layer styles outer glow

[lqphoto]

hi! does anyone know if there is a way to change the color of the outer glow in the layer styles, for example to match a color in the image. as far as i can tell the "default" color is an off-white...
thanks!

[Wendy]

Hi ...

... and welcome to the forum :)

There isn't a way to change the colour of the outer glow but a workaround is to:

Duplicate the layer
Go to the layers palette and drag the duplicate layer below the original one
Control click on the layer thumbnail in the layers palette (to regain the selection)
Make you foreground colour the one you want the outer glow to be
Then do Edit>Fill ... use foreground colour
Now do Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur ... move the slide up until the effect looks OK ..

Hope this helps :)

Wendy
PS ... Jodi has done a missing styles CD with has coloured outer glows on it ... and lots more !!

[lqphoto]

hi wendy,
thanks for the info. i am working in pse3. i just tried your workaround, but in the layers palette, i am unable to drag the dup.layer below the original one. in fact, it won't let me drag it anywhere--the pse symbol for "you can't do this -comes up" (circle with line through it!)

also, who is jody and where do you find her cd?

[mom to 4]

Jody Frye...... you can send her a PM. It's called Photoshop Elements The missing Styles. I have it and love it!

I have PSE4, not sure how you move it in 3, but I am SURE you can. Wendy will be back later too!

[Pauline]

You need to double click on your background layer and change it's name from background to layer 1 or some other name. A background layer can't be moved.

[Wendy]

Hi ...

One thing to bear in mind is that you can't apply an outer glow to a whole layer.

Wendy

[kimi_boo]

Here is the link where I found the info to order mine.

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8682&highlight=missing+styles

I sent her an e-mail and she got right back to me. They are GREAT!! :D

[Wendy]

Kimi ...

Anything that Jodi does it great :) :)

Wendy

[bwolford]

So now I need to go out and find out how to create styles like Jodi!!! thanks Wendy :mad: Just kidding. :p I would like to know how to create my own styles and effects though... Anyone aware of any good books on the subject?

Brice

[Wendy]

Hi Brice ...

Sorry I can't remember did you upgrade to CS2 ??

Wendy

[bwolford]

I have PSE and PSCS2. I use PSE 80% of the time and PSCS2 for the really hairy stuff. So being completely incapable of saying yes or no directly without superfilous information, I must say I do have PSCS2.

Just making the point here that using PSE is still useful when PSCS2 is in the tool kit.

Brice

[Wendy]

Brice ...

Photoshop only ....

To make a layer style what you do is:

Click on the little (f) at the bottom of the layers palette
then click on Blending options
When the palette pops up just add Shadows, Glows, Bevels, Gradients etc
tick the box then click on the words to adjust the settings
When it looks good simply do New Style ..

... and there is your new layer style

Wendy

[bwolford]

Oh nice Wendy. Then I can save that for reuse... I'll have to see if I can decipher how others created styles using similar methods. Thanks for tip Wendy.

Brice

[Wendy]

Hi Brice ...

Looking at the way others did styles is a great way to learn ... you discover all sorts of interesting ways things are done :)

Same thing with brushes that have special effects ...

Wendy

[lqphoto]

thank you wendy and others,
i will just play around with it for a while and will definitely check out jodi's cd. i have been using pse2 first and now pse 3 for combined 2 years. mostly self-taught with help from scott kelby's books and i still have a lot to learn and explore! i'm sure now that i know this is here, i will be back with other questions and maybe even an answer or 2 to try and help someone else!
thanks...

[bwolford]

That's what we like to hear! or read, anyway...

Brice