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January 27, 2026

Mask selection is not showing on premiere 2026

  • January 27, 2026
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The outline of the mask not showing at all when creating a mask in any situation in premiere 2026

    30 replies

    KazuT_G
    Inspiring
    May 7, 2026

    How do I unsubscribed from a post? I’d like unsubscribe from this post.

    Tomasz1986
    Participating Frequently
    May 7, 2026

    Very same problem here, cannot complete my work. 

    Windows 10 Home
    Processor    AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor               3.40 GHz
    Installed RAM    128 GB
    Storage    1.82 TB SSD Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
    Graphics Card    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (6 GB)
    System Type    64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

     

    Nothing works, no ruler off, no restarting. I reinstalled Premiere, updated graphics card, checked all the common fixes. 
     

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    May 7, 2026

    I’ll forward this to the team. So sorry that you are experiencing these issues.

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    May 7, 2026

    @Tomasz1986 ​@j.s38953115 Just to be clear, are you in beta?
    We have made some changes in Beta that we hope will help with this issue, but it continues to be elusive.

    Participating Frequently
    May 7, 2026

    Same problem here, mask is created but isn’t shown onscreen

    OS Name    Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
    Version    10.0.26200 Build 26200
    Processor    12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900KS, 3400 Mhz, 16 Core(s), 24 Logical Processor(s)
    Name    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
    Driver Version    32.0.15.9636

     

    Disabling ruler doesn’t help

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    May 7, 2026

    Thanks for reporting with details on your system. Does the issue go away if you quit and re-launch? We continue to struggle to reproduce this in house but the investigation continues.

    Participating Frequently
    May 7, 2026

    Well, BION it did!  I re-launched Premiere and the mask appeared normally without any other changes.  Oddly, I re-launched Premiere twice yesterday and yet masks refused to work.   It’s working for me now, sorry I can’t shed any light on this issue

    Known Participant
    April 28, 2026

    A quick update on how to “fix” it on my end, is simply disable the rulers (view > uncheck “Show Rulers”). So silly, but at least now I know what im doing when creating a mask.

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 28, 2026

    Can you please share what version you are using and more info on your system, specifically your GPU. Thanks!

    Participant
    April 27, 2026

    Think you might have released this too soon with no usable option for masking? Not a good look for Adobe.

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 27, 2026

    Are you still experiencing this issue? If so, please share info on your system, specifically your GPU. 

    Known Participant
    April 28, 2026

    you can see my “soution” above, but basically dissabling the rulers, brings back the masking overlay.

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 21, 2026

    We have been working on this issue but it has proven difficult to reproduce in-house. If you are experiencing this issue, please try 26.3 beta 51 or later and let us know if you still are experiencing issues. 

    Jurassic_Wars
    Participant
    April 15, 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 

    I_AmComic
    Participant
    April 14, 2026

    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 😢

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 14, 2026

    So sorry that you experiencing this issue. We are working on it. Can you please share specifics on your graphics card?

    Known Participant
    April 7, 2026

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

     

    Windows 10

    CPU Ryzen 5900x

    GPU Radeon RX6600

    GPU Intel Arc B580

     

    Participant
    April 1, 2026

    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.

    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 1, 2026

    Sorry you are experiencing this issue. Can you please share info on the graphics card you are using. This may help us in resolving the issue. Thanks!