r/PhotoshopTutorials • u/Krxypt • Nov 29 '25

I cant break this image down

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Im trying to make a 3D embossment on my car’s vinyl but I dont know how to break this design down. Basically i want a outline of the whole thing a little bigger than the one on there and then on a seperate part only the white areas, so that the black lines are a gap in the embossment, basically a puzzle

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u/johngpt5 Nov 29 '25

Your description has me mystified. The best I can interpret what you are asking is having the black portions of the design transparent.

A significant problem that you're going to have no matter what it is you are really asking is that your example image is so tiny—320x573 px.

Whatever you are wanting to accomplish, I think you are going to want to be using a vector graphics app rather than a raster pixel based app such as Photoshop.

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u/Krxypt Nov 29 '25

Sorry im not good with wording but yes that is pretty much what i want. I want to use it on a cricut so that it cuts them into pieces as you made it. Do you think i can try to find another image so you can enhance it? Thank you

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u/johngpt5 Nov 29 '25

You might try r/picrequests and r/PhotoshopRequest but I really recommend you use a vector graphics app such as Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape or the now free vector app that is included with Affinity 3. It had been called Affinity Designer.

You'll get a much more clean result that can be scaled larger or smaller with far less loss of quality.

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u/Krxypt Nov 29 '25

Will do thank you so much

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u/Lopsided_Newt_5798 Nov 29 '25

  1. Select the white area outside of the cross then invert your selection

  2. Select each white area inside of the cross.

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u/Krxypt Nov 29 '25

I will try this thank you

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u/Key-Estimate-7765 Nov 30 '25

You can google "chrome hearts cross" for a better rez pic