Layer Blending Styles

Brave New Blending Styles: Four

Here’s simple ‘Style’ applied to an Ellipse Shape. This gives the appearence of a glass eye or camera lens affect. Most effective style’s are created using extreme combinations. Follow along this series, you’ll see just what I mean. Start off with a new document (mine 366×364) ,

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Minesweeper Metaball

Combine some prefab shapes and some layer styles helped create this minesweeper meta ball effect. Start a new document (your preset choice) Set a foreground color of your choice. I used a dark color #4A515D. Select the ‘Ellipse Tool (U)’ from the Toolbar. Activate the Options Bar’

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Brave New Blending Styles: Two

1. Here’s simple ‘Style’ applied to an Ellipse Shape. Most effective style’s are created using extreme combinations. Follow along this series, you’ll see just what I mean. 2. Start off with a new document (mine 366×364) , next hit the ‘D’ key on your keyboard to set

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Brave New Blending Styles: Five

Here’s simple ‘Style’ applied to an Ellipse Shape. Applying a knockout to the center and using a Satin Layer Style makes for a neat object. Start off with a new document (mine 341×313) , next hit the ‘D’ key on your keyboard to set the foreground to

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Brave New Blending Styles: Seven

Here’s simple ‘Style’ applied to an Ellipse Shape. Applying a knockout to the center and using a Satin Layer Style makes for this neat object. Start off with a new document (mine 341×313) , next hit the ‘D’ key on your keyboard to set the foreground to

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Brave New Blending Styles: Three

1. Here’s simple ‘Style’ applied to an Ellipse Shape. Most effective style’s are created using extreme combinations. Follow along this series, you’ll see just what I mean. 2. Start off with a new document (mine 366×364) , next hit the ‘D’ key on your keyboard to set

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Brave New Blending Styles: Six

Here’s simple ‘Style’ applied to an Ellipse Shape. This gives the appearence of a door bell. Most effective style’s are created using extreme combinations. Follow along this series, you’ll see just what I mean. Start off with a new document (mine 366×364) , next hit the ‘D’

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Brave New Blending Styles: One

Here’s simple ‘Style’ applied to an Ellipse Shape. Most effective style’s are created using extreme combinations. Follow along this series, you’ll see just what I mean. 1. Start off with a new document (mine 366×364) , next hit the ‘D’ key on your keyboard to set the

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