Blend mode settings

hello photoshopers.
id like to know if possible from what the blend modes are composited by,i tend to like mostly the overlay or soft ligh blend mode,is the a seeting for this?the reason i as for this is that if i tend to lower the opacity i wont get the exact result lik ethe overlay or soflight blend offers.and the major reason im trying to figyre out the settings is that when ever i have a layer with a blend mode,when i merge it with some other layer,i loose the blend,it goes back to normal,so im thinking
that if i know where ot see the blend mode settings maybe i dont use the blend modes and use the light,contrast,colors etc etc etc to get a blend mode Emulation
thank you.

hello k-pxl
thank you for the information.i did try what you suggested.but to tell you the truth it didnt work for the particular technique im after,cos
there is a purpose why im trying to achieve this.Thats exaclty whats frustrating me,the fact that i use the blending modes on 2 layers
to get the result im after devastates me when i merge them and go back on 0 again,i use this technique to achieve great shines and shades
something lowering the opacity wont do on its own,so my A-Z question is how to find a way to merge 2 layers that have a blend mode and ps not
to  combines them into a new layer and get rid of the blend.
i hope i find an answer to my solution.

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