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.

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.

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.

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.

Tips on using custom shapes with layer styles.

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.

This versatile effect help create a feeling of depth by adding highlight and shadow to layer shapes. Depending on where these highlights and shadows are placed, a 3D effect can be quickly generated

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.

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

how to make a great colorful text with Adobe Photoshop in just a few steps

Learn how to use the exposuremerge command to combine all of the image.

In this tutorial we're going to create an icey-cold effect using layer styles and that you can apply to different objects, including text. And to complete the effect we'll give it a nice starburst background.

I recently completed an experimental personal design project where a piece of digital artwork was created by combining pixel and vector elements. During the process of it’s production I captured screenshots and jotted down notes to present the course of the creation as a full blown walkthrough/tutorial.

Design project walkthrough explaining how to create impactful graphic artwork with pixel and vector.

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

This tutorial will show you how to create some layer styles that will help you create a metallic look.