shoutman


    womantomb.jpg

    What you guys think? I'm not too sure about the Rest in Peace at the bottom but I don't think it's terrible.


  • #5
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    You're going to have to skew (not sure of my terminology is right) it a bit to get the angles right first of all.

    And pick a better shadow pattern. That one just looks cloudy.


  • #6
    shoutman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭shoutman


    Sean_K wrote: »
    You're going to have to skew (not sure of my terminology is right) it a bit to get the angles right first of all.

    And pick a better shadow pattern. That one just looks cloudy.

    Any suggestions on which shadow pattern to use as I've said i'm pretty much a complete noob at photoshoping.


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  • #7
    Thomas_S_Hunterson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    shoutman wrote: »
    Any suggestions on which shadow pattern to use as I've said i'm pretty much a complete noob at photoshoping.

    To be honest I don't know much about photoshop myself. If you look at tombstones on google image search, you might get an idea of the type of pattern you're looking for.


  • #8
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    You need to free transform the lower test, but I think you'll have to rasterise the type layer first.

    Regarding the text itself you may have over done it slightly and used too large an emboss size. Each letter doesn't look individually chisseled. Its a really great start, it just needs tweaking.


  • #9
    aineolach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭aineolach


    I found this tutorial really good but that's for GIMP.

    I used it to chisel my hero into the Wellington Monument...
    monument.png

    Another photoshop tutorial you could try that seemed easy enough was this one from worth1000.

    Overall I'd suggest trying a couple of tutorials until you find a method that is easy for you and gets the desired result. :D


  • #10
    im...LOST
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭im...LOST


    That looks really believable aineolach! Well done.


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