Enabling a filter on a display object that had a blend mode set would cause the object to become invisible. The two cannot be combined, so when you set a filter on a display object it now automatically resets the blend mode to NORMAL. The same does not happen in reverse however, so if you've got a filter set and then change the blend mode it will still break. Be careful to capture this yourself (thanks @wayfu phaserjs#1994)

Author: photonstorm

README.md

@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ If you are an exceptional JavaScript developer and would like to join the Phaser
 * TilingSprite._renderCanvas wasn't correctly allowing for pixel rounding (thanks @ximop #2022)
 * Cache.addSpriteSheet didn't include default values for the `frameMax`, `margin` and `spacing` arguments (thanks @vladkens #2017 #2018)
 * Tilemap.shuffle was calling the deprecated Phaser.Utils.shuffle, which has now moved to Phaser.ArrayUtils.shuffle.
+* Enabling a filter on a display object that had a blend mode set would cause the object to become invisible. The two cannot be combined, so when you set a filter on a display object it now automatically resets the blend mode to `NORMAL`. The same does not happen in reverse however, so if you've got a filter set and then change the blend mode it will still break. Be careful to capture this yourself (thanks @wayfu #1994)
 
 For changes in previous releases please see the extensive [Version History](https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
 

src/pixi/display/DisplayObject.js

@@ -327,8 +327,13 @@ Object.defineProperty(PIXI.DisplayObject.prototype, 'mask', {
 
 /**
  * Sets the filters for the displayObject.
- * * IMPORTANT: This is a webGL only feature and will be ignored by the canvas renderer.
- * To remove filters simply set this property to 'null'
+ * IMPORTANT: This is a webGL only feature and will be ignored by the Canvas renderer.
+ * 
+ * To remove filters simply set this property to 'null'.
+ * 
+ * You cannot have a filter and a blend mode active at the same time. Setting a filter will reset
+ * this objects blend mode to NORMAL.
+ * 
  * @property filters
  * @type Array(Filter)
  */
@@ -360,6 +365,11 @@ Object.defineProperty(PIXI.DisplayObject.prototype, 'filters', {
         }
 
         this._filters = value;
+
+        if (this.blendMode)
+        {
+            this.blendMode = PIXI.blendModes.NORMAL;
+        }
     }
 });
 

src/pixi/display/Sprite.js

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ PIXI.Sprite = function(texture)
     /**
      * The blend mode to be applied to the sprite. Set to PIXI.blendModes.NORMAL to remove any blend mode.
      *
+     * Warning: You cannot have a blend mode and a filter active on the same Sprite. Doing so will render the sprite invisible.
+     *
      * @property blendMode
      * @type Number
      * @default PIXI.blendModes.NORMAL;