Layer Style

Shadows & Glows / Bevel & Emboss

Bevel & Emboss Style

First in line is the Drop Shadow effect, probably the most used one out of all. I use it quite a bit my self. The Shadow effect along with the Glow effect contain most of the same general options.

  • Hightlight/Shadow:  Full control of Mode, Color, and Opacity of these 2 areas.
  • Style:  Under the style menu we have several different choices of effects:
    • Outer Bevel
    • Inner Bevel
    • Emboss
    • Pillow Emboss
  • Angle: Determines the lighting angle at witch the effect is applied to the layer. all the layers containing Effects. Uncheck this if you want that angle to be dependent on this layer only.
  • Depth: A higher value results in a more accentuated bevel.
  • Spread: A higher value increases the spread of the diffuse.
  • Up/Down: This is where you choose if you want your bevel to look popped up or pushed down.

Bevel & Emboss Style Samples

Outer Bevel
Blue text having the same blue on the layer background.
Highlight Mode: Screen
Highlight Opacity: 100
Shadow Mode: Multiply
Shadow Opacity: 100
Style: Outer Bevel
Angle: 120
Depth: 100
Spread: 4
Up/Down: Up
Inner Bevel
Highlight Mode: Screen
Highlight Opacity: 75
Shadow Mode: Multiply
Shadow Opacity: 100
Style: Inner Bevel
Angle: 120
Depth: 100
Spread: 4
Up/Down: Up
Emboss
Highlight Mode: Screen
Highlight Opacity: 100
Shadow Mode: Multiply
Shadow Opacity: 100
Style: Emboss
Angle: 120
Depth: 1
Spread: 0
Up/Down: Down
Pillow Emboss
Highlight Mode: Screen
Highlight Opacity: 77
Shadow Mode: Multiply
Shadow Opacity: 100
Style: Pillow Emboss
Angle: 120
Depth: 6
Spread: 6
Up/Down: Up
Bevel & Drop Shadow
Photoshop allows us to do Multiple Effects at once. For example, when we apply a Bevel to a type layer, we can also give it a Drop Shadow. This is easy to do. Once you have applied a style, then select another style ( like a glow ), Now you have 2 effects going at once. You can apply all the Effects if you want to.

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