Emboss Style
Chooses the relief interpretation or style.
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Edge & StylizeIntermediate
Emboss
Directional relief and raised-edge effect
Creates an embossed or engraved relief by converting image detail into directional highlights and shadows.
Emboss
DaVinci Resolve · Fusion
Creates an embossed or engraved relief by converting image detail into directional highlights and shadows.
Overview
What Emboss does
Creates an embossed or engraved relief by converting image detail into directional highlights and shadows.
Emboss turns local image contrast into a directional light-and-shadow relief. Emboss Style selects the response, Power sets its depth/intensity and Angle determines the apparent light direction across the relief.
Because the calculation reacts to every local transition, noise and compression can become unwanted texture. Clean the source for polished lettering and logos, or deliberately keep the texture when building a rough metallic, paper or engraved look.
Mental model
Imagine a light grazing across a shallow height map: one side of an edge brightens, the opposite side darkens, and flat regions stay closer to neutral.
Common uses
Create embossed logos
Build metallic relief looks
Generate stylized texture
Prepare bump-like maps
Add directional edge depth
Flow anatomy
Inputs & outputs
The port structure shows how this node fits into a Fusion graph.
Image
Source image for the operation.
Effect Mask
Optional mask that limits where the node affects the image.
Emboss
Fusion node
Output
The processed result from this node.
Inspector
Important parameters
Start with these controls before reaching for more complicated workarounds.
Power
Controls relief intensity.
Angle
Sets the apparent lighting direction across the embossed detail.
Use Red Channel
Includes the red channel in the relief calculation.
Use Green Channel
Includes the green channel.
Use Blue Channel
Includes the blue channel.
Channels
Selects how channel information contributes to the effect.
Practical setup
A reliable workflow
- 1
Connect the source or a prepared grayscale image.
- 2
Set Angle to match the scene lighting direction.
- 3
Raise Power until relief is readable but not clipped.
- 4
Limit channels if color noise creates unwanted emboss detail.
- 5
Grade or composite the relief pass as needed.
Typical node chain
Input→
Emboss→
Output
Examples
Where this node fits in real work
Embossed title
Turn a graphic into a raised metallic-style plate.
Text+EmbossColorCorrectorMerge
Relief texture
Create a directional detail pass from a texture.
TextureEmbossMerge
Troubleshooting
Common mistakes
Using too much Power and clipping highlights/shadows
Setting an angle that conflicts with scene lighting
Feeding noisy color without channel control
Expecting true 3D lighting from a 2D stylize node
Production notes
Practical tips
Use a grayscale or cleaned source for more predictable relief.
Emboss can work as a pass that is blended over the original rather than as the final image.
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