: Copy the result of an effect on one layer to a new layer I have a rectangular shape that has a colour overlay and drop shadow in a layer. Now, I want to create a new layer containing only

@YK2262411

First copy old layer and paste to new document
second copy old layer style and paste to new document !

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@Jessie844

If you did need the effects of the colour overlay / blend modes as well as layer styles, which can get lost in Rasterize Layer Style, there's a simple workaround I quite often use:


Hide every other layer (alt-click the eye symbol)
Select > All (ctrl+A)
Edit > Copy Merged (ctrl+shift+C) which copies the output of all visible layers as one (you must be in any layer that's visible, or it doesn't work)
Paste


It pastes a new layer containing the final pixel output of whatever was going on in the unhidden layer(s) - including transparency, blending, and layer styles. Then overlay / blend modes etc can be applied to that layer to make it play nicely with everything else.

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@Caterina889

Try the following:


Select the layer you want to copy.
CTRL+J to duplicate it.
Right-click the new layer and select Rasterize Layer Style.
CTRL+ click the shape icon in the new layer in the layer palette to select it and press DELETE to keep just the effect.


EDIT: Missed the part about the color overlay, my answer works for the drop shadow and other effects outside of the shape.

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