Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 237
Managing layer styles, Choose Window > Show Styles, or click the Styles
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 227 User Guide To display the Styles palette: Choose Window > Show Styles, or click the Styles palette tab. To change the view of layer styles in the Styles palette: Choose a view from the Styles palette menu. • (Photoshop) Select Text Only to view the layer styles as a list. • Select Small or Large Thumbnail to view the layer styles as thumbnails. • Select Small or (Photoshop) Large List to view the layer styles as a list, with a thumbnail of the selected layer style displayed. Layer styles are displayed in the order created by name from top to bottom (and from left to right in thumbnail view). To delete a layer style from the Styles palette: Select a layer style in the Styles palette and do one of the following: • Drag it to the trash button ( ) at the bottom of the Styles palette. • Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click the layer style in the Styles palette. Managing layer styles The Styles palette and the Styles pop-up palette in the options bar for the pen and shape tools can hold many layer styles. You can easily change how they display in either palette. (The Styles palette displays in the options bar for the pen and shape tools when you choose Create New Shape Layer.) (See "Using pop-up palettes" on page 62.) You can also load or save layer styles using the Preset Manager. (See "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page 85.) Exiting Photoshop saves the contents of the current pop-up palette in the Preferences file. Applying layer styles Layer styles are composed of one or more layer effects. You can apply layer styles to layers in any image. Once you apply a layer effect to a layer, you have created a custom layer style composed of that single effect. You can use a layer style either to replace all of the current layer effects applied to a layer, or to add layer effects while preserving the existing layer effects. After you have applied a layer effect, you can customize it. (See "Using the Layer Style dialog box (Photoshop)" on page 220.) You can also save the resulting layer style for ease of reuse. Layer styles are composed of a combination of one or more of the following effects: • Drop Shadow to add a shadow that falls behind the contents on the layer. • Inner Shadow to add a shadow that falls just inside the edges of the layer contents, giving the layer a recessed appearance. • Outer Glow and Inner Glow to add glows that emanate from the outside or inside edges of the layer contents. • Bevel and Emboss to add various combinations of highlights and shadows to a layer.