Layer styles - color overlay

At my current work our designer using color overlay everywhere, instead of just change color, saying it is more comfortable to him. But when using project parfait it does not see color overlay, for example on shapes and fonts.

Hello marchenko alexandr,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Would you be willing to share an example PSD so we can check it out here?
Thanks!
Bruce

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Message was edited by: R_Kelly

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Here is a screenshot:

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Hello--
Help me if you can!
I have had it on good authority (my photoshop instructor) that color range selection hasn't been working correctly for some time.
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okay I see that this is getting little more complicated.
So now I see it isn't anything with windows.
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[email protected]

Get layer style parameters?

How is it possible to set and get layer style parameters? For example read out stroke size, shadow distance, etc...

In case you're still interested about getting and setting layer styles parameters, I've just released a new module jamStyles of my open-source JSON Action Manager scripting library, which provides full support for blending options and layer effects using a fully-documented, simplified JSON object format.
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            "noise": 0,
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            "blur": 20,
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            "antiAlias": false,
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                        "vertical": 0
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                        "vertical": 71
                        "horizontal": 87,
                        "vertical": 167
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                        "vertical": 240
                        "horizontal": 255,
                        "vertical": 255
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                "green": 255,
                "blue": 255
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            "shadowColor":
                "red": 0,
                "green": 0,
                "blue": 0
            "shadowOpacity": 100,
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                        "vertical": 0
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            "useShape": true,
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                "curve":
                        "horizontal": 0,
                        "vertical": 0
                        "horizontal": 29,
                        "vertical": 71
                        "horizontal": 87,
                        "vertical": 167
                        "horizontal": 195,
                        "vertical": 240
                        "horizontal": 255,
                        "vertical": 255
            "antiAlias": true,
            "inputRange": 70,
            "useTexture": false
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jamStyles.setLayerStyle (layerStyleObj);
And this code will let you read out the drop shadow distance:
var layerStyleObj = jamStyles.getLayerStyle ();
if (layerStyleObj)
    if ("layerEffects" in layerStyleObj)
        var layerEffectsObj = layerStyleObj["layerEffects"];
        if ("dropShadow" in layerEffectsObj)
            var dropShadowObj = layerEffectsObj["dropShadow"];
            alert ("Drop shadow distance: " + dropShadowObj["distance"]);
Actually, if you know for sure that the current layer you're working on has layer effects, including a drop shadow effect, the code can be as short as:
var layerStyleObj = jamStyles.getLayerStyle ();
alert ("Drop shadow distance: " + layerStyleObj["layerEffects"]["dropShadow"]["distance"]);
Or, even shorter, using dot notation:
alert ("Drop shadow distance: " + jamStyles.getLayerStyle ().layerEffects.dropShadow.distance);
HTH,
     --Mikaeru

Layer Styles Not Saving for Use on Other Computers

I've been trying over and over for the last 6 hours to get the layer styles I save in my custom pallet to work on other computers. I mean, I have a bunch of pallets from other sources and somehow they achieved a way of being able to save theirs, now why can't I do it on mine?
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SplendidAngst wrote:
<snip>
Then, I save the layer styles for use later, but no. When I do everything exactly the same way, my Layer Style that I saved has lost all it coordinates of shadows and stroke widths, bevels, you name it, it's screwed up.<snip>
Adobe Photoshop CS4 & CS5.
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A former student,
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