How to Make Wood Impression Type in Photoshop
When you're creating a design with natural elements, wood impression type will complement your project’s theme. Text digitally indented or carved into wood is eye-catching on-screen and in print. Photoshop includes “Bevel and Emboss” and “Inner Shadow” layer styles that you can use together on the text. With a layer style, you don’t need to render the text, so you can edit the wording after you apply the wood impression effect.
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Instructions
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Acquire a digital picture of a wood background by either taking a digital picture with a camera or downloading an image from the Internet.
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Choose “File." Click “Open,” select your file containing the wood background and click “Open" again.
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Select the Type tool from the Tools panel.
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Go to the Options bar and select a font. Because the effect doesn't work well on fonts with thin lettering, pick a font that is thick and bold. Click the color swatch in the Options bar and set the color of the type to black.
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Click within the document window in the area where you want your text to appear and start typing.
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Choose the Move tool and click the text to move it into position.
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Go to the Layers panel and set the blending mode of your text layer to “Soft Light.”
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Click the layer style button with the “fx” icon at the bottom of the panel and choose “Bevel and Emboss" from the pop-up menu.
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Click the box next to “Contour,” which is under “Bevel and Emboss” on the left side of the dialog box.
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Set the “Style” to “Inner Bevel” and the “Technique” to “Chisel Soft.” Then adjust the “Depth” to around “200 percent.”
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Change the “Direction” to “Down,” set the “Size” to around 20 pixels and “Soften” to 5 pixels.
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Enter a value of 108 degrees for the “Angle” setting.
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Decrease the “Highlight Mode” opacity to around 30, and the “Shadow Mode” opacity to about 60.
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Click on “Inner Shadow” in the column on the left side.
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Set the “Opacity” to around 60 percent.
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Modify the “Distance” to 20 pixels, the “Choke” to 10 percent and increase the “Size” to approximately 110 pixels.
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Click “OK” to create the layer style and apply the “Bevel and Emboss” and “Inner Shadow” effects to the text layer.
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Tips & Warnings
The settings you choose may vary slightly depending on the size of your image and the look you want to achieve.
You can turn the layer style’s effects on or off in the Layers panel.
Right–click the layer and select “Copy Layer Style” to copy and paste the wood impression effect to another text layer.
References
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