Adobe 12040118 - After Effects Standard, Руководство

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preserve these layer styles when importing Photoshop layers. You can also apply layer styles in After Effects and animate their properties.
You can copy and paste any layer style within After Effects, including layer styles imported into After Effects in PSD files. Richard Harrington
provides a video tutorial on the
Creative COW website that shows how to bring a library of layer styles from Photoshop into After Effects so that
you can use, modify, copy, and paste the custom layer styles in After Effects.
In addition to the layer styles that add visual elements—like a drop shadow or a color overlay—each layer’s Layer Styles property group contains
a Blending Options property group. You can use the Blending Options settings for powerful and flexible control over blending operations.
Though layer styles are referred to as effects in Photoshop, they behave more like blending modes in After Effects. Layer styles follow
transformations in the standard render order, whereas effects precede transformations. Another difference is that each layer style blends directly
with the underlying layers in the composition, whereas an effect is rendered on the layer to which it’s applied, the result of which then interacts with
the underlying layers as a whole.
When you import a Photoshop file that includes layers as a composition, you can retain editable layer styles or merge layer styles into footage.
When you import only one layer that includes layer styles, you can choose to ignore the layer styles or merge layer styles into footage. At any
time, you can convert merged layer styles into editable layer styles for each After Effects layer based on a Photoshop footage item.
After Effects can preserve all layer styles in imported Photoshop files, but you can only add and modify some layer styles and controls within After
Effects.
Note: For details about each layer style and its properties, see Photoshop Help.
Layer styles that you can apply and edit in After Effects
Drop Shadow
Adds a shadow that falls behind the layer.
Inner Shadow Adds a shadow that falls inside the contents of the layer, giving the layer a recessed appearance.
Outer Glow Adds a glow that emanates outward from the contents of the layer.
Inner Glow Adds a glow that emanates inward from the contents of the layer.
Bevel And Emboss Adds various combinations of highlights and shadows.
Use the Bevel And Emboss layer style rather than the Bevel Alpha effect if, for example, you want to apply different blending modes to the
highlights and shadows of a bevel.
Satin Applies interior shading that creates a satiny finish.
Color Overlay Fills the contents of the layer with a color.
Gradient Overlay Fills the contents of the layer with a gradient.
Stroke Outlines the contents of the layer.
Add, remove, and convert layer styles
To convert merged layer styles into editable layer styles, select one or more layers and choose Layer > Layer Styles > Convert To Editable
Styles.
To add a layer style to selected layers, choose Layer > Layer Styles, and choose a layer style from the menu.
To remove a layer style, select it in the Timeline panel and press Delete.
To remove all layer styles from selected layers, choose Layer > Layer Styles > Remove All.
When a layer style is applied to a vector layer—such as a text layer, a shape layer, or a layer based on an Illustrator footage item—visual
elements that apply to the edges of the contents of the layer apply to the outlines of the vector objects, such as text characters or shapes. When a
layer style is applied to a layer based on a non-vector footage item, the layer style applies to the edges of the layer’s bounds or masks.
You can apply a layer style to a 3D layer, but a layer with a layer style can’t intersect with other 3D layers or interact with other 3D layers for
casting and receiving shadows. 3D layers on either side of a layer with a layer style can’t intersect one another or cast shadows on one another.
When you use the Layer > Convert To Editable Text command on a text layer from a Photoshop file, any layer styles on that layer are also
converted to editable layer styles.
Layer style settings
Each layer style has its own collection of properties in the Timeline panel.
Align With Layer Uses the bounding box of the layer to calculate the gradient fill.
Altitude For the Bevel And Emboss layer style, the elevation of the light source above the layer, in degrees.
Choke Shrinks the boundaries of the matte of an Inner Shadow or Inner Glow before blurring.
Distance The offset distance for a Shadow or Satin layer style
Highlight Mode, Shadow Mode Specifies the blending mode of a bevel or emboss highlight or shadow.
Jitter Varies the application of the colors and opacity of a gradient, which reduces banding.
Layer Knocks Out Drop Shadow Controls the visibility of a drop shadow in a semitransparent layer.
Reverse Flips the orientation of a gradient.
Scale Resizes the gradient.
Spread Expands the boundaries of the matte before blurring.
Use Global Light Set this option to On to use the Global Light Angle and Global Light Altitude in the Blending Options property group instead of
the Angle and Altitude settings for each individual layer style. This option is useful if you have multiple layer styles applied to the same layer and