# HELP - Layer Style affects all layers!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-layer-style-affects-all-layers/43720
**Category:** design
**Created:** [February 25, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-layer-style-affects-all-layers/43720 "2004-02-25T11:09:06Z")
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### Author: ![El\_Thierro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@El\_Thierro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/El_Thierro)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-layer-style-affects-all-layers/43720/1 "2004-02-25T11:09:06Z")

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This has been bothering me for quite a long time now, but it’s impossible to work like this 😛

In Photoshop 7.0:  
When I apply a layer shadow to one layer, everything works fine.  
However, when I want to apply _another layer shadow to another layer_ (with different settings), it affects the first layer as well :ogre:

How can I apply layer styles with different settings to different layers? Why does it affect all layers when I apply something?