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7. The Menus / 7.8 The Effects Menu

### 7.8.40 Effects/Layer Style

Layer Style opens the style dialog without changing the layer style of the active layer. This means you get the current state of the layer.

In this dialog you can edit the layer style by turning an effect on and off and by changing the settings.

Relative To allows you to set up the reference for angles and sizes. There are three modes:

- Layer
Angles and sizes are relative to the layer. If a layer with a shadow is rotated, the shadow will be rotated, too. If the layer is scaled, the shadow distance will be scaled, too.
- Group
The angles and sizes are relative to the group. A shadow placed at the bottom right will stay at the bottom right, even if the layer is rotated. But changing the group will affect the layer style.
- Page
Similar to Group the angles and sizes are relative to the page.