Satin

Lay soft, silky bands of shade across a shape.

Photoshop's Satin: two blurred copies of the layer's shape, Distance px apart along Angle, compared and run through a Contour (Gaussian at first) and Invert, then laid inside the layer in Color with Multiply at 50%. Size sets how soft the bands are.

Properties

Satin

NameTypeDefaultDescription
Anglenumber19
-180 to 180
The direction along which the two blurred copies of the shape are set apart.
ColorColor30, 0, 0The colour of the satin bands.
Contourstring"Gaussian"
Linear, Cone, ConeInverted, CoveDeep, CoveShallow, Gaussian, HalfRound, Ring, RingDouble, RollingSlopeDescending, RoundedSteps, Sawtooth
Shapes the bands, applied before Invert.
Distancenumber11
0 to 250
How far apart, in pixels, the two blurred copies of the shape are set.
InvertbooleantrueInverts the bands, after the Contour.
Sizenumber14
0 to 250
Blurs the shape the bands come from; at 0 the layer's own shape is used, unblurred.

Layer Style

BlendModestring"Multiply"
Normal, Dissolve, Darken, Multiply, ColorBurn, ClassicColorBurn, LinearBurn, DarkerColor, Lighten, Screen, ColorDodge, ClassicColorDodge, Add, LighterColor, Overlay, SoftLight, HardLight, VividLight, LinearLight, PinLight, HardMix, Difference, Exclusion, Subtract, Divide, Hue, Saturation, Color, Luminosity, StencilAlpha, StencilLuma, SilhouetteAlpha, SilhouetteLuma, AlphaAdd, LuminescentPremul
How the satin blends: any blend mode, starting from Photoshop's default.
Opacitynumber0.5
0 to 1
From LayerStyle 1
From Instance 22