Emboss

This tool enables you to cause an area of an image to stand out, as in a relief made of stone or metal. You can choose to maintain the color of the image or convert the image to grayscale as you paint with the emboss tool.

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Click on Emboss image\ppEmboss.gif on the Tools bar.

In the "Emboss Options" dialog select a style and shape for the brush (see Brushes).

Use the sliders to set an Azimuth between 0 and 360 degrees, an Elevation between 0 and 180 degrees, and a Depth between 0 and 100%. These control the amount and direction of light and shadow in the embossed image. You can think of the Elevation and Azimuth as determining the angle of a single light source in the vertical and horizontal planes respectively. The Depth determines the depth of the relief. The combination of these determines the appearance of the embossed image. (As you would expect, an elevation of 90 degrees i.e. the light source is directly above the image, makes the embossed image brighter, and an elevation of 0 or 180 degrees leads to a darker image. A depth of 0%, since it flattens the image, reduces the contrast between lights and shadows and therefore produces a more uniform embossed image, whether dark or light. The azimuth, since it determines the angle of light in the horizontal plane, alters the direction of light and shadow.)

Select Emboss for grayscale, otherwise select Bumpmap to preserve color.

Drag the brush over the area of the image you want to emboss.

See:

Paint Tools