Working with layer styles and vector shapes

…Working with layer styles in Photoshop can definitely speed up your work flow.…It's really simple to easily add a drop shadow or apply a gradient to a graphic.…When you're talking about the vector shapes they're extraordinarily helpful.…Because, once you create a shape,…you can scale it up to whatever size you want and it won't lose any quality.…Hence the name vector.…Now when you work with these different elements inside of Photoshop,…there are some little things that you need to be aware of.…So that's what we're going to explore right now.…

So, as you can see, we have the 02_03 project open.…And if we look at this we have text layers with effects.…So, if we open up those effects, you can see we have a drop shadow applied.…And then our background rocks has a gradient effect applied.…And then if we open up this group of layers, we have vector layers.…Now the way vector layers are created.…Just in case you're unfamiliar.…If you go down to this tool here.…Looks sort of like an ellipse.…

You can click and hold.…