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Be More Efficient With Layer Styles
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Be More Efficient With Layer Styles

on Aug 8th 2012 with 12 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Applications Used: Adobe Photoshop CS6
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Estimated Completion Time: 9 Minutes

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 2 of 33 in the Shortcuts on Psdtuts Session
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In this episode we are going to learn some new things about Layer Styles that will save you a lot of time and make you work much more efficiently. Let’s get started!

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Martin is a Hungarian graphic designer, digital artist and an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor (Design Master). He is currently teaching and working in London but usually travels around the UK and share his love for Adobe products and graphic design. You can follow him on his blog or on Twitter.  

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  • Kristof

    a question about the first example with website you designed. i always wondered if you can export this file as a website. i know that with prefixes in the layer name you can export a dvd- or bluraymenu designed in photoshop right into adobe encore, is there a way like this for websites? does the new muse support it?
    or if no for all the previous questions, what would your next step be then, Martin?

    • http://www.yesimadesigner.com Martin Perhiniak
      Author

      Hi Kristof,

      Thanks for your question. You can use slices and then choose Save for Web and Devices from the File menu. With that you can save an HTML file with the slices saved into JPEGs, GIFs or PNGs. Once you have that you can use Dreamweaver for example to add the code to the site. I haven’t tried Muse yet, but that is supposed to help you finish the workflow without writing any code.

      I hope that explains your questions!

      I will do a tutorial in this series about Slices in Photoshop, so keep following :)

  • Livia

    Sorry, but this isnt new. There’s on CS5 and 4, and 3…

  • http://wayruro.com Renzo

    Thank you for post.

    I have been using LayerCake to export my assets from a .PSD. Saves me tons of hours! As of now I dont work with video :)

    Renzo.

  • http://suruha.com Su Hall

    Martin! You just showed me how to save so much time! LOL In the past, I would ‘Create Layer’ of the drop shadow, then, mask it. Then, I would click on the thumbnail of the image itself, not the shadow layer. With the image layer active, I would ‘select’ the shadow layer and paint the mask, removing those parts of the shadow. So, that’s, what, 4 steps? LOL Thank you for showing this!

    Su

  • http://www.twitter.com/flashpro Edwart

    Hi Martin,

    Learned something new today.

    When applying a gradient to multiple elements by adding the effect to the group does not give the same effect as applying it to all elements separately. The gradient is applied to the group of objects instead of to the elements.

    Is there a fix to fix this? Same happens when you apply a gradient to a stroke. The stroke is applied to all elements separately, but the gradient is applied to the group of elements.

    Hope you have a solution… would save me a lot of time.

    Regards!

  • http://tatuxa.dp.ua/ pikasso

    super…..)))

  • hi

    These tutorials that Martin make are so core, yet so overlooked. They are absolutely essential for people like me (beginners). There is such an abundance of information in the tutorials he does. I will need to revisit them again. Thank you, Martin, and PSDTuts.

  • http://allsnoringcures.com/ Sisir

    Looks good. Thanks!

  • http://eljamesbooks.net E. L. James

    Great tutorial for beginners. Helped me a lot, Thanks!

  • http://www.alquilerdeyatesenibiza.com Marc Rogers

    earned something new today.

    When applying a gradient to multiple elements by adding the effect to the group does not give the same effect as applying it to all elements separately. The gradient is applied to the group of objects instead of to the elements.

    Is there a fix to fix this? Same happens when you apply a gradient to a stroke. The stroke is applied to all elements separately, but the gradient is applied to the group of elements.

    Hope you have a solution… would save me a lot of time.

  • http://todoilustracion.blogspot.com/ marko

    I think many incredible grace the tutorial I’m going to try