<table border="0" cellpadding="20px" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_7_7_27.html" title="Four-Point, Eight-Point and Sixteen-Point Garbage Mattes">Previous</a> | <a href="1_7_7_29.html" title="Extract">Next</a> | <a href="1_7_0_0.html">Applying Effects and Transitions</a> > <a href="1_7_7_0.html">Video effects included with Adobe Premiere Elements</a></div><h4 class="head2">Emboss</h4><hr /><ol><p class="paragraph">The Emboss effect sharpens the edges of objects in the image and suppresses colors. The effect also highlights the edges from a specified angle.</p><p class="run-inhead">Direction</p><p class="paragraph">Specifies the apparent direction in which the highlight source is shining, in degrees. A setting of 45° causes the shadow to be cast in the northeast direction.</p><p class="run-inhead">Relief</p><p class="paragraph">Specifies the apparent height of the embossing, in pixels. The Relief setting actually controls the maximum width of highlighted edges.</p><p class="run-inhead">Contrast</p><p class="paragraph">Specifies the sharpness of the image content's edges. At lower settings, only distinct edges show the effect. As you increase the setting, the highlight becomes more extreme.</p></ol><hr /><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_7_7_27.html" title="Four-Point, Eight-Point and Sixteen-Point Garbage Mattes">Previous</a> | <a href="1_7_7_29.html" title="Extract">Next</a> | <a href="#top">Top</a> | <a href="1_7_0_0.html">Applying Effects and Transitions</a> > <a href="1_7_7_0.html">Video effects included with Adobe Premiere Elements</a></div></td></tr></table>
