Can you see me now. Ya'll got to forgive me, but I got a new photo editing software program and just have to try some of these fancy features. Man, it can do anything. I took some old photos that were all beat up, scanned them and then patched all the cracks, removed items from the picture etc. It is cool. Back to the question. It's not necessary... but it sure can help. I firmly believe that you'll get picked off more without it than you will wearing the appropriate color pattern. SOME camo just plain sucks...no doubt about it. Anyway, here's the picture.... can you see me now. THis is called embossed.