Writing in Sand Edit?

I'm trying to come up with a neat pic for a friend/

I don't know of any tutorials but I do have a few ideas I would attempt.....writing with a soft edge brush in black, on a different layer would be my start. From there, adjust opacity to just make the sand appear darker (not black obviously). After that, play around with bevel/emboss on the writing layer and see what happens. I wish I had a photo of plain sand to try it out on but I don't......if you could post up the photo you're trying to edit, maybe some of us could try out some ideas to help you along.

Any chance you can have access to a actual sand box or beach, so you could write on real sand, shoot it, and composite images together?

i wish i could.

Find two different stock images of sand, one smooth, one lumpy texture. Mod them to match color, overlay them, then mask out the text and clip the smooth one so the lumpy one underneath shows through. Experiment with different brushes and or shadow layer blend to make it look right.

This guy will do it for you.

http://sandgreetings.c​om/

Is your location not up to date, or is that somewhere other than Prince Edward Island? :P We live on a giant sandbar!


Failing access to actual sand, how about roasted flour and a macro lens? Pour out flour on a pan, toast lightly in the oven, turning frequently. This should give you a more rough colour texture. Could add other things like ground oatmeal, or crushed graham cracker.