Photoshop Blending Options : The Blending Options Menu

Spruce up your graphics
Setting Document Dimensions
Preparing a new layer for blending use
Layer options
The Blending Options Menu
More Blending Options

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The Blending Options Menu

Now that we've finally made it this far, you can't turn back! After all, that's why you started this whole thing anyway wasn't it?

Just to be sure you're not completely lost; you should see a menu that looks something similar (or perhaps exactly like) the menu below:

You now have 10 distinct options to play with and add to your layer (Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer glow, Inner glow, Bevel and Emboss, Satin, Color overlay, Gradient overlay, Pattern Overlay, and Stroke). Go ahead and click on a few. See what happens. I'll let you play for a few minutes.

All right, now that you've had your play time. You may (or may not) have noticed that there are several different ways to add layer styles. For instance, let's say we want to play with the Satin. But instead of clicking on the actual checkbox, go ahead and click somewhere off to the right of it like so:

As you have noticed, your options changed onto the "Satin Menu." Congratulations. You now have all it really takes to know how to successfully navigate your Blending options!

Dustin Diaz
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