**First** you will need to find a wood image try (link: http://www.shutterstock.com text: www.shutterstock.com) to buy and downloads great photos
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture16.jpg alt: Picture1)
Open the file in Photoshop and save the wooded texture image as layered photoshop file
We need to make a pattern from this image to use later to create the effect:
– Image > Duplicate >
– Now adjust the levels of the new duplicated image
– Image > Adjustment > Levels >
– In the 2nd box set the Input Levels to 1.1
– Ok
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture31.jpg alt: Picture3)
(your pattern overlay will be slightly brighter than the background image)
Defining a pattern:
– CTRL+A
– Edit > Define Pattern >
– Ok
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture43.jpg alt: defining a pattern)
You can now close this image as you won’t need it again!
Now find a cool font, logo or image that you want to chisel into the timber. I’m using type and a vector logo created in illustrator. Find the font you want at (link: http://www.dafont.com text: www.dafont.com)
Create a new document, using the original wood as your background. Type the text or bring in your image as another layer. These can be any colour, as we will add a pattern overlay later.
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture51.jpg alt: the graphic)
Now you can apply the following layer style settings:
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture62.jpg alt: inner shadow)
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture71.jpg alt: bevel and emboss)
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture81.jpg alt: colour overlay)
Now we can apply a pattern overlay using the pattern we created earlier!
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture91.jpg alt: pattern overlay)
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture101.jpg alt: apply stroke)
with that done it should look something like this…
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture111.jpg alt: nearly there)
**Nearly there!**
Now… we need to create a duplicate layer of the background.
– Move this layer to become the top layer
– Image > Adjustments > Desaturate
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture121.jpg alt: desaturate)
– Go to the Layers Window
– Select the pull down menu and change to Overlay
– Change the opacity to 60%
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture131.jpg alt: fin)
**That is it – Simple!**
You can create lots of different effects and images using this tutorial. I have created a world map carved into a wooden table and added pins (see below)
(image: https://www.superdream.com/content/5-news-blog/20100119-photoshop-tutorial-carved-wood-effect/picture141.jpg alt: wood craved world map)