EMBOSS & LINEWORK TUTORIAL
 

For this tutorial your will need:

 

Before you begin on your graphic you will need to go into:

Your Foreground & Background colors should both be white.
 

Open the graphic you will be working on.  If you wish, download the teacup graphic to work on during this tutorial.

STEP 1 -  Change image to Grayscale (Go to colors and click on grayscale)

STEP 2 - Go to Image, Other, click on Emboss.  You should have a graphic that looks like this.

STEP 3 - To get a whiter image go to Colors, Adjust, click on Brightness & Contrast.
 

You may need to play with this awhile to adjust to your particular image.  You don’t what it so white you loose the effect of the embossing.  See example of correct level of brightness.

STEP 4 -  Apply white layer over image.
Go to View, click on toolbars.  Check layers palette (You should now have the layers box showing on your screen.)

In your layers box you should have Background showing,  RIGHT click on the word Background.

Click on new (layer properties are now in view)

Blend Mode - NORMAL
Opacity - 40
Mask (Mask enable and Mask lock should both be checked)

Click OK

RIGHT click on the word Layer 1
Pick MERGE - click on MERGE VISIBLE
RIGHT Click on the word Merge
Click on Properties
Change Opacity to 40
Click OK
Go up to your header bar Pick Layers, Merge, Click on Merge All (flatten)
 

 

STEP 5 - Increase Color to 16 Mill. (This will allow you to add color to your graphic.)

Change your foreground color in your color pallet to A9AB84, this will give you a nice Gold color for a base.

Zoom to 4:1,  this will help you to see the individual pixels you will be working with.  For this particular project I just used my rectangle selection tool. (If your working with a more detailed piece you can use a combination of the rectangle tool and your magic wand and to pick each pixel individually).  Fill area you have selected with your fill tool.

 
Once you have your selection filled go into Image, plugin filters, Factory A, Pool Shadow (use default setting)  Bottom portion of picture is just the lt. gold color with no filter applied.
 

STEP 6 - Once you have all of your gold done.  Use your Pansie Tubes or any flower tube of your choose and start adding those little bits of color.

 
 
HAVE FUN!!!
 
 
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