: How to create a bevel/sink effect on a shape Can anyone explain how to create a bevel and sink effect on a shape like the picture below?

@Vandalay110

Provided I'm reading your reference picture correctly, you are looking after a Bevel & Emboss effect, possibly combined with an Inner Shadow.


Draw your shape as a single layer in Photoshop. It doesn't matter if it's a shape layer or a pixel layer, as long as the pixels that don't belong to the shape are transparent;
Open the Layers palette by pressing F7 or choosing Window > Layers;
Double click the empty part of your layer's entry in the Layers palette. That is, anything besides the layer's miniature(s) or its name. This opens up the Layer Style dialogue box.
Click on Bevel & Emboss. Be sure to click the words, not the checkbox, so the effect's settings appear.
Play around with the effects to your heart's desire until you achieve your desired look. Checking 'Preview' on the right of the dialogue box might help you seeing what you're doing. For this specific effect, I'd advice you to choose 'Inner Bevel' for the Style, a relatively big size and one of the weirder Gloss Contours.
Apply and change your Inner Shadow effect the same way.

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