Layer style on selection

[Mechel]

Hi everyone!
Is there any way to apply a layer style on a selection in ps7?

 

[barehug]

Layer effects are as the name says effects for layers. In CS you could apply a layer effect and then reduce the fill opacity to 0%, but I skipped V7 so couldn't tell you if that version can do that.

Have you a specific effect in mind?

Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.

 

[pixl8r]

You can create a new layer from the selection and apply it that way.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[Mechel]

Thank You all, and to you "barehug" you asked me "Have you a specific effect in mind?" I would like to lets say I have an image that there is a mirror, and would like to apply a glassy effect from my style effects, or lets say I copyed a vector composition from illustrator and would like that just one piece should be beveled etc. I tried to select that piece and applied a style but nothing happend.

Thanx, Mechel

 

[barehug]

any layer effect have to be applied to a layer that has some pixels on them, selections don't alter the effect because it is applied to the layer(so not like a filter, that you can apply to the pixels inside a selection.

If, for example, you want to apply an effect of a glass mirror select the area to be mirrored(on the layer with the image), then create a new layer from the selection (CTRL+J)and apply your effect to the new layer.

Layer effects can onlt be applied to vector shapes, not vector paths because paths by themselves don't occupy a layer.

If the vector art from illustrator is a path then you will have to define a custom shape and then apply it (make sure that you create the shape as shape layer -see above) or rasterize the vector shape.

Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.