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Technique 20: Creating Great Effects with Layer Styles
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Adding bevels
Applying inner and outer glows
Creating a color overlay
Adding strokes
Layer styles are really fabulous. With a few clicks of the mouse, you can add drop shadows, bevels, textures, patterns, strokes, and more to any layer, type layer, or vector shape on a shape layer. Layer styles work hand-in-hand with the Styles palette. When you come up with a layer style effect that you like, you can save the effect on the Styles palette as a preset for later use.This technique is an introduction to using layer styles. First, you find out how to apply bevels and emboss layers to add three-dimensional qualities and depth. Then, you work with inner and outer glows to add shine to your layers and apply a colored overlay. From there, you see how to save layer styles that you create and then apply them with the Styles palette.As you can see, I get you started. I show you how to use the Layer Styles dialog box to access these great effects, but you take it from there. You can create hundreds of effect combinations, including several layer style options not demonstrated here — drop shadows and contours; texture, pattern, and gradient overlays; satin effects and strokes. (I discuss drop shadows in Technique 44.) Use your imagination to come up with your own amazing effects!
