Using Layer Styles - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

CHAPTER 8
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Using Layers

Using layer styles

Layer styles affect how a layer interacts with
other layers, including its blending mode and
opacity. You can apply layer styles using the Styles
palette, the Layers > Layer Styles menu selections,
the Styles button at the bottom of the Layers
palette (known as the Layer Effect button in
ImageReady), or the Styles pop-up palette in the
options bar of the shape and pen tools. You can
manage libraries of layer styles using the Styles
palette menu, the Preset Manager, or the pop-up
palette menu of the shape and pen tools.
(See "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager
(Photoshop)" on page 85.)
Note: Use the Styles button at the bottom of the
Layers palette to create a style by applying one or
more layer effects to a layer.
In addition to using predefined layer styles,
you can create custom layer styles. Layer styles are
especially useful for enhancing type layers and
layers containing layer clipping paths. Once one or
more layer styles or layer effects have been applied
to a layer, they become part of that layer's custom
style, which can then be saved as a new layer style
for ease of reuse. (See "Using the Layer Style dialog
box (Photoshop)" on page 220.)
Note: You cannot apply layer styles to a background,
a locked layer, or to a layer set.
Displaying layer styles
You can show or hide all layer styles in the image
or in the Layers palette.
To hide or show all layer styles in the image:
Choose Layer > Layer Style > Hide All Layer Styles
or Show All Layer Styles.
To expand or collapse layer styles in the Layers
palette:
1 Click the triangle ( ) next to the layer styles
icon ( ) to expand the list of layer effects applied
to that layer.
2 Click the inverted triangle ( ) to collapse the
layer effects.
3 To expand or collapse all of the layer styles
applied within a layer set, hold Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) and click the triangle or inverted
triangle for a single layer within the set. The layer
styles applied to the other layers within the layer
set expand or collapse correspondingly.
Using the Styles palette
You can use the default layer styles, load libraries
of layer styles, or create your own layer styles using
the Styles palette. You can change the view of layer
styles. Additionally, you can clear a layer style from
a layer, create a new layer style, or delete a layer
style from the palette. (See "Using the Layer Style
dialog box (Photoshop)" on page 220.)