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

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.

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?

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

The Blend Mode on Layer Styles acts on layers beneath, not the layer the style is on.

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.

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.

So it seems. But the Stroke doesn't seem to work that way.

A question for Adobe techs?

Thanks for confirming Ed.

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