Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 240

230 CHAPTER 8 Using Layers • Select the layer, then click the Clear style button ( ) at the bottom of the Styles palette. • (ImageReady) Select an effect in the Layers palette, then choose Delete Effect or Delete All Effects from the Layers palette menu to delete that one effect or all of the effects applied to that layer. Converting layer styles to layers To customize or fine-tune the appearance of layer styles, you can convert the layer styles to regular image layers. Once you have converted a layer style to image layers, you can enhance the result by painting or applying commands and filters. However, you can no longer edit the layer style on the original layer, and the layer style will no longer update as you change the original image layer. Note: The layers produced by this process may not result in artwork that exactly matches the version using layer styles. In Photoshop, you may see an alert when you create the new layers. To convert a layer style to image layers: 1 In the Layers palette, select the layer containing the layer style you want to convert. 2 Choose Layer > Layer Style > Create Layers. You can now modify and restack the new layers in the same way as regular layers. Some effects- for example, Inner Glow-convert to layers within a clipping group. Customizing layer styles You can customize a layer style by applying predefined layer styles or effects to a layer, modifying its options, and setting the blend mode and opacity for the layer. In Photoshop, you define a new layer style and customize it using the Layer Style dialog box. (See "Using the Layer Style dialog box (Photoshop)" on page 220.) In ImageReady, you define a layer style using the Styles palette or the Effects button at the bottom of the Layers palette, and customize it using a group of palettes named for each type of effect such as Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, and so on. Once you have customized a layer style, you can save that new layer style as a predefined layer style. You can create libraries, load, and save libraries of layer styles using the Styles palette, the Layers Style dialog box, the Style pop-up palette menu of the shape and pen tools accessed from the options bar, the Styles palette accessed by clicking the Styles panel in the Layer Style dialog box, or the Preset Manager. (See "Managing layer styles" on page 227 or "Managing libraries with the Preset Manager (Photoshop)" on page 85.) Defining a new layer style You can use an existing style to create a new style or apply a number of layer effects to layers, including drop shadows, glows, beveling, and embossing. When you apply one or more layer effects or a layer style to a layer, an inverted triangle ( ) and a layer styles icon ( ) appear to the right of the layer's name in the Layers palette. Additionally, an Effects bar containing each layer effect in the layer style is displayed in an indented