Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 802)

Noise
Opacity
Pattern
Position
Range
Size
Soften
Source
Spread
Style
Technique
Texture
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Specifies the number of random elements in the opacity of a glow or shadow. Enter a value or drag the slider.
Sets the opacity of the layer effect. Enter a value or drag the slider.
Specifies the pattern of a layer effect. Click the pop-up panel and choose a pattern. Click the New Preset button to create a new preset
pattern based on the current settings. Click Snap To Origin to make the origin of the pattern the same as the origin of the document (when Link
With Layer is selected), or to place the origin at the upper-left corner of the layer (if Link With Layer is deselected). Select Link With Layer if you
want the pattern to move along with the layer as the layer moves. Drag the Scale slider or enter a value to specify the size of the pattern. Drag a
pattern to position it in the layer; reset the position by using the Snap To Origin button. The Pattern option is not available if no patterns are
loaded.
Specifies the position of a stroke effect as Outside, Inside, or Center.
Controls which portion or range of the glow is targeted for the contour.
Specifies the radius and size of blur or the size of the shadow.
Blurs the results of shading to reduce unwanted artifacts.
Specifies the source for an inner glow. Choose Center to apply a glow that emanates from the center of the layer’s content, or Edge to
apply a glow that emanates from the inside edges of the layer’s content.
Expands the boundaries of the matte prior to blurring.
Specifies the style of a bevel: Inner Bevel creates a bevel on the inside edges of the layer contents; Outer Bevel creates a bevel on the
outside edges of the layer contents; Emboss simulates the effect of embossing the layer contents against the underlying layers; Pillow Emboss
simulates the effect of stamping the edges of the layer contents into the underlying layers; and Stroke Emboss confines embossing to the
boundaries of a stroke effect applied to the layer. (The Stroke Emboss effect is not visible if no stroke is applied to the layer.)
Smooth, Chisel Hard, and Chisel Soft are available for bevel and emboss effects; Softer and Precise apply to Inner Glow and Outer
Glow effects.
Smooth
Blurs the edges of a matte slightly and is useful for all types of mattes, whether their edges are soft or hard. It does not preserve detailed features
at larger sizes.
Chisel Hard
Uses a distance measurement technique and is primarily useful on hard-edged mattes from anti-aliased shapes such as type. It preserves detailed
features better than the Smooth technique.
Chisel Soft
Uses a modified distance measurement technique and, although not as accurate as Chisel Hard, is more useful on a larger range of mattes. It
preserves features better than the Smooth technique.
Softer
Applies a blur and is useful on all types of mattes, whether their edges are soft or hard. At larger sizes, Softer does not preserve detailed features.
Precise
Uses a distance measurement technique to create a glow and is primarily useful on hard-edged mattes from anti-aliased shapes such as type. It
preserves features better than the Softer technique.
Applies a texture. Use Scale to scale the size of the texture. Select Link With Layer if you want the texture to move along with the layer
as the layer moves. Invert inverts the texture. Depth varies the degree and direction (up/down) to which the texturing is applied. Snap To Origin
makes the origin of the pattern the same as the origin of the document (if Link With Layer is deselected) or places the origin in the upper-left
corner of the layer (if Link With Layer is selected). Drag the texture to position it in the layer.
Modify layer effects with contours
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