Stroke in Layer style with opacity 0%

[ViktoriaPS]

Hi,

I updated to the latest PS CC 2019 and noticed that Stroke in Layer style with 0% opacity works differently than with earlier versions (PS 2014)

When I decrease opacity to 0%, the stroke effect now disappears completely and the object becomes solid without any stroke, while the old PS makes an object transparent where the stroke is applied. I used to use this effect much if I need to decrease the object for several pixels inside.

Probably, some option I should turn on? Overprint is not it, I tried.

[davescm]

Hi

I have to check overprint here to get CC2019 (v 20.0.3) to look like your second screenshot.

Without overprint it looks like your first screenshot.

Have you tried resetting your preferences ?

Dave

[Michael Bullo]

I have the same issue. As I lower the opacity of the inside stroke it cuts into the object and does so all the way down to 1%. As soon as it gets to 0% the influence of the stroke disappears entirely and the entire object is revealed.

macOS Mojave Version 10.14.3

Photoshop Version 20.0.3

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi

That is helpful and I can confirm I can replicate that here on Windows (so not a Mojave issue) . Victoria - sorry I had misread your post and had not caught the significance of the change between 1% and 0%.

Looks like a bug to me

I've raised a bug report - you may wish to add your own comments

CC2019 V20.0.3 Layer style stroke issue | Photoshop Family Customer Community

Dave

[ViktoriaPS]

Thank you for a bug report.

Yes, Michael Bullo describes it perfectly. 1% is Ok, but when 0% stroke disappears.

[JJMack]

Yes but only when the stroke effect is the only effect in the a layer style.  Any addiinal effect added to the layer style will see the correct stroke effect behavior.

[davescm]

Adobe's Senior Product manager has confirmed he can replicate the issue and has passed it to the engineering team. You can follow progress by following the thread in the link I gave previously.

Dave

[Jeff Arola]

Apparently this was reported at least once before:

Photoshop: Stroke layer effect, zero percent blending oddity | Photoshop Family Customer Community

[davescm]

Hi Jeff

Thanks - I did search but did not see that one. Let's see what they come back with this time.

Dave

[JJMack]

Yes I see that in CC 2018 and CC 2019 not in CS6 and CC 2014.   I have removed CC 2015, CC 2015.5 and CC 2017.  I forget in which release Adobe made the changes Photoshop Layer Style feature so multiple effects of the same kind can be applied. I would think that would be the release that change was made. 

[davescm]

Hi JJ - that is interesting. I don't see the issue (i.e the significant change between 1% and 0%)  in CC2018  but I do in the current CC2019 (V20.0.3)

Edit : I must have tested incorrectly, the issue is in CC2018 also

Dave

[JJMack]

I forget in which release Adobe made the changes Photoshop Layer Style feature so multiple effects of the same kind can be applied. I would think that would be the release that change was made.  It may not be an issue in Adobe mind set it may be just an other incompatible design change. A new feature. Than again it may be a bug for it only happens when there is just a single stroke effect like the Append shows. Adobe would think its acceptable though.