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Inverted Bevel


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chrish

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Hi all :)

A simple question that always teased me: How can I make sth. sink in instead of rise up from a shape, an inverted bevel so to speak. Is there an easy way? I always created bevels around the shape I wanted sunk in, but there must be an easier way...is there not a tool like the bevel/emboss tool for this? Or can I use these tools to create the desired effect?

The first is a logo I made where I created the bevel around the sunken shapes... (yes, I am aware that the logo looks more like a Kleenex ad than a software ad.... lol :))

Below that is an exampe of what I mean, look at the sunk in fine lines...



Thanks as usual :)

Chris
 
Hi chrish. :) You can try the "pillow emboss" under the bevel and emboss layer style...
 
Generally too, you'd just change the direction of your main lightsource, so it's coming from the opposite side. The Bevel/Emboss filter has a setting option called "In" & "Out". Choose the desired one.

The "inset line" effect you showed above though cannot effectively be done using the Bevel filter. It doesn't actually work too well on a single pixel line. For that effect, just duplicate the dark line, drag the duplicate below the original layer, change the colour to white, and tap your DOWN arrow key 1x, then the RIGHT arrow key 1x.
That's how that effect you see above was done.
 
Thanks, that worked great! However it doesn't work on dark surfaces unfortunately...if you want to sink a white single pixel line on a (darkish)blue background the black shadow blends into the blue and the white line doesn't appear to sink.

I did manage to reproduce the green bar effect above perectly tho, thanks :)

Chris
 
A way to do it using default settings;

Select:

Inner Shadow
Bevel & Emboss, outher bevel, direction down, technique smooth, chisel hard or soft
I added color overlay, blending mode overlay to darken the inside.

This is how it's described in the Photosop 6 Wow! book and I always use it with satisfying results.
 
Nice technique, Gauss! ;) Thanks for sharing! :)
 
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