Is it possible to make stroke only shapes in Photoshop without Stroke Path?

Question

I often find myself stroked shapes for buttons etc (kind of like the "Ask Question" button on this site actually). I follow the approach of creating a white shape with a stroke effect, and then selecting the multiply blend mode. Leaving only the stroke visible. This is a useful technique as i can resize the shape.

So this is fine for the design stage but when it comes to exporting these elements as png's and using them in a website or in after effects, the multiply effect obviously won't be carried over and i'm having to reconstruct these elements in Illustrator. I do this often enough that it's getting a bit annoying.

Is there a different method that will allow me to create these type of elements fully within Photoshop that i can export as fully functional pngs? Without using Stroke Shape, as i can't resize these layers.

Here are some screenshots of the process:

• Make white shape

• Add stroke

• Multiply shape layer

• Desired final effect

• Multiply problems

Answer 1

Don't change the layer's blending mode. After you apply the stroke go to your Layer Panel and where it says Fill: 100% lower that to 0. It's directly below Opacity

Answer 2

I'd recommend going to the Rounced rectangle options and setting:

• Fill to none
• Stroke and Stroke width to what ever color / width you want.

_{You'll need to have one of the shape tools selected to see these options.}

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Alternatively... These can also be found in the Window > Properties

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Shape Stroke was introduced in Photoshop CS6.