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Author: | Bonaca [ Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:19 am ] |
Post subject: | Pressed and Embossed Text |
GIMP Version: 2.8.4 Operating System: Windows OS Version: XP - SP3 GIMP Experience: Beginner Level How can I create pressed and embossed text like this http://blog.entheosweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pressed-and-embossed-styles.jpg I want these effects on the following golden background. ![]() |
Author: | Esper [ Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
try this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsBWCN3u1xA basically you create another layer in black/white and offset it, then cut the basetext/inverted basetext selection out you can also use an Inner Shadow as explained in this tutorial: http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=6646 to be honest, i dont think this effect will work very well with your background, because its way to rough looking to be believable ![]() |
Author: | Bonaca [ Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:17 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
Esper, I must say - I tried but cannot achieve your result following the given tutorials. Could you please, write your steps and parameters you used ? |
Author: | Esper [ Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:36 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
Bonaca wrote: Could you please, write your steps and parameters you used ? here ya goEDIT: i used the word 'pressed'...of course its embossed...:\ 01. create canvas 02. type text and align 03. alpha select text 04. create new layer under basetext and fill selection with black, then deselect basically this will be a dropshadow, but with the layer knocking out the shadow 05. blur the layer (i used 8) 06. offset the layer - call up the move tool, activate the dropshadow layer and drag the layer a bit down or use the arrow keys on your keyboard to do i manually (i used 4 down and 1 to the right) ![]() 07. alpha select your basetext, activate your dropshadow layer, then hit delete or Edit -> Clear when you turn off your basetext, it should look like this: ![]() 08. for the highlight, alpha select your basetext and invert the selection 09. create a new layer on top of your basetext 10. fill it with white, then deselect ![]() 11. offset the layer, for example 1 pixel to the right and 1 pixel down 12. alpha select your basetext, invert the selection, then hit delete and deselect 11. gaussion blur to the highlight layer - say 2pixels ![]() |
Author: | Rod [ Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
Use map>bump map ![]() |
Author: | Esper [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:59 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
good suggestion Rod, didnt think of that problem is, it doent look pressed...it looks embossed and i must admit, i have a hard time making text looking pressed checked several tutorials yesterday, that all use a technique similar to what i did, just reversed for a pressed effect, but they all dont look very convincing to me, and i dont know what the trick really is |
Author: | AnMal [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:10 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
Esper wrote: good suggestion Rod, didnt think of that problem is, it doent look pressed...it looks embossed that's funny, because i thought your text looked embossed (of sorts) and not pressed ![]() |
Author: | Esper [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:15 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
AnMal wrote: that's funny, because i thought your text looked embossed (of sorts) and not pressed i agree and i said my text looks embossed not pressed![]() what is the misunderstanding here ? because i used the word pressed ? yeah that was a mistake i later admitted ![]() |
Author: | saulgoode [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:23 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
In my opinion, the best "pressed" effect is a slightly offset inner shadow. You can almost get away with performing a drop shadow on the inverted selection of the text, but the following approach provides a bit more control.
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Author: | molly [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:51 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
Very good saul. I really like it. |
Author: | Esper [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:20 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
i also saw some tutorials filling the inside of the text with a gradient from black to transparent, to give the pressed text"bottom" a sort of shadow |
Author: | he4rty [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
So I've followed the basic of the bump map idea just inverted the colours for the pressed text. Then added the internal drop shadow for the pressed text and the external shadow for the embossed text. Finally just to enhance the effect I made the colour of the inside of the text, not the bumped part, slightly darker than the main colour of the image for the pressed text and slightly lightly for the embossed text. ![]() And with the provided texture, did create a grey scale image of text and displace the texture. ![]() |
Author: | molly [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
Love the purples |
Author: | ek22 [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
For a little more realism, you can run a displacement on the texture too, that will make it look like it's hugging the divets and bumps better. |
Author: | Rod [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
I have another tutorial here you can check out. ![]() http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=428 |
Author: | Esper [ Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Pressed and Embossed Text |
![]() awesome he4rty, you nailed it ! |
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