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I was wondering if there was a way to selectively mask out layer styles (not including the actual layer)?
For example: I add a drop shadow to a layer, but I only want the shadow to show on a few layers. Is there a way to take the brush tool and mask away some of the shadow?
I know there are alternatives to creating this effect, but I was just curious. If there isn't a feature like this, it would be a nice one to add.
Mitchell. The easiest way to answer your problem is: when you have added styles on a layer you can convert them to a new layer. After that just apply vector mask on it. Now, you can take the brush tool with black color and fade out the parts you don't need. You can always get the faded parts back with the brush tool, but with white color. Hope this helps. Cheers
For what it's worth, if you have a layer with styles, then put that layer in a group and put a layer mask on the group, you can use the mask to mask out anything in the group, whether actual pixel layer content or the styles.
