Easy Trendy Bevel

 

Start with a darkish background of an RGB image. Using the text marquee tool, put some nice fat text on the canvas.

 

Create a new layer and fill the selection on the new layer with the background colour.

 

Select Filter -> Stylise and select Emboss. Set the values as below.

Select Filter and choose fade. Set the fade level to about 40%.

Select Layer -> Effects and choose drop shadow and your done. And by the way, you CAN'T see the Great China wall from space, shezz that rubbish annoys me.