Circle/Emboss/CoLamanderze Example

This 3D textured oval with smooth raised text was made by applying a deformation, two PSP filters, and a PSP effect, along with CoLamanderze. Here are the step-by-step instructions:

1. Open a new, white-background image 200 pixels wide and 200 pixels high. It doesn't matter what you choose as the foreground color as long as it isn't white.
2. Select the text tool and click within the image. Choose Arial Black, Italic, 48 pts. Be sure that antialiasing is selected. Enter "Wine" as the text.
3. Position the text in the middle of the image. Then choose Selections | Invert.
   
   
   
4. Select Image | Noise | Add. In the Add Noise dialog box, check Random and set the percentage to 10%. Next, select Image | Deformations | Circle.
   
   
   
5. Select Image | Other | Emboss.
   
   
   
6. Select Color | CoLamanderze. I used Hue 255 with Saturation 130.
   
   
   
7. Now choose the Selection tool, with Selection type Ellipse. Define an elliptical selection around the word "Wine".
   
   
   
8. With this selection set, first choose Image | Effects | Cutout, setting the Shadow color to Black, Opacity to 100, Blur to 2, Vertical to -4 and Horizontal to 4. Be sure that Fill with Interior Color is not selected.

   After clicking OK, choose Image | Effects | Cutout again, but this time set Shadow color to White, Vertical to 4 and Horizontal to -4.

   
   
   
   
   
9. Now select Selections | Invert, and then Edit | Clear (making sure that the background color is white).

   Again select Selections | Invert, and then Image | Crop.

   
   
   
   

   Save this image as a transparent GIF. You can then use it as a button or as an accent image.