Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P9

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P9: Learning Adobe Photoshop is essential to success in digital media industries.Photoshop is a gateway into several related technologies. From digital image acquisitionand processing to typography and compositing, Photoshop is often your fi rstintroduction. If you can master this program, you can go on to success with severalother technologies. With this in mind, it is important to learn Photoshop with oneeye on the present and the other on the future.
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Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P9228 Chapter 13 Layer Styles Adding a Layer Style Photoshop offers ten effects to choose from. Each offers several options for customization and can be used to create unique and dynamic layer styles. Each effect has its own interface with many shared commonalities; however, each deserves close exploration. 1. Create a new document and choose the 2 × 3 preset. 2. Select the Type tool and add the letter T. Use a thick sans serif font and set the point size large enough to fi ll the canvas. If you are not yet familiar with the Type tool, open Ch13_ Layer_Style_Start.psd from the Chapter 13 folder. 3. At the bottom of the Layers panel, click the fx icon and choose the fi rst effect, Drop Shadow. 4. The Layer Style dialog box opens and pro- vides you with control over the effect. Drop Shadow The Drop Shadow effect is straightforward, useful, and serves as an introduction to the Layer Styles. Several of the Drop Shadows’ interface ele- ments appear in other effects. Let’s examine its window closely: • Blend Mode: Specifies the blending mode for the shadow. This allows the shadow to more realistically blend with lower layers. The Multiply blending mode is the most common for shadows. This mode causes the darkness of the shadow to mix with back- ground colors, which more closely simulates a natural shadow. Adding a Layer Style 229• Color: By default, color is set to black for the shadow. But shadows often pick up the color of the light source or back- ground. To change the color of the shadow, click the color rectangle to load the Adobe Color Picker.• Opacity: Adjusts the opacity of the effect. Opacity is the op- 46 VIDEO TRAINING posite of transparency: the higher the number, the less you can Type Effects see through the layer.• Angle: Sets the direction of the shadow.• Use Global Light: Allows you to use a consistent light source for all layer effects. It’s a good idea to leave the Use Global Light check box selected so that your designs have realistic (and consistent) lighting.• Distance: Affects how far the shadow is cast. You can also click in the window and manually drag the shadow into posi- tion.• Spread: Affects how much the shadow disperses.• Size: Modifies the softness of the shadow.• Contour: Most users skip the Contour settings. This is a ter- rible mistake. The contour is essentially a curve; it is represen- tative of how Photoshop fades transparency. There are several presets to try, and you’ll explore this setting more later on.• Anti-aliased: Gives you a smoother onscreen appearance. This is important if you are creating titles for screen usage (such as Internet or video).• Noise: Places noise in the shadow, which adds random disper- sion to your style.• Layer Knocks Out Drop Shadow: Is selected by default (and should probably stay that way). It ensures that the shadow does not bleed through partially transparent text.Deselect the Drop Shadow check box to remove the shadow, andthen select the Inner Shadow check box.230 Chapter 13 Layer Styles Inner Shadow The Inner Shadow effect casts a shadow in front of the layer. This effect can be used to cre- ate a “punched-out” or recessed look. It looks best when the shadow is set to a soft setting. Inner shadows look good when used in combina- tion with other layer styles but are distracting when overused. The controls of this effect are nearly identical to the Drop Shadow; the only new setting is Choke. The Choke slider shrinks the boundaries of the Inner Shadow prior to blurring. Deselect the ...