Adobe Photoshop

Lesson B: Layer Styles

With layer styles, a layer can look dimensional, image-filled, or many other magical things. These pages will constitute your blind date with this feature. As always, you can develop a deeper relationship in the Compendium. In this case, “Layer Styles & Effects” (page 192).

• If necessary, reopen the document from the last lesson.

Drop Shadow and Bevel & Emboss

These are the core effects that constitute a layer style.

• Highlight the type layer.
• Click on the fx icon at the bottom of the Layers panel (Get it? “F-X” = “effects”) and choose Drop Shadow. Note that it’s highlighted at the bottom of the resulting dialog box.

Of the many attributes of a shadow that can be edited, I’d like to focus on the four most important ...