Bevel only in certain areas

[MarsBars439]

Hi all,

Please use this picture as reference to my question:



I want to have the bevel only where the white touches the red, and no effect along the side touching the transparency. I don't want to do a crude select, layer via copy, then just remove bevel because the shading then becomes shoddy and it looks unprofessional. Thanks for your help!

 

[hawkeye]

After you apply the layer style, place the effects on their own layer. ( Layer-Layer Style-Create Layer ) Then add a layer mask and remove the style wherever you wish.

 

[MarsBars439]

After you apply the layer style, place the effects on their own layer. ( Layer-Layer Style-Create Layer ) Then add a layer mask and remove the style wherever you wish.

Thanks for your help. However, when I do this, it creates the same crude corners as the way I was doing it before. You can see in the picture that I eliminated the bevel on the red, but you can still see the shadow on the left, where it touches the white. If there were truly no bevel against the transparency, this would be a highlight all the way down. Does that make sense?

 

[raikkonen]

Turn that on and mask your stuff.

 

[MarsBars439]

I still don't quite understand what to do. Could you walk me through it step by step? Thanks

 

[raikkonen]

Could you upload your psd here?

 

[MarsBars439]

I would rather not. I can e-mail it to you if you PM me your address.

 

[MarsBars439]

Nevermind lol there you go

 

[raikkonen]

So you want to keep editability.

The first option is to make the final mask for a group.

 

[MarsBars439]

Can you walk me through what you did from opening my psd file?

 

[raikkonen]

Get the file. Dunno wheather this option with masking the whole group is suitable for you.

 

[raikkonen]

and apparently all your figures should be vector.

 

[raikkonen]

The problem has been sorted out in private.