![]() Opacity: is simple enough, slide it right for a darker shadow left for a more transparent one. Blend Mode: affects the way the style's colors interact with whatever colors are beneath it. Let's see some of the options you can mess around with to change the shadow: This means you can make any adjustments you like to your shape and the style will automatically adapt. But Layer Styles are vector based, meaning the information is stored as mathematical positions, not pixels. ![]() You can see the name of the style delivers and gives us a shadow which falls down and to the right of the shape we applied it to.īefore Layer Styles & Effects, this would require another layer, containing the shadow, placed beneath the shape. It's against the same background as above and you saw it as Shape1 in my Layers Palette. In each of these examples we'll use a shape I made using the vector shape tools. We'll examine each one and talk about some of the highlights. Once that is done, that style will be highlighted in blue and the right 3/4 of the Layer Style Dialog Box will change to show you the options for that style. To access these you must click on the name of the effect you want to edit. But each of the Styles has a set of controls whereby you can make adjustments to the effect. The default setting for each of the styles are good enough in most cases to give you an idea of what is possible. Here you can check the boxes for whatever styles you'd like to try and get an instant preview in your image. (Check out my tutorial Blend Modes Explainedif you want to learn more about them.) We care mostly about the left side, on which the Styles are listed. The majority of this gigantic dialog is by default set to making adjustments to Blend Modes, which doesn't concern us here. ![]() This brings up the Layer Style Dialog Box. (Notice my current effect is indicated.) But for me the easiest way in 6.0 or higher is to simply double click the layer you want to Style-ize. In the image you can see how I clicked on the " f" icon at the bottom of the palette to reveal the drop-down menu. The Layer Menu has a place to choose one, and so does your Layers Palette. To apply a style to a layer, there's several thins you can do. You can turn off (or hide) effects by clicking on the eyeball icon to their left, just like you can for layers. That triangle next to the " f" will show or hide the list of effects below the layer. On Shape2's right edge you see an " f" symbol, indicating an effect is present on this layer. (Ignore the layer called Shape 1 for now.) You can see my shape is surrounded by transparency, which defines the edges where the style gets applied. ![]() A lot of what I'll say will be possible with Layer Effects (though some of the effects aren't offered).Ĭheck out my shape's layer over there on the left. Note: I'm going to be talking about Version 6.0 or higher, but if you have 5.0 or 5.5, don't despair. Here I've created a few shapes using the pen tool filled the background with clouds filled my shape with a lighter version of the clouds and finally applied a Layer Style called Bevel and Emboss. ![]() All it takes is a few clicks and a familiarity with what is possible. Now a handful of impressive special effects are at your disposal. Then along came Layer Effects, and later Layer Styles. Back in the old days, a cool effect like a drop shadow or glow was worthy of a 4 or 5 step tutorial. ![]()
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