1. Open up your metal tag and save it under a new name.
2. Make a new layer above your tag (LAYER>NEW) and use the TEXT tool to type your word/words in black. For my tutorial I used Courier(T1) but other fonts work well, too.

3. Now make sure your text layer is selected. We are going to add a bevel and emboss layer style. Open the layer style dialog box (by clicking LAYER>LAYER STYLE>BEVEL AND EMBOSS).
4. If you're using a font similar to this one, you can leave everything as the default setting except change the direction from UP to DOWN...

5. Now, make sure your text layer is still selected and change the FILL value to anywhere from 0% to 30%. I used 30% for this font but other fonts look better with the fill value set to zero%.

When you are happy with your engraving, you can save your new engraved tag as a PNG and use it in your layouts! Let me know if you have any questions about this tutorial, my e-mail is at the top left corner.
ALSO: for a tutorial on attaching your tag to the collar, Misty Cato has a great tutorial that explains the technique HERE
Have Fun!
3 comments:
christine, you are simply the best! first you give us cool tags and then a super tutorial on how to engrave them! thank you just isn't enough sometimes, but i don't know what else to say - so, thank you!
:) M
Thank you for the tutorial. I am always looking for new ones. :)
Thanks for sharing this tutorial, it looks like it'll really come in handy.
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