Mask selection is not showing on premiere 2026

When I try to use object masking, it doesn’t work. The lasso doesn’t work, and neither does the rectangle. Every other mask works, but I need the tracker because what I’m trying to mask is always moving. It was working fine last night, but now it’s like Premiere doesn’t even realize I’m using the tool at all. Everything is up to date 

Same issue. Everything worked on the last video. Now it doesn’t. I’ve toggled guides/rulers/etc. I confirmed that the mask still works by dragging it to the Opacity Effect. But I have to guess what is being masked. SUPER FRUSTRATING 😢

Same thing happening here. Tried many of the solutions below. 

Windows 10

CPU Ryzen 5900x

GPU Radeon RX6600

GPU Intel Arc B580

Same issue here, no visible mask outlines. No rulers or guides active, changing to opacity mask didn’t change anything. The new mask feature worked for me before, I know how to use it. Though it was much more hardware demanding than the old one. Its seriously a joke that I can’t access basic and often used features, the new mask should have stayed in the beta until Adobe figured out all the bugs. Its horrible to have this in a release version, can’t believe I pay money for this. And another reason to switch to DaVinci.

Updating my graphics card driver solved this issue for me (Windows 10, NVIDIA GPU)

I think I found a solution, or at least it worked for me:

• In the object mask dropdown menu, select “Pen Mask Tool”
• Create the mask you need
• The mask will appear under “Unassigned Masks” in “Effect Controls”. Right-click the mask and select “Convert to Opacity Mask”, and that’s it.

Same issue, all masking indicators are invisible.

EDIT: A Premiere Pro restart fixed it but still shouldn’t be happening

TEST IN PROJECTS

In the video linked I try to show when this bug happens and when not it seems to me that is something to do with the masks folders there created or with the new rotoscopie system. I’ve tested previously the ruler and box out preview but it dind’t solve either. Premiere is updated 26.0.1.

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Tipo de sistema    Sistema operacional de 64 bits, processador baseado em x64
Edição    Windows 10 Pro
Versão    22H2
Instalado em    ‎27/‎04/‎2021
Build SO    19045.6466

This most likely isn’t a permanent solution, as I had working/editable layer masks when I first opened and made a mask.  But during my editing session, this problem arose where the box/anchor points went invisible, and toggling different tools/related settings did nothing until I randomly turned off my ruler and guides and suddenly the frame came back.  So maybe that might help for those troubleshooting a quick fix while a patch or something is found to address it permanently, because it’s beyond frustrating to try and work with an invisible effect

Same issue here. 

My Specs:
OS: Windows 11 Pro 25H2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor, 3.8 GHz
RAM: 32 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB (Driver updated: 30.12.2025, Version 32.0.15.9174)

No matter what kind of masking-tool I use, it shows no colored selection, no points, no paths. Watched tutorials on YT, nothing helped: no rulers off-showing, no scaling of my window, no other tools. Pretty annoying. This is like a blindflight.

I just want to have a fix mask, where beneath a text flies in. No chance to pin the mask on a point. That was so easy, the versions before. So… WHY????

I understand that it’ll help for tracking and masking, but not for my case. PLS HELP!!!