Eyeball FxZone: Photoshop tutorials and tips

Overlay Inset

Create the text using black color as foreground with a white background. This black text and white background appears in one layer not twp separated layers.

Select FILTERS>STYLIZE>EMBOSS then apply an emboss with these settings:

Angle : 135   Height : 2   Amount : 38%

You can experiment with different settings to get your own effect for the filter. This will speed the process because you dont have to guess a setting every time you use this filter.

Change the layer mode from normal to overlay. This can be done by the pull down menu that appears on the layers palette. This should create the final effect.

I've added a 3D sphere below the inset layer. As you can see the effect applies itself to the layer directly below it and only that layer. You can also invert the the inset by using CTRL + I and then inset should become an emboss.

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