Reference / Effects / Stylise
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Emboss
Emboss is a Stylise effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”The picture is treated as a surface with height and lit from one direction, resulting in a stamped-metal look.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direction | Dial | Any angle; snaps every 15° while a modifier is held | 45° | Degrees |
| Relief | Slider | 0 to 20; higher | 2 | Pixels at composition size |
| Contrast | Slider | 0 to 200; higher | 100 | Per cent |
| Mix | Slider | 0 to 100 | 100 | Per cent |
| Blend | Dropdown | Normal · Darken · Multiply · Colour burn · Linear burn · Darker colour · Add · Lighten · Screen · Colour dodge · Lighter colour · Overlay · Soft light · Hard light · Linear light · Vivid light · Pin light · Hard mix · Difference · Exclusion · Subtract · Divide · Hue · Saturation · Colour · Luminosity | Normal | - |
| Matte | Layer | Any layer in the composition | None | - |
| Invert | Checkbox | On or off | Off | - |
| Channel | Dropdown | Luminance · Alpha · Red · Green · Blue | Luminance | - |
In the Effect Controls panel:
- Matte scales Relief per pixel: white raises the full relief, grey a shallower one, black leaves the sheet flat. Invert reads that matte inverted.
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Direction: the direction light is applied from.
- Relief: the distance between the neighbours a pixel compares against.
- Contrast: the gain on the relief.
- Mix: how much of the result replaces the original.
- Matte and Invert drive the strength of the effect from another layer’s brightness; see Effects.