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Using the Fill slider
On first appearance the Fill slider in the Layers palette seems to do much the same as the opacity slider and is often ignored. However, it actually serves a much more important and flexible function than simply opacity, we have something to control this already!
The Fill slider, as the name sugests alters the ‘fill’ opacity, but leaves layer effects intact as they where set. For instance, if you want to put an adjustable drop shadow onto a flattened layer, draw a shape layer using the pen tool around your object, and let it fill with the default colour. Then apply a drop shadow using layer effects, and drop the fill slider to 0% opacity. Another example is if you want text with a stroke (outline) on it, but you want the text to be transparent, once again, drop the fill slider down leaving your layer effect intact.
There are many other uses for the fill slider – dont ignore it, it wants to be used!
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Written by Jonny Allbut - freelance graphic designer
Last modified: 21 July, 2005 (08:35) | First published: 21 July, 2005
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