diff --git a/crates/compose/src/tests.rs b/crates/compose/src/tests.rs
index fd195bf453..fa8a6c5b89 100644
--- a/crates/compose/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/compose/src/tests.rs
@@ -1017,6 +1017,55 @@ fn dissolve_coverage_matches_opacity() {
     assert_eq!(flatten(&d), b);
 }
 
+/// Invert at 50% Dissolve is black or white, not the gray of a Normal mix (#3050).
+#[test]
+fn dissolve_adjustment_is_a_per_pixel_choice() {
+    let mut d = doc_white(16, 16);
+    let mut inv = Layer::new("inv", LayerContent::Adjustment(Adjustment::Invert));
+    inv.blend = photocraft_color::BlendMode::Dissolve;
+    inv.opacity = 0.5;
+    d.layers.push(inv);
+    let b = flatten(&d);
+    let (black, white, other) = b.px.iter().fold((0, 0, 0), |(k, w, o), p| {
+        if close4(*p, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]) {
+            (k + 1, w, o)
+        } else if close4(*p, [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]) {
+            (k, w + 1, o)
+        } else {
+            (k, w, o + 1)
+        }
+    });
+    assert_eq!(other, 0, "a partial mix would be gray");
+    assert!(black > 40 && white > 40, "black {black} white {white}");
+}
+
+/// A clipped black fill at 50% Dissolve stays black or white on an opaque base (#3052).
+#[test]
+fn clipped_dissolve_fill_is_a_per_pixel_choice() {
+    let mut d = doc_white(16, 16);
+    let mut l = solid_layer("k", Rect::new(0, 0, 16, 16), [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+    l.clipped = true;
+    l.blend = photocraft_color::BlendMode::Dissolve;
+    l.opacity = 0.5;
+    d.layers.push(l);
+    let b = flatten(&d);
+    assert!(b.px.iter().all(|p| close4(*p, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]) || close4(*p, [1.0; 4])));
+}
+
+/// A Color Overlay must not turn Dissolve coverage into a Normal mix (#3051).
+#[test]
+fn color_overlay_keeps_dissolve_coverage() {
+    use photocraft_doc::effects::{Effect, FxCommon};
+    let mut d = doc_white(16, 16);
+    let mut l = Layer::new("ink", LayerContent::Fill(Fill::Solid(photocraft_color::Color::BLACK)));
+    l.effects.items.push(Effect::ColorOverlay { common: FxCommon::new(photocraft_color::BlendMode::Normal, 1.0), color: photocraft_color::Color::BLACK });
+    l.blend = photocraft_color::BlendMode::Dissolve;
+    l.opacity = 0.5;
+    d.layers.push(l);
+    let b = flatten(&d);
+    assert!(b.px.iter().all(|p| close4(*p, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]) || close4(*p, [1.0; 4])));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn render_is_tile_independent() {
     // Rendering a sub-rect must equal the same region of a full render.
diff --git a/crates/gpu/tests/it/parity.rs b/crates/gpu/tests/it/parity.rs
index 0b19410f19..fdfff2be61 100644
--- a/crates/gpu/tests/it/parity.rs
+++ b/crates/gpu/tests/it/parity.rs
@@ -3196,6 +3196,33 @@ fn pass_through_clipping_base_with_an_adjustment() {
     check(&mut g, &d, "pass-through clipping base with an adjustment");
 }
 
+/// Dissolve's adjustment/effect decisions use document coordinates, even in offset regions
+/// and in the paged compositor. The clipped path comes from #4992.
+#[test]
+fn dissolve_adjustments_and_effects_match_cpu_in_offset_regions() {
+    let Some(mut g) = gpu() else { return };
+    for depth in [SampleType::U8, SampleType::U16, SampleType::F32] {
+        for effects in [false, true] {
+            let mut d = Document::new("Dissolve", Size::new(300, 280), ColorMode::Rgb, depth);
+            d.layers.push(noise_layer("base", d.pixel_format(), Rect::new(0, 0, 300, 280), 19, 0.4));
+            let mut layer = if effects {
+                let mut l = noise_layer("effect", d.pixel_format(), Rect::new(-8, 13, 290, 270), 27, 0.6);
+                l.effects.items = vec![Effect::ColorOverlay { common: FxCommon::new(BlendMode::Normal, 0.7), color: Color::rgb(0.2, 0.8, 0.4) }];
+                l
+            } else {
+                Layer::new("adjustment", LayerContent::Adjustment(Adjustment::Invert))
+            };
+            layer.blend = BlendMode::Dissolve;
+            layer.opacity = 0.37;
+            layer.mask = Some(mask(Rect::new(11, 7, 287, 265), 43, 0.0));
+            d.layers.push(layer);
+            let label = format!("Dissolve effects={effects} {depth:?}");
+            fx_check(&mut g, &d, &label);
+            diff_rect(&mut g, &d, Rect::new(17, 23, 281, 269), &label).unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Transparency Shapes Layer off changes the special eight's blend (the layer's alpha blends as
 /// Fill, #5692); the GPU has no pass for it and leaves such documents to the CPU. Other modes look
 /// the same either way and stay on the GPU.