HELP! Inner Glow Effect

[JackF]

I can't figure out how to make this inner glow effect in PSE 5. I can do in CS2 easily.

Here is the Inner Glow I made in CS2 but can't duplicate the effect in PSE5.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1yOHMmNc2Fzett4Yfbpn7sKBwXnE1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1yOHMmNc2Fzett4Yfbpn7sKBwXnE1)

Can someone tell me how to duplicate this effect in PSE5?

I can get as far as the Stroke but can't get the Inner Glow to work. And yes, I do change the shadow color to black.

Here is a screen shot of my layers palette in CS2:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/18ITqVewqQxyMTbipzZtZKlzZXLFX1_thumb.gif (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=18ITqVewqQxyMTbipzZtZKlzZXLFX1)

PS Yes, that image is from Corey's 21 day lesson.:)

[TonyW]

Jack: Not quite sure what you've done there or why CS2 would be different but with the way you have it I think you'd need an outer glow on that top layer. An inner glow is going to be inside the black rectangle not outside it which is what you probably want. Alternately if you want the inner glow to show then you'd need to change the blend mode of the top layer (to soft light for example)

Tony

[JackF]

Hi Tony,

Jack: Not quite sure what you've done there or why CS2 would be different but with the way you have it I think you'd need an outer glow on that top layer. An inner glow is going to be inside the black rectangle not outside it which is what you probably want. Alternately if you want the inner glow to show then you'd need to change the blend mode of the top layer (to soft light for example)

Tony

The reason CS2 is different is in the layers palette you have a Fill Opacity & Layer Opacity control. PSE only has Layer Opacity control, no Fill. So in CS2 I've lowered the Fill Opacity to 0%, hence you do not see the black fill. I learned the technique from Scott Kelby but of course he was using PS not PSE.

I know it seems the glow will be inside the black area but since the "Fill" opacity is set to 0% it's actually transparent. The Glow must be inside to give the vignette effect. The Glow is actually the inner shadow on the four sides. If I choose inner shadow from the layer styles it just fills the stroke with the shadow... go figure!

[Wendy]

Hi Jack ...

Looks like you are doing it the way Scott Kelby shows on the free area of NAPP ...

There actually is a similar tutorial here in the Subscriber Area>Videos ... its called Wedding Template and its by Matt.

This is the workaround for PSE5:

Sadly Adobe removed the ability to uncheck global light in PSE5 so that means that all shadows follow the same direction .. try this as a workaround:

Create your two layers and apply the inner shadow as Matt does in the tutorial
Then go to the layers palette, click on the top layer and do Layer>Simplify Layer.
Next do Image>Rotate>Layer 180 degrees
Then change the blend mode of the top layer to multiply

That should now work OK and you will be able to continue with the tutorial

Hope that helps ...

Wendy

[JackF]

Thank you Wendy,

You are correct, I got the technique from Scott Kelby's Wedding Photographer's DVD.

Yes, your workaround worked!:D

When doing this technique in PSE5 there's not much adjusting the shadow... you either have to go with the low or high drop shadow.

This has got to be one of the few things that PSE cannot do well that the full version of PS can. At least as far as image effects go.

I guess one could always paint in the vignette with a brush on a seperate layer.

Thanks again for your help Wendy.

[Wendy]

Hi Jack ...

CS2 is just so much more versatile than Elements ... but you actually can change the drop shadow size in Elements.

Apply the drop shadow and then go to the layers palette and click on the * next to the layer thumbnail ( its a (f) in PSE2, 3 & 4)
A box comes up and you are able to adjust the drop shadow size ...

it does give you a little more flexibility .. :)

Wendy