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

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

Shadows are a part of everyday life and, it sometimes seems, a part of most images we see in print or on the Web.

This is a basic tutorial that will teach you several ways to make a dropshadow in Photoshop.

Make your graphics stand out with these drop shadows.

Advanced shadow techniques from Photoshop pro Mark Galer.

Make your standard Photoshop drop shadows go from fake to photo realistic by learning how to map them to the natural textures and depths in your image with displacement maps.

Make your standard Photoshop drop shadows go from fake to photo realistic by learning how to map them to the natural textures and depths in your image with displacement maps.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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