how to do this with photographs. I emailed David several days ago, but have not gotten an answer. So I am asking here for help on how to figure out how to do this with a photograph.

http://www.btinternet.com/~davrodigital/baldwinthe.htm

I need help with both the image prep steps to create the cutout and how to make the brass plaque.

Any direction you can provide would be greatly appreciated. If there is a plug-in or action already created for at least part of it, I would be very interested in hearing about it.