Creating Photoshop Templates For Photo Effects In CS2 / CS3

Step 6: Add A Drop Shadow

Click directly on the words Drop Shadow on the left of the Layer Style dialog box:

This changes the options in middle column of the Layer Style dialog box to the Drop Shadow options. Lower the Opacity of the Drop Shadow to around 40% so it's not so intense. Set the Distance to 0px, leave the Spread set to 0%, then increase the Size to around 40px, although you may want to experiment with a higher value if you're using a high resolution image:

Step 7: Add An Inner Glow

Click directly on the words Inner Glow on the left of the Layer Style dialog box:

This changes the options in middle column of the Layer Style dialog box to the Inner Glow options. Lower the Opacity of the Inner Glow to around 40%, again so it's not as intense. Click on the yellow color swatch directly below the word "Noise", which brings up Photoshop's Color Picker, and select white as the glow color. Click OK to exit out of the Color Picker, then set the Size of the glow to around 40px. Again you may want to experiment with a higher Size value if you're using a high resolution image:

When you're done, click OK in the top right corner of the Layer Style dialog box to exit out of it. Here's my image after applying all three Layer Styles:

So far, everything we've done with our image can be completed in either Photoshop CS2 or Photoshop CS3. What we're going to do next is a Photoshop CS3 exclusive, at least until Photoshop CS4 comes out.