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Mask selection is not showing on premiere 2026

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
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

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

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

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.

J

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.

J

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!

J

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.

CookieComSorvet

Participating Frequently

Yes, besides the problem persisting, in BETA I can't even open the program preferences.
This is the error:

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DXDIAG.txt

CookieComSorvet

Participating Frequently

New project link PROJECT.rar!--startfragment>

Jurassic_Wars

Participant

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

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

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

J

Joeyndot

Known Participant

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

Windows 10

CPU Ryzen 5900x

GPU Radeon RX6600

GPU Intel Arc B580

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