We continuing our look at the Layer Style window, especially how Outer and Inner Glow work

Adobe Photoshop includes Layer Styles, a number of automated effects that you can apply to layers, including drop shadows, glows, beveling, and embossing, as well as a color fill effect.

Back in the old days, a cool effect like a drop shadow or glow was worthy of a 4 or 5 step tutorial. Then along came layer effects, and later layer styles.

In this tutorial we're going to create a metallic effect using layer styles and gradients that you can apply to different objects. We'll put it on a nice background and create a style for lettering that makes it look like it's embedded into the metal.

Corey demonstrates how to use layer styles to create glassy-looking text that reflects the background image and remains fully editable after you are finished.

Tips on using custom shapes with layer styles.

In this tutorial you will learn how to apply two different layer styles for the same text.

This Photoshop tutorial compares the pros and cons of both Photoshop layer styles and manual techniques like brushing and discusses how to employ both techniques in your Photoshop designs.

Learn how you can use Layer Styles to draw very nice and realistic drops of water (or any other liquid as well). Since we are using layerstyles, you will get the result fast and you don't have to master different drawing-techniques.

Easily make text appear as if it's made out of plastic using Photoshop's Layer Styles and some additional contours we'll be loading in.

Learn how to use layer styles to easily create a fun gel text effect in Photoshop, then save it as a preset style that you can select instantly whenever you need it.

Easily make text appear as if it's made out of plastic using Photoshop's Layer Styles and some additional contours we'll be loading in.

Learn how to use layer styles to easily create a fun gel text effect in Photoshop, then save it as a preset style that you can select instantly whenever you need it.

- bevel and emboss the whole picture in less than one minute!

Enhance details with the Emboss filter combined with the History Brush Tool.

Enhance details with the emboss filter combined with the history brush tool.

Emboss and metallic effects using channels and curves

Sometimes you need to make it appear that the content of one layer appears both in front of and behind another layer.

This is a very simple tutorial that creates a nice bevel that works well for stone.

Create a pixel bevel layer style in 30 seconds and use it on whatever you want.