Ahhhh its the simple things really....
When your building a photo composition or working in any premedia service doing color retouching you can use lovely creative software such as Photoshop to help you create all kinds of fantastic imagery...
Sometimes, now matter how smart you think you are.. there is something sooo simple that you think.. Why didn't I know this sooner... get ready here is that moment!
When I stumbled across this totally simple and easy tip I knew I had to share it with the masses...
I've set up this simple example to demonstrate just what I'm talking about...
Step 1
I created a simple recycle icon on its own layer and added some layer styles... drop shadow... bevel and emboss
Step 2
Next I am going to make a layer mask using the rectangular marquee tool..
The issue we’re going to solve today now becomes really obvious. I masked the recycle icon, but Photoshop has now automatically adjusted all the layer styles to fit with the layer mask. Now, sometimes you want this to happen… sometimes you don’t.
Ready for the tip???
Here we go...
If we open the Layers Styles dialog for the recycle icon layer we are by default opened to the Blending Options page. You’ll notice that in the center of the dialog is a section called Advanced Blending and inside that area is Layer Mask Hides Effects. By default this checkbox is not checked. Notice also that the next unchecked box is for Vector Masks, which means that this tip can work for both types of masks.
If I click on the Layer Mask Hides Effects box, you can see that now the mask is independent of the Layer Styles and is applied to the actual pixels on the layer AND the layer style in exactly the same way. WOO HOO!! no more bleeding shadows if you don't want them...
Have fun... and stay tuned... my next post will have some fun freebies for you to download!!
ciao-
joy
When your building a photo composition or working in any premedia service doing color retouching you can use lovely creative software such as Photoshop to help you create all kinds of fantastic imagery...
Sometimes, now matter how smart you think you are.. there is something sooo simple that you think.. Why didn't I know this sooner... get ready here is that moment!
When I stumbled across this totally simple and easy tip I knew I had to share it with the masses...
I've set up this simple example to demonstrate just what I'm talking about...
Step 1
I created a simple recycle icon on its own layer and added some layer styles... drop shadow... bevel and emboss
Step 2
Next I am going to make a layer mask using the rectangular marquee tool..
The issue we’re going to solve today now becomes really obvious. I masked the recycle icon, but Photoshop has now automatically adjusted all the layer styles to fit with the layer mask. Now, sometimes you want this to happen… sometimes you don’t.
Ready for the tip???
Here we go...
If we open the Layers Styles dialog for the recycle icon layer we are by default opened to the Blending Options page. You’ll notice that in the center of the dialog is a section called Advanced Blending and inside that area is Layer Mask Hides Effects. By default this checkbox is not checked. Notice also that the next unchecked box is for Vector Masks, which means that this tip can work for both types of masks.
If I click on the Layer Mask Hides Effects box, you can see that now the mask is independent of the Layer Styles and is applied to the actual pixels on the layer AND the layer style in exactly the same way. WOO HOO!! no more bleeding shadows if you don't want them...
Have fun... and stay tuned... my next post will have some fun freebies for you to download!!
ciao-
joy
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