diff --git a/include/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.h b/include/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.h
index b487a88..b8b1466 100644
--- a/include/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.h
+++ b/include/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.h
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
     /**
      *  Info for how to apply the layer's paint and offset.
      *
+     *  fFlagsMask selects which flags in the layer's paint should be applied.
+     *      result = (draw-flags & ~fFlagsMask) | (layer-flags & fFlagsMask)
+     *  In the extreme:
+     *      If fFlagsMask is 0, we ignore all of the layer's flags
+     *      If fFlagsMask is -1, we use all of the layer's flags
+     *
      *  fColorMode controls how we compute the final color for the layer:
      *      The layer's paint's color is treated as the SRC
      *      The draw's paint's color is treated as the DST
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@
      *      kDst_Mode: to just keep the draw's color, ignoring the layer's
      */
     struct LayerInfo {
+        uint32_t            fFlagsMask; // SkPaint::Flags
         BitFlags            fPaintBits;
         SkXfermode::Mode    fColorMode;
         SkVector            fOffset;
@@ -60,29 +67,19 @@
     /**
      *  Call for each layer you want to add (from top to bottom).
      *  This returns a paint you can modify, but that ptr is only valid until
-     *  the next call made to this object.
+     *  the next call made to addLayer().
      */
     SkPaint* addLayer(const LayerInfo&);
 
     /**
-     *  Call for each layer you want to add (from top to bottom).
-     *  This returns a paint you can modify, but that ptr is only valid until
-     *  the next call made to this object.
-     *  The returned paint will be ignored, and only the offset will be applied
-     *
-     *  DEPRECATED: call addLayer(const LayerInfo&)
+     *  This layer will draw with the original paint, ad the specified offset
      */
-    SkPaint* addLayer(SkScalar dx, SkScalar dy);
+    void addLayer(SkScalar dx, SkScalar dy);
     
     /**
-     *  Helper for addLayer() which passes (0, 0) for the offset parameters.
-     *  This layer will not affect the drawing in any way.
-     *
-     *  DEPRECATED: call addLayer(const LayerInfo&)
+     *  This layer will with the original paint and no offset.
      */
-    SkPaint* addLayer() {
-        return this->addLayer(0, 0);
-    }
+    void addLayer() { this->addLayer(0, 0); }
     
     // overrides from SkDrawLooper
     virtual void init(SkCanvas*);
@@ -114,8 +111,7 @@
     // state-machine during the init/next cycle
     Rec* fCurrRec;
 
-    static void ApplyBits(SkPaint* dst, const SkPaint& src, BitFlags,
-                          SkXfermode::Mode);
+    static void ApplyInfo(SkPaint* dst, const SkPaint& src, const LayerInfo&);
 
     class MyRegistrar : public SkFlattenable::Registrar {
     public:
diff --git a/samplecode/SampleDraw.cpp b/samplecode/SampleDraw.cpp
index 776d6da..d34403e 100644
--- a/samplecode/SampleDraw.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SampleDraw.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,55 @@
 #include "SkGraphics.h"
 #include "SkRandom.h"
 
+static void test_strokerect(SkCanvas* canvas, const SkRect& r) {
+    SkPaint p;
+    
+    p.setAntiAlias(true);
+    p.setStyle(SkPaint::kStroke_Style);
+    p.setStrokeWidth(4);
+    
+    canvas->drawRect(r, p);
+
+    SkPath path;
+    SkRect r2(r);
+    r2.offset(18, 0);
+    path.addRect(r2);
+
+    canvas->drawPath(path, p);
+}
+
+static void test_strokerect(SkCanvas* canvas) {
+    canvas->drawColor(SK_ColorWHITE);
+
+    SkRect r;
+
+    r.set(10, 10, 14, 14);
+    r.offset(0.25, 0.3333);
+    test_strokerect(canvas, r);
+    canvas->translate(0, 20);
+    
+    r.set(10, 10, 14.5f, 14.5f);
+    r.offset(0.25, 0.3333);
+    test_strokerect(canvas, r);
+    canvas->translate(0, 20);
+    
+    r.set(10, 10, 14.5f, 20);
+    r.offset(0.25, 0.3333);
+    test_strokerect(canvas, r);
+    canvas->translate(0, 20);
+    
+    r.set(10, 10, 20, 14.5f);
+    r.offset(0.25, 0.3333);
+    test_strokerect(canvas, r);
+    canvas->translate(0, 20);
+    
+    r.set(10, 10, 20, 20);
+    r.offset(0.25, 0.3333);
+    test_strokerect(canvas, r);
+    canvas->translate(0, 20);
+    
+}
+
 class Draw : public SkRefCnt {
 public:
     Draw() : fFlags(0) {}
@@ -83,7 +132,8 @@
     enum Style {
         kRect_Style,
         kOval_Style,
-        kRRect_Style
+        kRRect_Style,
+        kFrame_Style
     };
 
     RDraw(const SkRect& r, Style s) : fRect(r), fStyle(s) {}
@@ -116,6 +166,15 @@
                 canvas->drawRoundRect(fRect, rx, ry, fPaint);
                 break;
             }
+            case kFrame_Style: {
+                SkPath path;
+                path.addOval(fRect, SkPath::kCW_Direction);
+                SkRect r = fRect;
+                r.inset(fRect.width()/6, 0);
+                path.addOval(r, SkPath::kCCW_Direction);
+                canvas->drawPath(path, fPaint);
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -158,7 +217,8 @@
         r.set(p0.x(), p0.y(), p1.x(), p1.y());
         r.sort();
 
-        RDraw* d = new RDraw(r, RDraw::kRRect_Style);
+//        RDraw* d = new RDraw(r, RDraw::kRRect_Style);
+        RDraw* d = new RDraw(r, RDraw::kFrame_Style);
         d->setPaint(this->getPaint());
         return d;
     }
@@ -217,6 +277,8 @@
 
     virtual void onDraw(SkCanvas* canvas) {
         this->drawBG(canvas);
+     //   test_strokerect(canvas);
+     //   return;
 
         for (Draw** iter = fList.begin(); iter < fList.end(); iter++) {
             (*iter)->draw(canvas);
diff --git a/samplecode/SampleDrawLooper.cpp b/samplecode/SampleDrawLooper.cpp
index 7cf53b2..e1b63a1 100644
--- a/samplecode/SampleDrawLooper.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SampleDrawLooper.cpp
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@
 
         fLooper = new SkLayerDrawLooper;
 
+        SkLayerDrawLooper::LayerInfo info;
+        info.fFlagsMask = SkPaint::kAntiAlias_Flag;
+        info.fPaintBits = SkLayerDrawLooper::kStyle_Bit | SkLayerDrawLooper::kMaskFilter_Bit;
+        info.fColorMode = SkXfermode::kSrc_Mode;
+        
         for (int i = 0; i < SK_ARRAY_COUNT(gParams); i++) {
-            SkPaint* paint = fLooper->addLayer(gParams[i].fOffset,
-                                               gParams[i].fOffset);
+            info.fOffset.set(gParams[i].fOffset, gParams[i].fOffset);
+            SkPaint* paint = fLooper->addLayer(info);
             paint->setAntiAlias(true);
             paint->setColor(gParams[i].fColor);
             paint->setStyle(gParams[i].fStyle);
             paint->setStrokeWidth(gParams[i].fWidth);
-            paint->setTextSize(SkIntToScalar(72));
             if (gParams[i].fBlur > 0) {
                 SkMaskFilter* mf = SkBlurMaskFilter::Create(SkIntToScalar(gParams[i].fBlur),
                                                             SkBlurMaskFilter::kNormal_BlurStyle);
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@
         this->drawBG(canvas);
 
         SkPaint  paint;
+        paint.setTextSize(SkIntToScalar(72));
         paint.setLooper(fLooper);
 
         canvas->drawCircle(SkIntToScalar(50), SkIntToScalar(50),
diff --git a/src/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.cpp b/src/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.cpp
index b3f3886..3b21d49 100644
--- a/src/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/SkLayerDrawLooper.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 #include "SkUnPreMultiply.h"
 
 SkLayerDrawLooper::LayerInfo::LayerInfo() {
-    fPaintBits = 0;                     // ignore out paint
+    fFlagsMask = 0;                     // ignore our paint flags
+    fPaintBits = 0;                     // ignore our paint fields
     fColorMode = SkXfermode::kDst_Mode; // ignore our color
     fOffset.set(0, 0);
     fPostTranslate = false;
@@ -36,11 +37,11 @@
     return &rec->fPaint;
 }
 
-SkPaint* SkLayerDrawLooper::addLayer(SkScalar dx, SkScalar dy) {
+void SkLayerDrawLooper::addLayer(SkScalar dx, SkScalar dy) {
     LayerInfo info;
 
     info.fOffset.set(dx, dy);
-    return this->addLayer(info);
+    (void)this->addLayer(info);
 }
 
 void SkLayerDrawLooper::init(SkCanvas* canvas) {
@@ -63,17 +64,25 @@
     }
 }
 
-void SkLayerDrawLooper::ApplyBits(SkPaint* dst, const SkPaint& src,
-                                  BitFlags bits, SkXfermode::Mode colorMode) {
-    dst->setColor(xferColor(src.getColor(), dst->getColor(), colorMode));
+void SkLayerDrawLooper::ApplyInfo(SkPaint* dst, const SkPaint& src,
+                                  const LayerInfo& info) {
+
+    uint32_t mask = info.fFlagsMask;
+    dst->setFlags((dst->getFlags() & ~mask) | (src.getFlags() & mask));
+
+    dst->setColor(xferColor(src.getColor(), dst->getColor(), info.fColorMode));
+
+    BitFlags bits = info.fPaintBits;
 
     if (0 == bits) {
         return;
     }
     if (kEntirePaint_Bits == bits) {
-        // we've already compute the color, so save it from the assignment
+        // we've already computed these, so save it from the assignment
+        uint32_t f = dst->getFlags();
         SkColor c = dst->getColor();
         *dst = src;
+        dst->setFlags(f);
         dst->setColor(c);
         return;
     }
@@ -133,8 +142,7 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    ApplyBits(paint, fCurrRec->fPaint, fCurrRec->fInfo.fPaintBits,
-              fCurrRec->fInfo.fColorMode);
+    ApplyInfo(paint, fCurrRec->fPaint, fCurrRec->fInfo);
 
     canvas->save(SkCanvas::kMatrix_SaveFlag);
     if (fCurrRec->fInfo.fPostTranslate) {