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Mask selection is not showing on premiere 2026

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
January 27, 2026
34 replies
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The outline of the mask not showing at all when creating a mask in any situation in premiere 2026

Participant

I am having no luck with disabling rulers or restarting Premiere? The masks I create only show up when I have the effect tool open and click on the mask in there. The mask will then show up the first time I play it in the sequence, but then disappears again.

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whenbynow

Participant

Still no luck with masking- I’ve tried every solution offered here, short of going back to an old version of Premiere which I really don’t want to do. I need to send out a cut!!! When is Adobe going to fix this issue???

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Geoffrey37968971duzb

Known Participant

having the same issue still: I’ve hot monitor scaling set to 100% and tried all other “fixes” _ My transform handles for shapes and text layers aren’t showing either. All transform or mask outlines are invisible. restarting PP often fixes things but that is not a solution.

This makes the software unusable

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whenbynow

Participant

Same problem here. I have tried all the fixes suggested - multiple times now. Wasted SO much time on this! Still no solution. SO frustrating to not be able to mask or highlight anything.

KazuT_G

Inspiring

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Tomasz1986

Participating Frequently

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

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

Ron Rigler

Community Manager

@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.

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j.s38953115

Participating Frequently

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

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.

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j.s38953115

Participating Frequently

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

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Creative31032015t7hf

Known Participant

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

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

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jennarrative

Participant

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

Ron Rigler

Community Manager

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

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Creative31032015t7hf

Known Participant

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

Ron Rigler

Community Manager

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.