The short answer
Why use Emboss?
A stamped look works for coin and medal mockups, letterpress-style logos, and bump maps for 3D or game textures. It is one filter here instead of a bevel layer style.
Relief depth is the only setting: Amount from 0 to 100, set to 50 at first. The filter compares each pixel with its eight neighbors, weighting the top-left and bottom-right most, then adds mid gray (128). The default uses the classic 3 × 3 emboss weights, and 100 doubles them for deeper relief. Transparent areas stay transparent.
The light always comes from one fixed diagonal, so edges facing one way look raised and the opposite ones look sunken. There is no angle setting. Rotate the photo first if you want the light from another side, then rotate it back. Noisy or grainy photos turn into a rough, sandpaper-like surface.
Edge Detection traces outlines on black and keeps the colors. Pencil Sketch draws dark lines on white paper. Emboss is the one that reads as a surface with depth. For a stamped logo, start from a clean PNG with sharp edges and a plain background, so the relief follows the letters and not the noise.
Where Emboss fits
Coin mockups
Turn a face or emblem into a stamped relief for a commemorative coin concept.
Letterhead seals
Make a pressed-paper seal from a logo for a certificate or letterhead design.
Game textures
Create a height map from a pattern to give a 3D surface fake depth.
Start to finish
How to use Emboss
- 01Tap Choose image and pick a logo or photo with clear shapes.
- 02Adjust Amount from 50: 100 doubles the depth, and values near 0 fade everything toward flat gray.
- 03Tap Apply changes, check which edges look raised, then tap Download result for the gray relief.
What to expect from Emboss
| Check | What it means here |
|---|---|
| Supported input | JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG and browser-supported AVIF images |
| Main controls | Amount slider, plus a color picker for effects that need one |
| Output | A PNG image with the effect applied |
| Working limit | 50 MB and 50 megapixels per image |
Emboss tips
- Logos on plain backgrounds give crisp relief; photos give a rougher stone texture.
- To light from another side, rotate the image 180 degrees before embossing and back after.
- Tint the gray result with Duotone using a dark and a light bronze for a coin look.
- Use the PNG as a bump map in 3D apps, where mid gray means flat.
Emboss FAQ
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