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Using the Libraries panel to store content

Using the Libraries panel to store content - Photoshop Tutorial

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Using the Libraries panel to store content

- [Instructor] If you often use the same layer styles or colors, or gradients, or fonts, or even graphics, then the Libraries panel can be a powerful way to store these different design elements so that you can quickly apply them across multiple documents. Another advantage of using the Libraries panel to store your assets, is that they're automatically saved in Creative Cloud so you can access them from home, or from work, or wherever you log in using your Adobe ID. Let's start by making a few changes to this image. I want to add a Layer effect, so from the bottom of the Layers panel, I'll select FX, choose Drop Shadow, choose to Reset to the Default, then just increase the Opacity, and drag in the image area in order to reposition it. I'll also decrease the size just a little bit to make it more obvious that there's a drop shadow. In order to save this to the library, I could create a new style, but if I don't want to…

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