The Bevel Alpha effect gives a chiseled and lighted appearance to the alpha boundaries of an image, often giving 2D elements a 3D appearance. If the layer is completely opaque, then the effect is applied to the bounding box of the layer. The edge created by this effect is somewhat softer than that created by the Bevel Edges effect. This effect works especially well for elements with text in the alpha channel.

This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.

Original (left), and with effect applied (right)