Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
ChAPteR 9
Using Layer
styles and Comps
Layer styles allow you
to manage layer effects and layer-blending options
through a dialog-box-based interface. Layer effects offer you tremendous
creative possibilities, and everyone from graphic and web designers to illus-
trators and digital artists use them every day. Layer comps can record all
the layers' styles, positions, and visibility settings; you'll learn to use comps
to explore design variations. In this chapter, you will re-create a piece of my
digital art from a line drawing and in the process explore layer effects, styles,
and comps.
applying layer effects
Working with layer styles
Using layer comps
Applying Layer effects
Photoshop has a dozen layer effects, including various shadows, glows, and
overlays plus bevel and emboss, satin, and stroke. You will learn to use each
of these effects by creating a series of layers and layer groups in the following
exercise.
Certification
Objective
1.
Go to the topic's Downloads page at
www.sybex.com/go
sample files, and open
Line-Drawing.png
. Figure 9.1 shows
this drawing.
2.
The image is currently in grayscale color mode. You will need to
change the mode in order to create layer effects in color. Choose
Image a Mode a RGB Color.
3.
Save the file as
Digital-Art.psd
and leave the file open as you
work through the remainder of this exercise.
