Photoshop Top 40 with Deke McClelland #17 - Layer Effects

In this tutorial Deke takes us through the effects that are available to us from the FX inside the layers palette. These include Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Inner Glow, Bevel and Emboss, Fill Opacity, and more.

Yes, layer effects can be cheesy and look bad if not used properly, but they also let you create credible compositions, render simple layers in dimension, and add ambient lighting. I cannot imagine working in Photoshop without them.