7. The Menus / 7.8 The Effects Menu

7.8.50 Layer Style/Special Emboss

Special Emboss is very similar to Inner Emboss, offers much more control over the appearance of the style.

Special Emboss usually creates high-quality results, but note, that using a hair line - a line with the width 0 - as outline may significantly degrade the result.

The following list the main advantages of Special Emboss in comparison to Inner Emboss. All examples are applied to a simple red rectangle: