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P: Mask overlay toggle is not persistent

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
August 27, 2025
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Lightroom 8.5.1
Mac Studio M1 Max
Macos 15.6.1

Steps:
1. Create new mask with a Brush >> the brush strokes appear as expected with a red overlay
2. Close Masking and go to Grid view.
3. Open same picture in Edit
4. Open Masking and select the brush mask >> the red mask overlay is one moment visible and then disappears. It does not come back by toggling 'Show overlay'.

Workaround:
Go to 'Compare' view and back to 'Detail' view, the red overlay mask appears again and stays visible.

I have tried resetting Preferences and reinstalling Lightroom, but this behaviour stays the same.
Hope this issue will be resolved in the next update soon. Greetings, Peter Vrijlandt

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peter vrijlandtAuthor

Known Participant

I filed this issue as a bug. Now it is placed in 'Discussions'. Also the title 'The Mask overlay bug is back in Lightroom 8.5.1' is replaced by 'Mask Overlay'. Adobe should take this kind of user feedback more seriously. It is defenitely a very annoying bug that should be fixed as soon as possible, otherwise working with masks is almost impossible.

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SzymonKaz

Participant

FWIW I ended up reverting to 8.5.0 and its working perfectly fine.

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SzymonKaz

Participant

Very easy to reproduce for me. The mask shows initially, but then moving the cursor over the mask window makes the mask overlay disappear until you reopen the photo. EXTREMELY frustrating and impossible to work with!

I recorded a video to clearly show what is happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMHMhBtfeL8

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Dawid32814

Participant

When I Make a mask in Lightroom Cloud I can see the overlay, but when going back to main page I can't see it any more. Also, then I take the preset from Community, I don't see any overlays.

LR version: 8.5.1 Windows 11 Pro

To reproduce the problem, simply make a mask, change anything in the main tab or crop anything and go back to mask tab.

Expected result: Overlays are still visible

Actual result: Cant see my overlays.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

I'm not sure I understand the problem. Can't you simply check 'Show Overlay' at the bottom of the mask panel again? You may have to expand the mask panel to better see the option.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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Jonathan25866292fhc3

Participant

This feature is not working. Right after a create a new mask it shows and then after that, it will not show. This seems to be a recurring bug that keeps coming back in various lighroom updates.

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Amanda26158652oo93

Participant

I am having the same problem, as well as crop glitching. The mask overlay would act up a bit, but this new update seems to have added glitches not fixed bugs

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Amanda26158652oo93

Participant

I had Lightroom open on my phone, so I closed it, never usually a problem, but the desktop version is now running better. Still not as great as it was before the update, but I can get work done without having to take 10 times as long. Go ahead and close any lightroom apps that you aren't currently working in and make sure everything is synced before you start. It isn't perfect, but better than not

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Alec_Barinholtz90807

Participant

Hi. I just updated my LR app today and when I open files that I have previously edited with masks, the masks are invisible. I tried toggling "o" to no avail. Likewise, restarting either the computer or the app hasn't fixed the issue. If I make new edits with masks, the new mask is visible until I navigate away from the image. When I return to the image, I can no longer see the mask. Needless trouble say, this is quite frustrating!

Please let me know what additional information you may need to help resolve the problem. I'm running the app on a Mac Studio with an Apple M2 Max chip, 64 GB of memoray. OS is Sequoia 15.6.1

Thanks for your help!