I am over here giving my arial font a new style. It’s going to have a nice chrome effect. It’s going to have more bling than a Bentley. lol Are you wondering what style I am talking about? I am talking about a Photoshop layer style. It can be found in Photoshop’s style palette which is next to the swatches. A style can give a font, image, or a shape a totally different look. Styles that are made for text are called text styles. They can range from looking like glass to having objects floating inside the style. If you want your text to have a big impact, then a text style is the way to go. Styles that are made for photos are called photo styles. They can add various effects to a photo or image. They can add a sun-burned effect, a sepia tone, a blue tone, and etc. to photos and images. I used the sun-burned effect on one of my artworks in my portfolio. It turned out great. There are also styles that can be used on all of the above. Those kinds of styles are good to use on shapes. You can take a regular Photoshop shape, such as a star and turn it from a usual yellow star to a shiny gold one.

Styles are a Photoshop fashion accessory that you can’t pass up. I want everybody to put their sunglasses on, because the styles I am about to list are so bright that you gotta wear shades. lol

Yazooy

The Free Logo Makers

Photoshop Treats

Photoshop Stuff

Pencil Pixels (1st Set)

Pencil Pixels (2nd Set)

Ladyoak

EricArt

Finesse FX

ChainStyle

Graphicxtras

Photoshop Presets by Shelby Kate Schmitz

Now that we’re through looking at the styles, let’s take off our shades for a minute and talk about gradients. Gradients are like little rainbows of colors. One color fades into another color and so on. They can be put on top of an image, used as a background, or used to fill a shape or selection. If your design ever needs a nice pop of color, then a gradient will do the trick. I used a gradient on my artwork called “Dreams Run Through It III.” I wanted to experiment with the colors of the artwork. I didn’t feel like coloring different parts of it separately so I used a gradient and adjusted the opacity and the final result was magic. The gradients that come with Photoshop are great, but you’ve got to see some of the gradients at the websites I am getting ready to tell you about. I want everybody to put their good tennis shoes on, because we’re getting ready to go somewhere over the rainbow. Whoever finds the pot of gold is going to have to split it with everybody. lol

Free4Photoshop

Royalty Free Stuff

ChainStyle

Graphicxtras

Ladyoak

Photoshop Presets by Shelby Kate Schmitz

DesignerPie

That was quite a rainbow of gradients huh. I hope you can put these styles and gradients to good use, and as always if you know of any groovy styles and gradients, then let us know about it. If you had a great day today, then let us know about that too. lol Tomorrow, I am going to talk about Photoshop shapes and vectors. They aren’t just squares, circles, and triangles anymore. I must go now. I have another font waiting to be chromed out and another rainbow to explore. Stay beautiful, stay happy, and stay creative!

The Photoshop addict is outta here! Peace!

- Denesia