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Re:Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop? by statictype on Friday February 11, 2011 @01:00PM (#2207406)
Yes please.

I recently discovered that I could create reasonably decent looking UI elements using only layer styles. I assume there are better ways to do it.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop? by chaosmachine on Friday February 11, 2011 @01:13PM (#2207471)
Layer styles are an incredibly underrated feature, IMO.

I actually built a small business around them: http://photoshoplayerstyles.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop? by Groxx on Friday February 11, 2011 @01:41PM (#2207590)
Those are pretty good, nice work! /me bookmarks
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Re:Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop? by alextgordon on Friday February 11, 2011 @01:06PM (#2207433)
Nope. Layer styles were pretty much designed for doing exactly that.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you know Photoshop? by kaylarose on Friday February 11, 2011 @01:40PM (#2207578)
Don't underestimate the value of layer styles. In fact I would say that for most UI design 80% of the "visual style" can be achieved via layer styles.

Just make sure to Name and Group your layers, otherwise you can end up with 100s of layers named Layer N with undecipherable thumbnails. Also it's nice to save your most commonly used layer styles to swatches.

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