How to emboss an image in photoshop

In today's tutorial I want to show you some simple ways in which you can use the Emboss Filter to obtain interesting and most of all unexpected results.

The first thing that you need to know is where to find this Photoshop filter; the emboss filter is in the Filters, Stylize menu.

Bevel and Emboss Text/Shapes

The emboss effect or bevel effect for text and shapes is obtained mostly using the layer styles like Inner Shadow, Inner Glow and last but not least the Bevel and Emboss effect.

So the Emboss Filter is not really used for this kind of emboss text effect. I will show you how a text looks in both cases.

So to obtain bevel text in Photoshop using the emboss filter, simply write a black text, rasterize the text and apply the emboss filter.

You can see that the emboss filter has some items that you need to set. First we have the angle that determines from where the light comes.

The emboss effect is a layer style, so Lukianova clicked the 'fx' icon in the Layers panel and chose Bevel & Emboss.

In our case the angle is 125 that means that the light is coming from the top left. The height determines the bevel depth or height. And the

how to emboss in photoshop

how to emboss an image