blend modes in "stroke"-layer styles not working ?

MJ
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Mark_J_Peterson
Oct 5, 2008
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Hi. Anybody else got problems with the the blend modes in the "stroke" layer style, or am I doing something wrong?

right click on layer > blending options > stroke > blend mode

I want to use "fill type"="gradient", but the blend modes do not even work with "fill type"=color. For both fill modes, the stroke does not let any pixels of the layer shine through, no matter what blend mode I choose.

I often use blend modes, for example "darken", etc. I know how they work, but somehow for the stroke layer style it seems not to work at all.

I know, it’s pretty basic, but I have spent several hours on that and simply don’t succeed. Thanks for any help.
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MJ
Mark_J_Peterson
Oct 5, 2008
Hm, after further trying around, I get the impression, that the stroke always knocks out the layer, even if you choose, for example
size: 50px
position: inside
blend mode: normal
opacity: 50%
till type:color

–> you will see the background underneath the stroke, not the layer. Is there something I can do to have the stroke not knock out the layer?
M
Mylenium
Oct 6, 2008
No. The behavior is as designed (or maybe it isn’t and the bug has now become commonly accepted behavior?). It is strange, I grand you that. Maybe one day it will be changed/ fixed for the better.

Mylenium
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Phosphor
Oct 6, 2008
The Blend Mode on Layer Styles acts on layers beneath, not the layer the style is on.
JR
John_R_Nielsen
Oct 6, 2008
But it will affect the layer it’s on if you Layer > Layer Style > Create Layer. It’s no longer a Layer Style then, though, so it can’t be edited through the Style dialog.
MJ
Mark_J_Peterson
Oct 6, 2008
Ed, I think that’s not true at all. Choose "inner shadow" and cycle the blend modes, you’ll see the shadow blend affects the current layer.
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Phosphor
Oct 7, 2008
So it seems. But the Stroke doesn’t seem to work that way.

A question for Adobe techs?
BS
boarder_s_paradise
Oct 21, 2008
Thanks for confirming Ed.

Yes, I’d be more than happy to get the "official" stance on that …

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