Inset/Engraved text

Alex · **Joined:** Jul 24, 2011 **Posts:** 2

Hi all,

I've been trying to find a good quality tutorial for creating engraved/inset text using GIMP, but I couldn't find one. So I decided to work it out myself and have written the following tutorial which people may find useful. You can see it here: http://www.freshpage.co.uk/inset-typogr ... -with-gimp

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Very nicely written tute Alex, thanks for sharing.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:21 pm **(#3)**

I wanted gold text engraved on black. Perhaps my choice of a black background was not a good choice. Nice tutorial, Alex. Thanks!

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Here is my version. I was unable to do the inner shadow because the (Script-Fu Inner Shadow dialog is completely different from what is shown on the tute.

Ana · **Joined:** Jul 08, 2011 **Posts:** 285

Oregonian · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:02 pm **(#6)**

Tried it with greens. My black bg just didn't work well. I like this effect. Quietly elegant.

Alex · **Joined:** Jul 24, 2011 **Posts:** 2

Molly> you should be able to work it out with a bit of playing. As a first attempt try
degrees: 120
distance: 2
choke: 0
size: 3
layer mode: not sure? Does it have "normal" or "linear"? If so try those.

You'll also need to make the colour of the text darker otherwise it won't look inset.

Ana> looks like your light coloured drop shadow is the wrong side - it should be towards the bottom right of the letters, as if the light is hitting the far side of the indentation

Oregonian> nice!

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thanks Alex. I now have the proper script so the correct dialog box comes up now, so I will try another one tonight.

cecilia · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:41 pm **(#9)**

I used all the blues tones indicated in the tutorial. then, after merging the layers I did a
colors/map/rotate colors

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very nice effect, thanks

Oregonian · **Posted:** Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:44 pm **(#10)**

cecilia wrote:

I used all the blues tones indicated in the tutorial. then, after merging the layers I did a
colors/map/rotate colors

Great idea, Cecilia. Hm, maybe I'll take my green one through rotate colors and see what happens. :mrgreen:

Now my green one is gold. I ran it thru brightness & contrast, too.

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

An old one but a good one.

Kimba · **Posted:** Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:32 pm **(#12)**

Thanks for showing this one, Dalia. It is a nice effect.

Issabella · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2016 5:22 am **(#13)**

Thank you Alex for the tutorial.

Dalia, I like your result a lot. :bigthup

Dalia · **Joined:** Dec 10, 2013 **Posts:** 1004

Yes, Alex, thank you for the tutorial and Issabella thank you - trying to reorient myself :wvy

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:10 pm **(#15)**

I know a variation of this text effect, which does include a few more steps.
It also doesn't include the use of Script-Fu Inner Shadow or any other script.
It's all done manually.
You can get results like what can be seen in the screenshot below.
The effect is also more controllable,
given that it's done manually.
Which means that you can adjust each layer as you see fit.

If there's any interest.
I'm willing to make a tutorial showing the steps involved.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

very nice wallace except the shadow on the G and C are a bit ragged.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:52 pm **(#17)**

molly wrote:

very nice wallace except the shadow on the G and C are a bit ragged.

Thanks Molly.
The shadow can be adjusted to suite the way you want it to look.
Here are the setting I use for the drop-shadow in my screenshot.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Maybe I didn't mean the shadow. I meant the outside edges of those two letters.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2016 5:04 pm **(#19)**

molly wrote:

Maybe I didn't mean the shadow. I meant the outside edges of those two letters.

I see what you mean Molly.
This can be fixed by using a layer mask, or whatever method one uses to remove jagged edges.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I think you could shrink it one pixel then delete

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