PHOTOSHOP® ELEMENTS 3: DOWN & Dirty TRICKS

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129CHAPTER 6 • Cool Type Effects

This “carved in stone” technique is more realistic, has more depth, and is basically “more gooder” (as my son would say) than

most “carved” type effects out there. Actually, I just think it’s “bester.”

Carved in Stone

STEP ONE: We’re going to start by open-

ing an appropriate image (this technique

will work with almost any background

image, but honestly, carving in stone

looks best when the background

image is, well…stone). Duplicate the

Background layer by dragging it to the

Create a New Layer icon at the top of

the Layers palette.

STEP TWO: Press D to set your

Foreground color to black. Then press

T to ...