Blending Mode issue

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Posted By
DavidJohnson08
Jul 15, 2008
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I have 2 layers styles applied to a shape in Photoshop CS3:

1. Drop shadow with a soft light blending mode.
2. Colour fill with a multiply blending mode.

This shape is on a transparent canvas so I can export it without a background.

If I convert the shape to a smart object it seems to change the appearance of the shadows and the fill to as if they were set to the default "Normal" blending mode. I also get this problem when I export for web and if i merge layers together.

Can someone please tell me how to preserve the blending modes of the layers as this seems an odd thing for Photoshop to do.
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Mathias_Vejerslev
Jul 15, 2008
Are you viewing your file at 100% zoom before / after? Also, what is the benefit of layer blending on top of a transparent background?
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DavidJohnson08
Jul 15, 2008
Yes it is at 100% zoom. I am designing a website in Photoshop with the background image enabled then i disable the backgrounded image and export for web. I want to overlay the transparent images in a table over the page background in Dreamweaver.

If I merge layers in Photoshop it happens as well but if I flatten all the layers it preserves the effects, this defeats the object however as I want to overlay over any background image.

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