Refining Outer Glow?

[Thwizzit]

I'm familiar with Photoshop and am now experimenting with Elements and it seems that the Outer Glow feature has less refinement options and can really only create a soft glow. In Photoshop I was able to tighten up the glow using the Range slider to where it was almost as opaque as a Stroke. Is this just one of the limitations of Elements essentially being Photshop Lite?

[Jeff Arola]

Yes it's a case of photoshop elements not having as many adjustments available for the various layer styles like photoshop has.

There are a variety of Outer Glows available under Window>Styles>Out Glows.

[MichelBParis]

Also, did you try to switch to the layers panel and to click on the 'fx' black icon on the right of the layer?

That lets you customize the glow.

[Thwizzit]

Thanks for the reply. I have played around with the Styles Panel and while it doesn't seem to give me as much control as PS did, I am able to refine the Outer Glow a little more than I had first thought.. One other way I've been doing it is to Duplicate the layer, add a Stroke to the Layer underneath and play with the Opacity and Blur a little bit to get a more solid looking glow.

Thanks again 🙂