Adobe Photoshop

Layer Styles & Effects

Layer Styles, also known as layer effects, are effective ways to add editable, transferable, high-performance panache to layer content. Some effects (or “fx”) can be applied multiple times to the same layer for even more elaborate results.

Applying and Editing Styles

To apply effects to a selected layer, drag a style preset from the Styles panel; use the fx menu at the bottom of the Layers panel; or choose an effect from Layer > Layer Style. To refine a preset’s parameters, double-click on the letters fx to the right of the layer’s name. The other methods immediately open the same dialog box. In that dialog box, you ...