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Emboss Effect

Emboss Effect for Photos

Your image as a metal relief: shapes catch the light like a carved medal while flat areas sink into darkness.

Image to ASCII Turn any photo into ASCII art — copy it as text or save as PNG.
Image to Pixel Art Make 8-bit pixel art from a photo with retro palettes like PICO-8 and Game Boy.
Glitch Effect RGB split, slice shifts, scanlines and static — a GPU glitch effect for any image.
Halftone Effect Turn photos into print-style halftone dots, squares or diamonds in two colors.
Duotone Effect Map a photo onto two colors — the Spotify-style duotone look.
Pixel Sorting Glitch-art pixel sorting: melt bright or dark pixels into long streaks.
Fluted Glass Effect Reeded glass refraction: look at any photo through ribbed glass.
Shatter Effect Break a photo into flying blocks that scatter away from an intact center.
Photo to Pencil Sketch Turn a photo into a graphite pencil drawing with adjustable line weight.
Photo to Watercolor Soft watercolor washes with ink edges and paper texture from any photo.
Tilt-Shift Effect Miniature-world tilt-shift blur with a movable focus band.
Motion Blur Effect Directional motion blur for speed, panning and dynamic shots.
Film Grain Effect Analog film grain and a soft vignette for a 35mm look.
Chromatic Aberration Split red, green and blue channels for a lens-fringe or 3D-glasses look.
Light Leak Effect Warm analog light leaks and flares in any two colors.
Neon Glow Effect Trace the edges of a photo with glowing neon lines on a dark background.
Paper Cut Effect Layered paper-craft look with cut-out shapes and soft shadows.
Posterize Effect Reduce a photo to a few flat tones for a bold poster look.
Colored Pencil Drawing Turn a photo into a colored pencil drawing that keeps its colors.
Glow Effect Bloom glow: bright areas softly radiate light.
Lens Blur (Bokeh) Dreamy lens blur where bright spots bloom into bokeh.
Zoom Blur Effect Radial zoom or spin blur that rushes toward a point.
Glass Tiles Effect See a photo through hexagonal or square glass blocks with refraction.
Torn Paper Effect Rip a photo into torn paper pieces with white edges and shadows.
Hexagon Mosaic Pixelate a photo into a honeycomb of flat-colored hexagons.
Swirl Effect Twist a photo into a whirlpool around its center.
Water Ripple Effect Concentric water ripples spreading across a photo.
Bulge & Pinch Effect Magnify the center of a photo like a fisheye — or pinch it in.
Vignette Effect Darken — or tint — the corners to focus attention on the center.
Blur Image Blur a whole image smoothly — clean edges, any strength.
Sharpen Image Make soft photos crisper with an adjustable sharpening filter.
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All effects
Photo to Pencil Sketch example Photo to Pencil Sketch Turn a photo into a graphite pencil drawing with adjustable line weight. Paper Cut Effect example Paper Cut Effect Layered paper-craft look with cut-out shapes and soft shadows. Halftone Effect example Halftone Effect Turn photos into print-style halftone dots, squares or diamonds in two colors.

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Emboss Effect — how it works

A silvery raised relief of your photo on a dark background.

How embossing works

Two copies of the image, shifted slightly in opposite directions, are compared: where brightness changes, the edge is lit like a ridge catching light from one side. Everything is converted to greyscale and flat, even areas fall into shadow, so shapes stand out as a silvery relief.

Depth

Depth sets how far apart the copies are — shallow for fine engraved detail, deep for bold stamped shapes. It scales with your image so the download matches the preview.

Ideas

Logos pressed into metal, coin and medal mockups, stone-carving textures, or a neutral texture layer to blend over other images in Image Flow.

Frequently Asked Questions

In Image Flow set the Emboss layer to a blend mode such as Overlay above the original photo to get colored relief.

No, the effect runs in your browser.

Logos, text and photos with clear shapes. Very noisy photos produce a rough, gritty texture.