Step 20: Add An Outer Glow Layer Style

With the top layer still selected, click on the Layer Styles icon at the bottom of the Layers palette:

Select Outer Glow from the list of Layer Styles that appears:

This brings up the "Layer Style" dialog box set to the "Outer Glow" options in the middle. We're going to turn our "glow" into a shadow, and to do that, we need to change the Blend Mode at the top from Multiply. We also don't want yellow as our shadow color, so click on the color swatch just below the word "Noise", which brings up Photoshop's Color Picker, and select black as the color. Click OK once you've selected black to exit out of the Color Picker. Lower the Opacity value to about 60% so the shadow isn't quite as dark and intense. Finally, in the "Elements" section in the middle of the dialog box, raise the Size value to around 40 pixels:

You may need to adjust the "Size" value depending on the size and resolution of the image you're using. Click OK when you're done to exit out of the Layer Style dialog box. Your image should now look something like this. We're almost done:

Step 21: Copy And Paste The Layer Style Onto "Layer 1"

All that's left to do now is apply the exact same Outer Glow layer style to "Layer 1". Rather than adding another Outer Glow and having to change all the settings in the options again, we can simply copy our layer style from "Layer 2" and paste it onto "Layer 1". To do that, go up to the Layer menu at the top of the screen, choose Layer Style, and then choose Copy Layer Style. Then click on "Layer 1" in the Layers palette to select it, go back up to the Layer menu, choose Layer Style once again, and this time, choose Paste Layer Style.

As soon as you do that, the Outer Glow, along with all the settings we just changed, is pasted onto "Layer 1", and the "interweaving photo strips" effect is complete:

And there we have it!

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