: Specify inner glow the same way as Inner shadow? I'm illustrating a radio button element. When unticked I want the element to be perceived as being "descended" into the page, with a inner

@XinRu324

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I'm illustrating a radio button element.
When unticked I want the element to be perceived as being "descended" into the page, with a inner shadow at the top and a inner glow at the bottom.

The inner shadow does what I want to, adding a slight shadow in the top of the element, right beneath its border. The glow however is applied to the entire edge of the element, this is not what I want. As with the shadow only being in the top I want the glow to only be at the bottom.

How do I achieve this the easiest way, can it be done in the same effects step (without having to rasterize or make new selections in the layer)?

Edit: I've found that I can specify a inner glow in the bottom at the same time as I specify the inner shadow using the Brevel & Emboss effect. Then I could turn the shadow from B&E down to 0% opacity and only use the glow. It works, but it's not as "fool proof" as the drop shadow effect since you specify the angle in two dimensions in B&E whereas in drop shadow you only specify the angle in one dimension.

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