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Now we begin to add the 3rd dimension to our L. This is done by creating a number of duplicate layers each separated by 1px. To do this, first select the ‘Lbottom’ layer and select the Move tool on the toolbar. Now, with the Alt button held down, press the Up arrow key on your keyboard to create a duplicate layer that is placed 1px above the current layer. While still keeping the Alt button down, keep pressing the Up Arrow key about 11 more times so that you have 11 layers stacked one on top of the other.



Select the top most layer on the layer palette and rename it to ‘Ltop’. Apply the following layer style to it:



It should look like this now:



Now select the lower most layer ‘Lbottom’ and apply the following layer style to it. (We are creating a shadow with this layer)



After you apply the style, with the move tool selected, press the Right arrow key 2 times so that we create a sort of shadow for the L.



Now with the Lbotttom layer selected, choose Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and select a value of 1.4 pixels. You should get the following shadow now:



Now select all the layers on the layer palette between ‘Ltop’ and ‘Lbottom’ (You can select a layer and Ctrl+Click on other layers on the layer palette to add more layers) and merge them as we had done before. Rename this layer to ‘Lmiddle’. Apply the following layer style to this layer.



We get the following result:

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