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4. The Screen Setup of PhotoLine

## 4.18 Simple Layer Styles, Extended Layer Styles

There are two kinds of layer styles: simple and extended styles. A simple style is a combination of different layer styles (see chapter 2.5 and chapter 7.8.41 and following). An extended style can have a layer style, too. Additionally it can contain layer distortions (see chapter 2.6 and chapter 7.8.35 and following), fill and a line colors and line styles. The pictures in the list show a preview of the styles.

By double-clicking one of the pictures the corresponding style is assigned to the active layer. The stroked circle in the upper left corner has a special meaning: it symbolizes "No Style", so choosing this one will remove the layer style of the active layer.

The context menu (see chapter 3.2) of the style list offers commands for management. New copies the style of the active layer and creates a new style based on them. Change replaces the clicked style with the styles of the current layer. Copy copies the clicked style and Delete deletes it. Beside that you can load or merge another style list and you can save the current list.

While using styles pay attention to the following fact: same layer styles consume an enormous amount of computing power. If you apply such an style on a large layer (i.e. 1500x1500 Pixel or more), the calculation of that style may last minutes on a slow computer.