Layer Styles in Photoshop

Layers styles are a HUGE thing in make stuff work in photoshop.

Using the layer styles you are able to add;

• Drop/Inner Shadows.
• Gloss.
• Colour/Gradient Overlays.
• Glow Effects.
• Bevel and Emboss.
• Texture.

With these you can create things like this.

This is what you can achieve with the layer styles, I've used a slight bevel and emboss style for a slight 3d effect and a gradient overlay for the colour along with a drop shadow for some depth of field, I didn't change any of the settings within the styles a lot of this is default apart from the colours.

A link to the tutorial of which will go more in depth is: http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/layer-styles-in-photoshop/