From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 04 Layer Control
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Applying layer styles inside After Effects - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 04 Layer Control
Applying layer styles inside After Effects
One way to work with Photoshop layer styles in After Effects is to import a Photoshop file that already has layer styles applied. Just remember to import it as a composition, so that you get access to the components to make it up and the layer styles that applied to those components. However, you can apply layer styles to your own layers inside After Effects directly without having to go through Photoshop. If you have this lesson's exercise files, open up Comp 11-Layer Styles*starter. Here we've started on what could be a DVD or a website user interface design. A still image, a little bit of text in the background and a startup of some buttons. These buttons frankly look a little bit flat. We'd like to make them look far more interesting and more dimensional. To do that, we'll use layer styles. Quite often, layer styles are more powerful than their corresponding effect counterparts. To start, press this first button. It was created using shape layers, which we discussed in a different…
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