PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P14

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PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P1411 1 UICKSTEPS BEVEL AND EMBOSS TYPE12 FINDING AND USING LAYER STYLES To create either beveling or embossing on type: Preset layer styles can be found in a couple of places in 1. Select the layer containing the text to which you want to apply the effect. Photoshop CS4. There is a difference between adding a 2. Click Layer | Layer Style | Bevel And Emboss. The Layer Style dialog box appears. layer style (singular) via the Add A Layer Style command (You can also click the Add A Layer Style icon on the Layers panel and click 13 on the Layers Panel and using the presets on the Styles Bevel And Emboss to display the Layer Style dialog box.) (plural) panel. If you want a single effect for a layer—such as a Drop Shadow, you can choose it from the Add Layer 3. The options for controlling the beveling and embossing are displayed in the dialog Style drop-down list on the Layers panel. However, if you box, as shown in Figure 11-12. As you select options, you can view the results in the want to apply several effects (styles) at once, you use preview box. the Styles panel, with collections of style “recipes” that • Style Displays a menu of styles you can use: Outer Bevel forms the bevel beyond produce more elaborate looks through the use of multiple the edge of the original type; Inner Bevel forms the bevel from the edge of the text styles than a single style alone. inward; Emboss makes the type look as if it were stamped, or standing apart from the background; Pillow Emboss is a more rounded look; Stroke Emboss adds an USE THE STYLES PANEL edge to the outline. 1. Click Window | Styles. The Styles panel is displayed. This contains • Technique Displays three options: Smooth blurs the edges; Chisel Hard makes it look crisp and defined; Chisel Soft is less sharp than Chisel Hard but more defined thumbnails showing what the style than Smooth. effects will look like. 2. Select the text layer to which the layer style will be applied. 3. Click the style, or drag the style to the selected text. 4. Press SHIFT while you drag to add the selected style to those already applied to the selected text. Without pressing SHIFT, the selected style replaces any styles currently applied. USE THE LAYER STYLE DIALOG BOX 1. Select the text layer to which the style will be applied. 2. Click Layer | Layer Style, and click an option to display the dialog box for layer styles. (An example of the dialog box is shown under “Create Drop Shadows.”) You can also click Add A Layer Style icon from the bottom of the Layers panel and click the option you want from the context menu. Figure 11-12: The Bevel and Emboss effects can give your text depth Continued . . . and a more dimensional look. 252 252 Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps to Using Type PC Type Effects PC QuickSteps Getting Know Your and 11 1 UICKSTEPS • Depth Sets the depth of the bevel or embossing. 12FINDING AND USING LAYER STYLES • Direction Determines whether the ...