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Lesson 14:   14-A   14-B   14-C   14-D
Objectives:
​Section 14-A (Monday)
  • What are layer effects?
  • Drop Shadow, outer glow, pattern overlay, color overlay
Section 14-B (Tuesday)
  • Satin, inner glow, inner shadow, stroke, bevel & emboss
  • Using the blending effects dialog - transparent text
Section 14-C (Wednesday)
  • Scaling layer effects
  • Introduction to styles
Section 14-D (Thursday)
  • How to create, save, or install a style
  • How to create, save, or install a pattern, gradient, color swatches, etc

For detailed help, please read through "Photoshop Help: Layer Effects and Styles."

Greg on DeviantArt has created hundreds of styles - go have a look!  They're free to download and use.
Picture
Navajo Jewelry - a Photoshop style created by Nathan Smith. Click on the image to download this style and use it in Photoshop.
I've created a video, "Photoshop: How to install, delete, or save a style" that demonstrates how to install and use this style.
USU students, all the assignments, discussions, exercise files, reading assignments for lesson 14 will be found in Canvas - Lesson 14 Module. See the image at right.

​If you're not a registered USU student, and you are working through this lesson on your own, links to the exercise files are provided within the lesson.
Review - Critiques - Share Techniques - in lesson 13 you created your portfolio exhibit 9. In the lesson 14 discussion, I will be asking you to evaluate two of the other students' exhibits.
This page last updated June 1, 2018.  This lesson combines my own work (images, text, videos) which are ©2018 by Nathan Smith.  All other images, videos, and cited text sources are curated from the internet, and are publicly available.