I will try to see if I can create bevel mat using this technique. I think bevel matt looks like any real matt, with inside edge surface visible on 2 sides and shadow or dark side on the other two edges. I had visited a site that explained this using Bevel and Emboss command on the matt layer, but I don't seems to find that now. Thanks again for the prompt reply!
It's not too hard to do with the bevel function in Photoshop:
1) Open your image and edit as necessary.
2) If the image rests on the background layer, select Layer | New | New Layer From Background. Click OK.
3) Create a new layer below everything else. This layer will be the "matte". It can be a solid color, a texture, or anything you can think of; this layer can be edited at any time.
4) Go to Image | Canvas Size. Expand the canvas however you wish (the 2.5% values used in the above tutorial work well).
5) Select the layer which contains your photo and go to Layer | Layer Style | Bevel and Emboss.
6) Change the following: • Style option to Outer Bevel • Technique option to Chisel Hard (although this is personal preference)
• Enlarge the Size option to acheive the look you want.
7) Play around with the other options all you want.
8) Done! :
I was messing around with this as I was figguring out how to do it and a couple things I tried that worked well with a textured / photo "matte" were changing the Highlight and Shadow Mode to Overlay or Soft Light. Also, using an expanded version of the photograph as the "matte" looked fairly cool IMO.
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Thanks David!
I will try to see if I can create bevel mat using this technique. I think bevel matt looks like any real matt, with inside edge surface visible on 2 sides and shadow or dark side on the other two edges. I had visited a site that explained this using Bevel and Emboss command on the matt layer, but I don't seems to find that now. Thanks again for the prompt reply!
1) Open your image and edit as necessary.
2) If the image rests on the background layer, select Layer | New | New Layer From Background. Click OK.
3) Create a new layer below everything else. This layer will be the "matte". It can be a solid color, a texture, or anything you can think of; this layer can be edited at any time.
4) Go to Image | Canvas Size. Expand the canvas however you wish (the 2.5% values used in the above tutorial work well).
5) Select the layer which contains your photo and go to Layer | Layer Style | Bevel and Emboss.
6) Change the following:
• Style option to Outer Bevel
• Technique option to Chisel Hard (although this is personal preference)
• Enlarge the Size option to acheive the look you want.
7) Play around with the other options all you want.
8) Done!
I was messing around with this as I was figguring out how to do it and a couple things I tried that worked well with a textured / photo "matte" were changing the Highlight and Shadow Mode to Overlay or Soft Light. Also, using an expanded version of the photograph as the "matte" looked fairly cool IMO.