Installing styles in Photoshop cs6. How to apply a style in Photoshop

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A set manager window opens, where we select the “Styles” type and click the “Load” button, after which another window opens, this is the folder for saving styles. The default folder is empty:

Here in this folder, as in a regular Windows folder, you need to put the ASL file, and then double-click on it. The folder window will close and the new set of styles will appear in the Styles panel. The styles panel opens through the main menu tab Window --> Styles.

Carbon site.asl, which you can download.

In addition, you can put the ASL file in the folder C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2014\Presets\Styles. For example, I put my file in this folder Carbon site.asl, which you can download.

You need to restart Photoshop.

After the restart, open the styles panel, click on the button in the upper right corner, our file will be in the list:

All that remains is to click on the line with the file name and the set will appear in the panel.

Let's get back to working with layers. We're talking about a dialog box. Layer Style and the effects and settings that this window offers.

Layer styles are reversible and remain editable as long as you save the document as a PSD file. As the layer's content changes, the styles also change.

Layer styles are great for adding finishing touches to a drawing, and they can really make text and graphics pop off the page! In this article we will look at what are layer styles, Where are they located and how to apply.

First, let's get acquainted with this window. Let's create/open any image. Now let's turn our attention to the layers palette. Double-click on the layer to which you intend to apply the special effect. A dialog box will open Layer Style.

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Blending Options

Let’s move straight to the most interesting and “delicious”...

Ready-made Photoshop special effects

Looking ahead, I note that in the settings of all parameters, except for embossing, there are such parameters as Overlay and Opacity. Thus, you can adjust these two parameters both for the entire object as a whole (see point above), and for its individual elements, adjusting the color rendition.

Photoshop CS5 offers the following effects for use:

Shadow

An outer shadow is applied to the layer. You can edit the size, span and offset, the angle of incidence of the shadow and select its color. You can change its quality by increasing the percentage of noise or changing its contour. By the way, from the latter, through experimentation, you can achieve very interesting effects, since the shadow will be greatly deformed, sometimes becoming completely different from itself.

In this case, the shadow will fall from the edges to the center of the object. Thus creating the effect of depth. The settings are no different from an ordinary shadow.

The name speaks for itself. The object appears to glow. You can configure the glow to be not one color, but a gradient from one to another. The size and scope of the glow, as well as its quality, can be adjusted.

Same as with the inner shadow. There is only one difference in the settings: you can specify the source of the glow (From the center or At the edges)

Embossing (Outline, Texture)

It is deservedly considered the most powerful and adaptable layer style in Photoshop. Traditional use is to transform a flat object into a three-dimensional one, but this is only a small part of the possibilities of this style. In addition, using “Embossing” you can create metallic effects, chrome and gold surfaces, simulated reflections, glass and much more. More.

One of the most incomprehensible styles. Everyone uses it differently. in my example, it looked like glass edges at the paw.

Completely changes the color of the selected layer. It turns out to be a kind of filling. There are practically no settings.

One of the most popular special effects in Photoshop. Useful when you need to apply a gradient to a specific object in an image.

I have never used such an effect before. He seems stupid to me. The point is that it fills the image not with color, as was already the case, but with some kind of pattern. Maybe they made it for web graphics, I don’t see any other uses.

Outlines the entire image. Editable color and position (Outside, Inside, From the center). A useful parameter is the type of headband, where there is a gradient. In general, gradients always only decorate the image.

There is another way to display the discussed dialog box, but with the settings of the desired effect already open in advance. To do this, click on fx button at the bottom of the Layers palette. A small menu will appear where you only need to select an effect. After this, a window with settings will immediately open.

At the end of the lesson, let's see what the final special effects layer looks like:

As you can see, a list of effects that have been applied to it has appeared under the layer. Each of them has a visibility icon, clicking on which you can turn off the effect, for example, Gradient Overlay. To the right of the thumbnail is the inscription fx - indicates that effects have been applied to the layer. Click on the arrow to collapse them.

If you notice an error in the text, select it and press Ctrl + Enter. Thank you!

Photoshop allows you not only to correct images and retouch photos, but also to create beautiful texts at the same time. In order not to sit for hours on a project during which you need to create original text, experienced designers do not recommend using effects, but rather use ready-made styles. In this case, you will be able to create beautiful text in just a couple of minutes.

We will tell and show the general principles

Styles can also be thought of as stylistic effects that are most often aimed at changing the text. However, similarly, stylistic effects can extend to shapes located on separate layers. In fact, the entire contents of the layer are subject to the selected effect.

Having studied the recommendations on how to use styles in Photoshop, the scope for creative imagination expands for a novice graphic designer. He can experiment by applying stylistic effects to different layers, applying them to both text and other content.

How to apply the selected style

Having launched the graphic editor, you should open any image in it that needs to be corrected. Next, using the “Text” tool, you need to write any congratulation, appeal, slogan, etc.

Now, before continuing with creative work, it is very important for a novice designer to find out where the styles are in Photoshop cs6. In this case, again, the information shared by real professionals who are fluent in working with Photoshop is useful.

On the right side of the main screen of Adobe Photoshop cs6 there should be a palette of stylistic effects. If it is not there, then it should be displayed. This is completely easy to do; just click on the “Window” option in the top panel, and then check the box next to “Styles”. After this, the palette of stylistic effects will appear on the right side of the main window.

The application already has pre-installed sets

Now the layer on which the text is located remains active, and then select the desired stylistic effect. You can immediately visually evaluate the result. If the selected effect is not impressive, you can use another variety. Those who experiment and try multiple options not only get better results, but also master the graphic editor more successfully.

Photoshop allows you not only to apply style effects, but also to essentially “copy” them. In particular, having selected an interesting option and applied it to the layer on which the text is located, you can right-click “Copy Layer Style”, then open another layer and call the “Paste Layer Style” option. As a result of such actions, it will be possible to distribute stylistic effects to several layers at the same time.

You can exchange styles between layers or completely delete

Installation of new stylistic varieties

A graphic designer installs Adobe Photoshop cs6 once when he first starts working in this program. However, over time, updates and important additions appear, and new sets of tools are created, with the help of which work efficiency increases several times. It may happen that the user wants to use a stylistic option that is not available in the installed graphic editor. For this reason, you should know how to install styles in Photoshop if you first download them and save them on your computer.

Rules for installing downloaded sets

Having discovered an interesting proposal from experienced designers regarding original styles on the Internet, the user must first download them. If the downloaded files are placed in an archive, they must first be extracted from the archive and unpacked.

Now that everything is ready for the process of installing styles, you should launch Adobe Photoshop and read further recommendations on how to install styles in Photoshop.

However, all subsequent actions are not accompanied by difficulties, so even a beginner will not have a hard time figuring out how to add styles to Photoshop cs6.

Initially, you should find the “Editing” option at the top, click on it, and then go to the “Sets” item, and then to the “Manage Sets” sub-item.

Select the previously downloaded file with the set

In the window that opens, you can easily find a small window for selecting the type of dialing. In the drop-down list, the designer must select the “Styles” item. On the right side there is a “Download” button, clicking on which will open an additional window in which you are asked to indicate the path where the pre-downloaded file is located.

Having agreed with the uploading process, you can quickly and without any problems upload a new set of styles, which you can immediately use to create a project.

The example uses styles in the form of sea water

Photoshop has a lot of incredible capabilities, which, having mastered, every designer will have the opportunity to create amazing images that can cause genuine admiration.

So, having the information on how to load styles into Photoshop, a novice user must improve his theoretical skills, accompanying them with a practical part. It's not difficult to add a new style, which you can immediately apply to the text. If you come across a more interesting proposal on the Internet, you can download it again, add it to Adobe Photoshop, and start using it in practice.

After getting acquainted with the basics of Photoshop, where you can work with image layers, it will be useful to learn about a set of different layer effects, which in the latest versions of Photoshop are called Layer Styles. Layer styles apply to the entire image on the layer, and you cannot limit the style to a selection area. The main advantage of styles is that they are not applied tightly, like Filters. Styles are effects whose settings you can always go into and change parameters. Styles can and should be saved - this is their main meaning: application to all objects of the same type. You can use sample styles from .
To open the Layer Style dialog box, double-click on the line of the selected layer in the Layers palette, or use the fx icon, which is located in the layer control group at the bottom of the Layers palette. By clicking on this icon, we will have access to a list of all Layer Styles that can be applied to the selected layer. Another way to open the Layer Style dialog box is to double-click with the left mouse button on the layer line in the Layers palette or single-right-click in the same place, additionally specifying the “Blending Options” option in the drop-down menu. You can also access the layer style settings window through the top horizontal menu of the program by going to the Layer menu and selecting first Layer Style, then Blending Options. This menu also contains other style settings.

Layer Style Dialog Box

Let's look at the structure of the Layer Style window. For clarity, as an example, let’s print text using the Type Tool. Then open Layer Style using any of the previously described methods. The Layer Style dialog box consists of three areas. On the left is a list of all styles for the layer, as well as layer overlay settings and the styles window. Styles can be used individually or in combination with each other. To apply a style, you just need to check the box next to its name. Style settings - medium large area. Here are the settings for the specific style selected. Using the right narrow area, you can approve the layer style, save it or cancel the result of the settings, as well as a small preview window to visually demonstrate the effect of applying the selected style in real time. Let's look at each of the effects next.
Blending Options. The first item on the list is the so-called transparency and overlay settings. General Blending - basic layer settings. In the Blend Mode drop-down menu, you can select a layer blending algorithm and set the opacity parameter for the layer to Opacity Advanced Blending - advanced settings for layer properties. Here you can set the Fill Opacity parameter - this is the same as Fill in the Layers palette and specify the color channels that should be displayed in this layer. Blend if - section for controlling selective transparency. Selectivity lies in the fact that we can make dark or light areas of the layer transparent at our own discretion. To control this transparency, there are two sliders, one is called This Layer (current layer) and the other is called Underlying Layer (subject layer).
Drop Shadow- one of the most popular functions in Photoshop. This effect is designed to cast a shadow. Despite the huge number of settings, there is nothing complicated in controlling this effect.
Inner Shadow. The inner shadow effect is very similar to the previous one, the only difference being that it is used inside the object rather than outside it. The inner shadow settings are the same as the previous effect, with the exception of replacing the Spread parameter with Choke. The greater the contraction, the thicker the shadow inside the object.
Outer Glow. In its effect, the style resembles the effect of a shadow. Outer glow is often used to separate the edges of an object from a dark background. In the settings, the Technique drop-down menu will allow you to select the type of shine - Soften (soft) or Precise (hard). The Spread parameter regulates the softness of the radiance boundaries in the first case, but in the second it has virtually no noticeable effect. In the Qality section, you can select the contour type - the Countor drop-down menu. The Range parameter allows you to change the thickness of the glow. The lower the value of the variable, the thicker the light edge. A 1px range will turn your subject's glow into a stroke.
Inner Glow. The style action is performed within the object, not outside of it. The settings for this effect are similar to the previous style, except for one more thing added: Source. He is responsible for the direction of the glow. There are two options: from the center of the object or from its edges to the center. The second option is a basic setting and is the default.
Bevel and Emboss. The effect is very popular because it creates the illusion of volume by adding light and shadow to layer shapes. The Structure section is intended for creating a structure for a pseudo-volume. Select the type of volumetric effect in the Style drop-down menu. The default effect is Inner Bevel, which creates an edge around an image on a layer using the "inside" of the image. The size of the edge is controlled by the Size parameter. The Depth parameter is responsible for the visual depth of the effect. Direction - lighting control: Up - lighting from above, Down - lighting from below. The Technique drop-down menu allows you to choose the type of edge - soft, softened and sharp. The settings in the Shading section allow you to get a semblance of a shadow effect. Set the lighting direction and distance from the light source to the image. The Gloss Counter menu gives the edge a metallic sheen effect. By affecting the Hightlights (lit surfaces) and Shadows (shadow fragments) of the edges, you can achieve an additional volume effect. All these settings involve choosing a blending mode and transparency for each type of area. Next, we list the style options from the Style drop-down menu. The Outer Bevel style simulates the concavity of an image on a layer. The effect is controlled in the same way as Inner Bevel. The effect will be more noticeable if there is another Emboss Style layer under the selected layer. In essence, this is an imitation of bas-relief. The Pillow Emboss style creates a slit effect around the image. The Stroke Emboss style only works in conjunction with the Stroke style. Additional settings - Countor (different types of edge creation) and Texture. The image can be filled with a texture selected from a set of standard ones or uploaded by the user. The Scale parameter controls the size of the minimum texture cell. The Depth parameter is the depth (volume) of the texture itself.
Satin (Satin gloss). The style is used quite rarely. If you carefully select the parameters of this effect, you can imitate a pattern on fabric. The settings are standard and have already been discussed in detail above.
Color Overlay. The layer style is incredibly easy to use. The function of the style is to cover the image with the selected color. The style can be adjusted using three parameters: blending mode, color and opacity. The style allows you to quickly change the color of the text and creates a certain convenience when working in web design.
Gradient Overlay. The difference from using the Color Overlay style is that the image is filled with a gradient rather than color. The Style parameter can be linear, radial, mirror, angular and diamond. The Scale of the gradient increases or decreases depending on the size of the image object. The Reverse option allows you to swap the beginning and end of an already defined gradient, eliminating the need to create a new gradient.
Pattern Overlay. The style allows you to cover an image with a pattern. This effect is very similar in effect to texture mapping in the Bevel and Emboss style.
Stroke. The last style in the list of effects. A stroke creates a border around your subject. Many of the options in the settings dialog box for this style have been seen before. The Position option specifies the location of the stroke: Inside, Outside, or Center. For example, when laying out for subsequent , the sharpest corners of the frames are formed when selecting the Inside parameter. Size adjusts the thickness of the stroke. By default, the parameter is set to 3 px, but a 1 px stroke is more often used. The Fill Type option allows you to fill the stroke with a color, gradient, or pattern. By default, the stroke is filled with color.

Let's look at each of these methods in more detail.

Apply a preset layer style

Open or create a Photoshop document and duplicate the Background layer. Go to the main menu tab Window --> Styles to open the Layer Styles palette and simply click on one of the preset thumbnails in this palette. You'll immediately see the style automatically applied to the layer. By the way, the white rectangle crossed out by a red stripe, which is the very top left, removes the style from the layer, if, of course, it existed. The picture shows the preset in Photoshop CS6:

Create and add a layer style manually

Open or create a Photoshop document and duplicate the background layer. Styles cannot be applied to the background; see the background layer tutorial for details.
In the Layers panel, double-click on the layer (but not on the name!), or click on the icon in the form of stylized letters fx at the bottom of the palette and select the line “Blending Options”:

Either way, this will open the Layer Styles dialog box:

In the next layer style guide, we'll look at each menu item individually. Translation of styles from English into Russian.

If you add any effects to a layer, a list of them will appear in the Layers palette. You can show/hide any of the effects by clicking on the eye icon located to the left of each effect name, similar to turning off the visibility of layers. This allows you to quickly hide a certain effect, while keeping its settings unchanged, so that you can turn it on again at any subsequent time:

How to load presets (sets with layer styles)

There are many free and paid layer styles available for download online, so now we'll look at how to load sets you downloaded online into Photoshop.

After you have downloaded the style file (it must have an ASL extension!), save it to some folder on your computer.

Open the Styles palette in Photoshop and simply drag and drop the ASL file from a folder on your computer into this window:

After which the icons of the styles in the moved set will immediately appear in the palette:

How to save ready-made presets

If you have created your own presets or want to collect all the styles in your palette into one file, you can easily save them from this palette.
To save, click on the button in the upper right corner of the palette, in the menu that opens, select the line “Save Styles”. You will be asked to select a name for the set and a folder on your computer, after which then simply click the “Save” button.

1. Layer styles cannot be added to locked layers, including the background one, however this can be done before locking. Once locked, editing styles will not be possible; to edit, you must unlock the layer.

2. You can increase the size of the thumbnails in the Style Palette. To do this, click on the button in the upper right corner of the palette and in the list that opens, select one of the items: “Names only”, “Small thumbnails”, “Large thumbnails”, “Small thumbnails and names”, “Large thumbnails and names” (Text Only, Small Thumbnail, Large Thumbnail, Small List, and Large Lis).

3. Most layer styles are created for large objects and/or fonts. If you apply a style you found online and are unhappy with the result, try applying it to a larger object/font.

4. Pre-made layer styles themselves can be changed.

5. You can copy a style from one layer and paste it into another in the same or different documents. To copy, right-click on the layer and select Copy Layer Style. To paste, repeat these steps, but select Paste Layer Style.

6. You can hide the contents of the layer, showing only the effects. Select the layer in the palette and change its Fill parameter to 0%, . This creates transparent drops, effects on glass, etc.