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Creating Layer Styles

I am showing here four styles applied to text.   Two are without an outline stroke and two with the outline stroke. Color overlays and gradients changed for various use.

The “speckle” in the style is a pattern I made by Filter | Render | Clouds followed by Filter | Pixelate | Mezzotine.

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Blend If ...

I liked the way the Blend If seemed to “rust away” the text just as Pittsburgh's steel industry also joined the rank and file of the “rust belt”.

This photograph I used in another class taught by Sara.   Beth's comment at the time was that I coulda, shoulda placed it under a good sky.   So from a collection I have made of blue, cloudy skies the Blend If accomplished this in short order.  

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• Lesson 1  
• Lesson 2  
• Lesson 3  
• Lesson 4  
• Lesson 5  
• Lesson 6  

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