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Working with Outer Glow and Inner Shadow Apply an Outer Glow and Inner Shadow Style Select the Layers panel.. Click the layer to which you want to apply the Outer Glow style.. Spread

Outer Glow applies a glow in any color you choose to all objects within the active layer Since the Outer Glow style needs an area in which to work, the objects must be surrounded by transparent pixels The Outer Glow style is an excellent way to create a neon effect on text The Inner Shadow style applies a shadow to the inside of an object Since the shadow is applied directly to the image, the Inner Shadow style does not require an image object surrounded by transparent pixels

When you apply the Inner Shadow style, the shadow effect appears on the inside edges of the image—like a reverse drop shadow

Working with Outer

Glow and Inner

Shadow

Apply an Outer Glow and Inner

Shadow Style

Select the Layers panel.

Click the layer to which you want

to apply the Outer Glow style

Click the Add Layer Style button,

and then click Outer Glow.

Select from the available Outer

Glow options:

◆ Structure Allows you to

change Blending Mode and

Opacity (determines how much

of the Outer Glow masks the

original image pixels), plus you

can add a bit of Noise

(introduces a random shift to

the colors of the Outer Glow),

and even change the Color or

use a Gradient on the Outer

Glow

For example, 50% opacity

would let 50% of the original

colors blend with the Outer

Glow

◆ Elements Allows you to

change the Technique used

(softer or more precise glow),

as well as change the Spread

and Size of the glow The

precise option creates a

realistic, but more complex

Outer Glow Spread determines

the amount of image that is

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Creating Neon

You can create realistic neon using the Outer Glow layer style and some text Just create a text layer using a rounded font, such as Arial Rounded, and then choose a typical neon color for the font, such as red or yellow Don't forget; text must be rasterized before you can apply an effect, so be sure you have the text the way you want it first Apply an Outer Glow using a light yellow for the glow color Place the text against a black Background layer (for effect), and then tweak the glow options until you see a realistic glow appear around the text Add a Bevel and Emboss style to the text to

For Your Information

◆ Quality Allows you to access

the Contour of the glow to

create interesting special

effects Select the Anti-aliased

check box to visibly smooth the

glow (or drop shadow), as well

as change the Range of the

contour and Jitter (random

value of gradients) of the glow

Contours are mathematical

curves that determine the

brightness of the glow at

different levels

Click Inner Shadow from the

available styles

Select from the available Inner

Shadow options:

◆ Structure Allows you to

change Blending Mode and

Opacity, as well as the Angle of

the shadow In addition, you

can control the shadow's

Distance, Choke and Size

◆ Quality Allows you to access

the Contour of the shadow to

create interesting special

effects Select the Anti-aliased

check box to visibly smooth the

glow (or drop shadow), as well

as add a bit of Noise to the final

product

Click Make Default to remember

current settings for this effect or

click Reset to Default to change

settings to the default (New !)

Click OK.

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Outer Glow and Inner Shadow style applied

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The Inner Glow style creates the appearance of a glow on the inside of

an object For example, creating black text and applying an Inner Glow style changes the object by lightening the edges of the text Once you apply an Inner Glow, you can control the color size and intensity of the glow style to create the exact special effect you're after You can also apply the Outer Glow style to the image, and the glow effect spreads out into the surrounding transparent areas of the layer

Applying an Inner

Glow Style

Apply an Inner Glow Style

Select the Layers panel.

Click the layer to which you want

to apply the Inner Glow style

Click the Add Layer Style button,

and then click Inner Glow.

Select from the available Inner

Glow options:

◆ Blend Mode Click the list

arrow, and then select from the

available options The Blend

Mode option instructs

Photoshop how to blend the

selected Inner Glow with the

colors of the active image

(default: Screen)

◆ Opacity Enter a value from 0%

to 100%, or drag the slider left

or right Opacity determines

how much of the Inner Glow

masks the original image pixels

(default: 75%)

◆ Noise Enter a value from 0% to

100%, or drag the slider left or

right The noise option

introduces a random shift to the

colors of the Inner Glow

(default: 0%)

◆ Solid Color Click the Solid

Color swatch box, and then

select a color from the Color

Picker dialog box (default: light

yellow)

◆ Gradient Click the Gradient list

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Creating Chiseled Text with Inner Glow

You can create realistic chiseled text using the Inner Glow style

Just create some white text and apply an Inner Glow using a dark gray color Put the text on a dark background layer, and the text appears as if it's chiseled into the background

For Your Information

◆ Technique Click the list arrow,

and then select between a

Softer, and a Precise glow The

precise option creates a

realistic, but more complex

Inner Glow

◆ Source Click the Center option

to have the glow illuminate

from the center, or the Edge

option to have the glow

illuminate from the edge

◆ Choke Enter a value from 0%

to 100%, or drag the slider left

or right Choke reduces the

layer mask prior to blurring

(default: 0%)

◆ Size Enter a value from 0 to 250

pixels, or drag the slider left or

right Size determines the size

of the glow (default: 5)

◆ Contour Click the list arrow,

and then select from the

available options

◆ Anti-aliased Select the check

box to create a visually smooth

Inner Glow

◆ Range Enter a value from 1%

to 100%, or drag the slider left

or right Range determines the

range of the contour as it is

applied to the image (default:

50%)

◆ Jitter Enter a value from 1% to

100%, or drag the slider left or

right Jitter increases or

decreases the random value of

gradients applied to the Inner

Glow (default: 0%)

Click Make Default to remember

current settings for this effect or

click Reset to Default to change

settings to the default (New !)

Click OK.

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Inner Glow style applied

Gradient list arrow

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Layer styles can be one style or a combination of many styles For example, you could create a layer style that includes a Stroke, Bevel, Emboss, and Gradient Overlay Once you create a layer style, it's possi-ble you might want to use it again If that's the case, Photoshop gives you an easy way to create a layer style directly from the Layer Style dialog box, or by using the Styles panel Creating customized styles is a great time-saving feature, and not only speeds up the process of apply-ing a style to a layer, but ensures that the style is applied in exactly the same way every time That gives your designs a consistent look and feel

Creating Customized

Layer Styles

Create Customized Layer Styles

Select the Layers panel.

Click the layer to which you want

to apply a layer style

Click the Add Layer Style button,

and then click a style

To add a style to an existing style,

select the style from the styles list

To modify an existing style, select

from the various style options

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Did You Know?

You can combine elements of one

layer style with another Drag from one

layer style into another If you have two

layers, both containing layer styles,

and you want the drop shadow from

one layer style added to the

second layer, simply drag the drop

shadow layer element to the other

layer to create a copy of the drop

shadow In addition, you can drag layer

styles between two open documents

Click New Style, and then select

from the following options:

◆ Name Enter a name for the

new layer style

◆ Include Layer Effects Select

the check box to include any

layer effects applied to the

style

◆ Include Layer Blending

Options Select the check box

to include any blending mode

options applied to the style

Click OK.

Click OK.

If you open the Styles panel or

click Styles in the Layer Style

dialog box, you’ll see the new style

is added to the bottom of the

current list

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Newly created style applied

New style added

to panel

Creating Customized

Styles Using the

Styles Panel

Create Customized Styles

Select the Layers panel.

Select a layer that contains a layer

style

Select the Styles panel.

Move to the bottom of the Styles

panel, and then click your mouse

when you see the cursor change

to a paint bucket

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Creating customized styles using the Styles panel requires that you have a layer with an applied style and you would like to save the style

to use again later You're only a button click away from saving the style into the Styles panel When you create a layer style, the style appears

as a sub-element of the layer For example, when you create a Drop Shadow and Inner Glow layer style, two sub-elements are created directly below the layer to which the styles are attached—one for the Drop Shadow and one for the Inner Glow When you save a customized style, you select a layer, not an individual style, and save all the sub-elements of that layer To save a customized style with only the Inner Glow, you must first drag the Drop Shadow to the Delete Layer button

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Did You Know?

You can download additional styles

from Adobe In your web browser, go

to www.adobe.com and navigate to

Adobe Studio Exchange for more

styles

Select from the following options:

◆ Name Enter a name for the

new layer style

◆ Include Layer Effects Select

the check box to include any

layer effects applied to the

style

◆ Include Layer Blending

Options Select the check box

to include any blending mode

options applied to the style

Click OK.

If you open the Styles panel, you’ll

see the new style is added to the

bottom of the current list

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Customized style applied

Did You Know?

You can share your styles with other

Photoshop users First click the Styles

Options button, and then click Save

Styles The styles are now a file that

can be e-mailed to any other

Photoshop user All the user has to do

is click the Styles Options button, and

then click the Load Styles option to

load and use the new styles

Once a layer style is applied to a layer, it can be moved to other layers,

or into another document This kind of flexibility and control lets you create specific layer styles and then apply them effortlessly to other layers or move them into other documents In most cases it would make sense to save the style in the Styles panel However, there are times when you will only use the style once or twice In that case, a quick drag-and-drop is more efficient

Moving Existing

Layer Styles

Move Existing Layer Styles

Select the Layers panel.

Click a layer that contains a layer

style

Click the triangle to expand the

grouped layer styles

Press the Alt (Win) or Option

(Mac) key, and drag the grouped

layer styles over another layer

Photoshop makes a copy of all the

styles and applies them to the new

layer

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Did You Know?

You can move individual styles

between layers Drag the named style,

instead of the Effects group, to move a

single layer style instead of the entire

group When you release your mouse,

the single layer style will be copied

and applied to the new image