Bug or Normal Behavior? Nesting vs Clipping on Pixel & Image

[verysame]

I wasn't sure whether this is a bug or a normal situation, hence I posted here rather than in the Bugs section.

 

Take a look at the GIF below and notice the difference.

The Curve Adjustment Layer has not been tweaked yet, it's in its default values and notice how it reacts when dragged to the Pixel image vs the Placed image.

In order to get the same behavior, I can't group the adjustment with the Placed image.

 

Is this how it is supposed to work? Because I don't see why it should affect the placed image even when the Curve has not been adjusted yet.

 

[- S -]

I don't think it's right either.

It's like clipping the curves adjustment layer multiplies the 'Screen' blending mode (and other blending modes) on an image layer, but acts normally with a pixel layer.  Even with just plain black layers in the place of your 'dust-4' layers you can see it behave differently depending whether it's an image layer or pixel layer, but I can't think of a reason why it should behave differently.  It does the same with levels as well.

[verysame]

Exactly my thoughts. It basically happens with any adjustment layers, hsl, selective color and so on.

What I forgot to mention in my initial post (but of course @Sima already figured this out) is that in order to see this bizarre effect, the layer needs to be on a mode different from normal.

[lepr]

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