Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 315)

308 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Layers
Last updated 1/10/2010
Display or hide layer styles
When a layer has a style, an “fx” icon appears to the right of the layer’s name in the Layers panel.
Hide or show all layer styles in an image
❖ Choose Layer > Layer Style > Hide All Effects or Show All Effects.
Expand or collapse layer styles in the Layers panel
❖ Do one of the following:
• Click the triangle next to the Add a Layer Style icon to expand the list of layer effects applied to that layer.
• Click the triangle to collapse the layer effects.
• To expand or collapse all of the layer styles applied within a group, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
and click the triangle or inverted triangle for the group. The layer styles applied to all layers within the group expand
or collapse correspondingly.
Create and manage preset styles
You can create a custom style and save it as a preset, which is then available from the Styles panel. You can save preset
styles in a library and load or remove them from the Styles panel as you need them.
Create a new preset style
1 From the Layers panel, select the layer containing the style that you want to save as a preset.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click an empty area of the Styles panel.
• Click the Create New Style button at the bottom of the Styles panel.
• Choose New Style from the Styles panel menu.
• Choose Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options, and click New Style in the Layer Style dialog box.
3 Enter a name for the preset style, set style options, and click OK.
Rename a preset style
❖ Do one of the following:
• Double-click a style in the Styles panel. If the Styles panel is set to display styles as thumbnails, enter a new name in
the dialog box and click
OK. Otherwise, type a new name directly in the Styles panel and press Enter (Windows) or
Return (Mac OS).
• Select a style in the Styles area of the Layer Style dialog box. Then choose Rename Style from the pop-up menu,
enter a new name, and click
OK.
• When using a shape or Pen tool, select a style from the Style pop-up panel in the options bar. Then choose Rename
Style from the pop-up panel menu.
Delete a preset style
❖ Do one of the following:
• Drag a style to the Delete icon at the bottom of the Styles panel.
• Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click the layer style in the Styles panel.