P: Ability to apply Layers Styles/Effects on layer groups

Thanks for suggesting and voting. It makes my job lobbying for changes easier when I have good, constructive feedback I can bring back to the team for incentive.

Fabulous new feature, Jeff. Thanks for all the work you do!

Excited to see this feature being implemented in CS6 Beta. It would be nice if one also could apply *filters* to layer groups...

Could you expand on that a bit? I thought you could mask layer effects by checking "Layer Mask Hides Effects".

I usually just convert the group to a smart object and then apply all the effects I want. I know it makes editing the group a bit more cumbersome, but it's ok for the frequency that I need something like that.

Thanks. I merged it with this one, so you're all good. Thx.

Okay sorry - you can delete that one if you want! Thanks tho!

Hi David, please do a search for a topic to see if already exists before posting a new topic. Thx.

Idea: Allow designers to add layer styles to folders

Imagine if you could add any object to a folder, and it automatically has a shadow and a bluish tint.... That's possible with the addition of layer styles for folders. You double click a folder, and get the same layer style dialogue box that layers currently get. If you have a stroke applied to a particular folder - everything that is added to that folder gets a stroke. To change the stroke on every object in the folder, you simply change the stroke one time, in the folder.

You could add an option for folder styles to treat each object separately or as part of the whole. In other words, each object in the folder gets it's own stroke, or a stroke follows the border of the entire folder's contents. Same with drop shadow, etc...

Plus, when you combine the layer styles of the folder with the styles of the layers and nested folders, I think the possibilities could be unlimited for a talented designer.