CS6 quick question on layers and layer effects

[ExTav]

Hey everybody, PS noob here. I'm checking out a guide by torstan on dungeon map creation using grids. Essentially, I have 2 layers right now, one of which is just a plain pattern (the background layer), and another one which is just my dungeon made with fill from the rectangle tool and a grid. The enxt step is to use layer styles like outer glow and stroke to differentiate the dungeon map from the background, but when I apply these styles, even stroke (which to my understanding should outline the layer), it seems to bleed into the entire surrounding background, and doesn;t outline it at all. I have been twiddling with it for a while, and have probably just screwed up a setting somewhere, planning to redo it when I get back in about an hour, but if anybody sees anything blatantly wrong, let me know, thanks!

[madcowchef]

Hmm do you have a picture? Might be easier to diagnose if we could see what's wrong. If you mess up the settings just clear the layer style and start over might be easier than figuring out what you messed up.

[Jaxilon]

I'm just guessing but you may want to cycle through the various blend modes on the layer. You might also reorder the layers since depending on what you are after that will cause various issues.

A screen shout would be quickest. Also, in the new PS the stroke and glow modifications will try to apply to all the layers so you might have to make sure it's switched to only apply to the layer you are currently on.

[Chick]

How are you doing the stroke? Using Edit, Stroke, or a path? Some things stroke using a brush, and if your brush is set bigger, you get bigger looking strokes.