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depth project 1

The first time I ever saw that 'carved into the surface' look I thought 'wow, I'd love to be able to do that!' There are a lot of ways to achieve it, but many seem to be overly complicated, relying on obscure channel manipulations.

I set out to simplify the process but still have full control over the end result. The key to the process is the minimum filter - one of those 'other' filters!

You may want to download the file eye.zip (16k)  that this project is based on.

Remember, apply this process to anything, and modify it to suit yourself! enjoy..

introduction masking emboss invert trim clipping group layer modes not available
before and after
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