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A07-02: Review: Styles
Objective:
  1. Review how to create a style, how to use a style, and how to save and share a style.
  2. Apply what you have learned by creating, saving, and then sharing your own style with the rest of the class.
Learn:
In the beginning Photoshop and graphic design course, you learned about layer effects, and how to create a style out of them. Let's review and go into greater depth about styles. Here are some great comprehensive tutorials online about layer styles.  (alternate link)

​Below are the basics of creating, saving, sharing, and loading styles.
Creating a Style - Step 1: Add layer effects to a layer.
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Saving a style file...
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Creating a Style - Step 2: Create and save your style.
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Loading a style file...
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​One excellent way to learn about styles is to load some that other people have created, and look at the Blending Options dialog to see what settings they used, and to play with each setting to see just what it does.  Here is a link to Sonarpos' great gallery of free style downloads - check it out.  I've also shared some of my own styles with you in the optional section below. You can see just how varied a style can be.  With all the different settings you can play with, there are literally millions of possible combinations.
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Apply: Exercise A07-02: Create your own style and share it with the class.

Create a new, unique layer style of your own and save it.  Try taking this further, better, more complex than in the beginning course! Use it in a simple design to demonstrate it (similar to mine in the optional section below).  Save your Photoshop file as A07_02_Your_Name.PSD. Save your style as Style_Your_Name.ASL.
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My Photoshop Styles Pinterest Board - Links to thousands of styles!
Optional resources to share with you! (Not required)
Below is a slideshow of styles that I have personally created. If you'd like, you can download them here, and add them to your collection to use in your own creations (I give you permission, but please give me credit by linking back to this lesson). (Download is 342 MB)
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Lesson 7 sections:    7-1    7-2    7-3    7-4    7-5    7-6   7-JFF    7-IDEA

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