Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 317)

310 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Layers
Last updated 1/10/2010
• Drag one or more layer effects from the Layers panel to the image to apply the resulting layer style to the highest
layer in the Layers panel that contains pixels at the drop point.
Scale a layer effect
A layer style may have been fine-tuned for a target resolution and features of a given size. Using Scale Effects allows
you to scale the effects in the layer style without scaling the object to which the layer style is applied.
1 Select the layer in the Layers panel.
2 Choose Layer > Layer Style > Scale Effects.
3 Enter a percentage or drag the slider.
4 Select Preview to preview the changes in the image.
5 Click OK.
Remove layer effects
You can remove an individual effect from a style applied to a layer, or remove the entire style from the layer.
Remove an effect from a style
1 In the Layers panel, expand the layer style to see its effects.
2 Drag the effect to the Delete icon .
Remove a style from a layer
1 In the Layers panel, select the layer containing the style you want to remove.
2 Do one of the following:
• In the Layers panel, drag the Effects bar to the Delete icon .
• Choose Layer > Layer Style > Clear Layer Style.
• Select the layer, and then click the Clear Style button at the bottom of the Styles panel.
Convert a layer style to image layers
To customize or fine-tune the appearance of layer styles, you can convert the layer styles to regular image layers. After
you convert a layer style to image layers, you can enhance the result by painting or applying commands and filters.
However, you can no longer edit the layer style on the original layer, and the layer style no longer updates as you
change the original image layer.
Note: The layers produced by this process may not result in artwork that exactly matches the version using layer styles.
You may see an alert when you create the new layers.
1 In the Layers panel, select the layer containing the layer style that you want to convert.
2 Choose Layer > Layer Style > Create Layers.
You can now modify and restack the new layers in the same way as regular layers. Some effects—for example, Inner
Glow—convert to layers within a clipping mask.