Photo Etched

Photoshop photo editing?

I have a bit of Photoshop experience, but it's mostly in basic modification of images and collaging them - I rarely do the advanced stuff, like layering an image, etc. Right now, though, because I'm the only person in my class that's a techie with Photoshop experience, I'm the one that has to make the cover for a class scrapbook.

My task is to get a picture of a desk, and then Photoshop words onto the picture of the desk, so that it appears as if the words were etched into the desk. How do I do that?

Here's a link to a tutorial that may be useful. Vary the fonts that you choose for each name and try writing a few free-hand with a small-size brush tool.

http://www.askphotoshop.com/carved-in-wood-effect/

Remember, keep each name as a separate layer so you can muck around with blending/light/Filters etc without ruining your whole image.

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