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WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I don't work with styles very often, so I have a question.

How do I prevent a style-altered layer or font from changinging it's look when said layer gets re-scaled or sized?

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  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,757
    edited December 1969

    Not sure I completely understand your question, but a quick Google search turned up this. It might help.
    http://jecinternational.com/various-tutorials/photoshop-quick-tip-scaling-layer-styles/

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
    edited December 1969

    barbult said:
    Not sure I completely understand your question, but a quick Google search turned up this. It might help.
    http://jecinternational.com/various-tutorials/photoshop-quick-tip-scaling-layer-styles/

    Thanks.

    I know how to apply a style. My confusion is how to maintain the look of the style when the element is resized. In this instance, I applied a cool style to a font, on a rather large file. Then I have to scale the file down for the print size, but the style darkens considerably upon re-scale.

    I'm trying to find a way to maintain the effect even at a smaller scale.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,757
    edited December 1969

    OK, another Google search points me to this. Does it help?
    http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2013/01/scaling-effectstyles-in-photoshop-cs6.html

  • ReisormocapReisormocap Posts: 146
    edited December 1969

    If I understand your question correctly, try Layer>Rasterize. This will permanently commit the layer style and allow you to scale it up or down as needed. However, it will mean that you cannot edit the layer style anymore.

  • Collective3dCollective3d Posts: 446
    edited December 1969

    As Posermocap said, if you rasterize the layer it will burn the layer styles in and preserve their scale.

    Layer styles are initially generated based on the existing pixels on a layer, but aren't pixels themselves. For instance, you can apply an Outer Glow style to a blank layer, and nothing will happen. If you paint a small dot, it will then pick up the glow, which holds true for whatever else you paint on that layer. When you resize the dot larger or smaller, the layer style scales appropriately (whether it is based on absolute values or percentages). For instance, if you put a 2px stroke on your dot, it will stay 2px no matter how big or small you make it. But if you use a style that's based on a percentage, the style will scale bigger and smaller with your dot.

    I believe it was added in Photoshop CS6 that you can right-click on a layer and select rasterize layer style. Prior to that version, you can create a new blank layer and merge it with the styled layer. That will collapse the style into the layer and make it a permanent effect that is no longer procedural.

    Hope that helps!

  • WillowRavenWillowRaven Posts: 3,787
    edited December 1969

    Thanks, guys. Simply rasterizing the layers didn't do the trick, but converting the rasterized layers to a single smart object did. Thanks for the help, guys :D

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