Photo Embossing

[steve.ledger]

(This might have been covered in the past? I performed a search but found nothing specific to photos.)

Thought I'd share my simple XaraXtreme 'non-plugin' method for creating an embossed effect on photos.

Works for colour or b/w photographs

[Soquili]

Very nice mini-tutorial Sledger.

The technique can make some interesting images.

[Xhris]

Nice. I know this technique uses a plugin, but it is a standard Xara plugin. It's possible to quickly achieve a similar embossing effect using the bump map tool, with settings shown below.