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Rachel.kleinman
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October 27, 2023
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icon covering layer masks

  • October 27, 2023
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I'm not really sure how to describe this problem.  I believe it is part of the latest Photoshop CC release for Mac.  I noticed today that all of my layer masks have a weird square icon with a circle in the center, in the preview.  It's covering up about 50% of the mask, so i cant tell which mask is which by lookign at them.  I'm not sure what this is supposed to indicate but it's really annoying and I am looking for a way to turn it off, so i can see my layer masks.  see screenshot below.

 

I'm running Photoshop 2024 25.1.0 release on Mac running Ventura 13.6.1

 

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    StephenWebster
    StephenWebster
    Inspiring
    November 15, 2023

    Adobe- Stop "fixing" issues that were not broken. Please allow those of us who know it's a mask to see the mask. 

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      meyrickgj
      Participating Frequently
      October 27, 2023

      Having updated to PS25.1 today, I see the layer mask icon has changed and there is now a mask icon bottom right of the mask icon. 

      This means you have no quick check as to how your mask looks in entirety - you have to view it full screen. 

      Which is a real nuisance. I wonder whether it was actually asked for, or whether someone just had a bright idea? Maybe they thought that no one knew what the layer mask icon meant?

      Is there any way we can restore the legacy and much more useful plain mask icon which gave an adequte preview, or do we have to roll back to 25.0. (Which then disables auto updates!!!) There has to be a little folder of icons somewhere, where one can go and swap the old for the new. 

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        J E LCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 30, 2023
        Not being unkind at all, but why add yet another preference that has to be read, slows startup and just adds bloat
        It would appear to be an utterly useless addition: get rid of it in entirety. Just put it down as a bad idea.

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        Oh, no worries, I know you aren't being unkind. I would rather not have the icon at all, either. But if it must be there, setting a legacy preference is the next best thing. I once joked that we might be offered a legacy version of Photoshop to install one of these days.

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          Primary22381017g6ii
          Participant
          November 7, 2023

          Yes, please let the user turn this icon off - it is extremely annoying not being able to see which mask is which

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            Rachel.kleinmanAuthor
            Participant
            November 6, 2023
            Not sure where someone got the brilliant idea to cover ½ of the mask preview with that….isn’t have the mask itself, enough to indicate it’s a masked layer??? My team are all reverting back to older versions of photoshop. It’s insane.

            Thanks.

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              Kevin Stohlmeyer
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              Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
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              November 6, 2023

              @Rachel.kleinman We're all adjusting to this - its an icon indicating a masked layer. Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be a way to disable at this time. Since this isn't really a bug - I can move this to the Ideas forum where if users can upvote a control, it may help.

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