Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 801)

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Altitude
Angle
Anti-alias
Blend Mode
Choke
Color
Contour
Distance
Depth
Use Global Light
Gloss Contour
Gradient
Highlight or Shadow Mode
Jitter
Layer Knocks Out Drop Shadow
When you next open the dialog box, your custom defaults are automatically applied. If you adjust settings and want to return to your custom
defaults, click Reset To Default.
To return to Photoshop’s original defaults, see Restore all preferences to default settings.
Layer style options
For the Bevel and Emboss effect, sets the height of the light source. A setting of 0 is equivalent to ground level, 90 is directly above the
layer.
Determines the lighting angle at which the effect is applied to the layer. You can drag in the document window to adjust the angle of a
Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, or Satin effect.
Blends the edge pixels of a contour or gloss contour. This option is most useful on small shadows with complicated contours.
Determines how the layer style blends with the underlying layers, which may or may not include the active layer. For example,
an inner shadow blends with the active layer because the effect is drawn on top of that layer, but a drop shadow blends only with the layers
beneath the active layer. In most cases, the default mode for each effect produces the best results. See Blending modes.
Shrinks the boundaries of the matte of an Inner Shadow or Inner Glow prior to blurring.
Specifies the color of a shadow, glow, or highlight. You can click the color box and choose a color.
With solid-color glows, Contour allows you to create rings of transparency. With gradient-filled glows, Contour allows you to create
variations in the repetition of the gradient color and opacity. In beveling and embossing, Contour allows you to sculpt the ridges, valleys, and
bumps that are shaded in the embossing process. With shadows, Contour allows you to specify the fade. For more information, see
Modify layer
effects with contours .
Specifies the offset distance for a shadow or satin effect. You can drag in the document window to adjust the offset distance.
Specifies the depth of a bevel. It also specifies the depth of a pattern.
This setting allows you to set one “master” lighting angle that is then available in all the layer effects that use shading: Drop
Shadow, Inner Shadow, and Bevel and Emboss. In any of these effects, if Use Global Light is selected and you set a lighting angle, that angle
becomes the global lighting angle. Any other effect that has Use Global Light selected automatically inherits the same angle setting. If Use Global
Light is deselected, the lighting angle you set is “local” and applies only to that effect. You can also set the global lighting angle by choosing Layer
Style > Global Light.
Creates a glossy, metallic appearance. Gloss Contour is applied after shading a bevel or emboss.
Specifies the gradient of a layer effect. Click the gradient to display the Gradient Editor, or click the inverted arrow and choose a
gradient from the pop-up panel. You can edit a gradient or create a new gradient using the Gradient Editor. You can edit the color or opacity in the
Gradient Overlay panel the same way you edit them in the Gradient Editor. For some effects, you can specify additional gradient options. Reverse
flips the orientation of the gradient, Align With Layer uses the bounding box of the layer to calculate the gradient fill, and Scale scales the
application of the gradient. You can also move the center of the gradient by clicking and dragging in the image window. Style specifies the shape
of the gradient.
Specifies the blending mode of a bevel or emboss highlight or shadow.
Varies the application of a gradient’s color and opacity.
Controls the drop shadow’s visibility in a semitransparent layer.
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