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list below the layer name. Layer styles are linked to
the layer contents. When you move or edit the
contents on the layer, the layer style applied to that
layer is modified correspondingly.
To define a new layer style preset:
1 Apply layer effects to a layer. (See "Using layer
styles" on page 226.)
2 Select a single layer effect or a group of layer
effects by doing one of the following:
• In the Layers palette, click an individual layer
effect name to select it.
A
B
A. Effects bar B. Layer styles icon
• (Photoshop) In the Layers palette, click the
Effects bar in that layer or the layer styles icon ( )
next to the layer name to select the style on a layer.
• (Photoshop) Double-click a layer style or the
Effects bar. In the Layer Styles dialog box, select
additional types of layer effects. Click the
checkbox next to a layer effect name to add it to the
custom layer style, or click the name of the layer
effect to select it and to display its options in the
dialog box. (See "Specifying options for layer
styles" on page 232.)
3 Create a new layer style by doing one of
the following:
• Drag the selected layer style into the Styles
palette or onto the New Item button ( ) in the
Styles palette. In Photoshop, enter a name in the
New Style dialog box and select Include Layer
Effects or Include Layer Blending Options.
Click OK. In ImageReady, the layer style is added
with a default name.
Select the layer containing the layer style you
•
want to add. Press Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) and click the New Item button ( ) at
the bottom of the Styles palette, and name the
layer style. Click OK.
Click an empty area of the Styles palette, name
•
the layer style and select Include Layer Effects or
Include Layer Blending Options. (The cursor
changes to a bucket ( ).) Click OK.
Choose New Style from the Styles palette menu.
•
Enter a name in the New Style dialog box
and select Include Layer Effects or Include Layer
Blending Options. Click OK.
• (Photoshop) Double-click the layer containing
the layer style you want to add. In the Layer Styles
dialog box, click New Style. In the New Style dialog
box, name the layer style and select Include Layer
Effects or Include Layer Blending Options.
Click OK.
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