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Layers
Last updated 9/13/2015
Work with layer styles
You can apply special effects to a layer, hide or show the styles in a layer, and even change the scale of a layer style (for
example, decrease or increase the size of a glow effect). It’s easy to copy a style from one layer to another.
Apply a layer style
1 Select a layer in the Layers panel.
2 In the Effects panel, choose Layer Styles from the category menu.
3 Do any of the following:
• Select a style, and click Apply.
• Double-click a style.
• Drag a style onto a layer.
If you don’t like the result, press Ctrl+Z (Command + Z in Mac OS) to remove the style, or choose Edit > Undo.
You can also drag the style to the image, where it is applied to the selected layer.
Hide or show all layer styles in an image
❖ Choose one of the following:
• Layer > Layer Style > Hide All Effects.
• Layer > Layer Style > Show All Effects.
Edit a layer’s style settings
You can edit a layer’s style settings to adjust the effect. You can also copy style settings between layers and remove a style
from a layer.
1 Choose Layer > Layer Style > Style Settings.
2 To preview the changes in your image, select Preview.
3 Adjust one or more of the layer style settings or add new ones, and click OK.
Change the scale of a layer style
1 In the Layers panel, select the layer containing style effects you want to scale.
2 Choose Layer > Layer Style > Scale Effect.
3 To preview the changes in your image, select Preview.
4 Specify how much you want to scale the effects. For example, if you are increasing the size of an outer glow, 100% is
the current scale; 200% doubles the glow size. Then click OK.