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AndresGarcia84
AndresGarcia84
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February 1, 2026
Question

Glitch with gradient tool. It keeps stacking and doesn't allow to relocate nor change opacity

  • February 1, 2026
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Bracketed images, one on top of the other in the form of layers > generate layer mask > in order to reveal detail from the image underneath I have always used a radial gradient to start slowing working in detail. Seems to all of a sudden have a glitch and if I move that radial gradient around it actually starts stacking and the opacity control no longer has an effect (it is from black to transparent) 

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    Earth Oliver
    Earth Oliver
    Legend
    February 2, 2026

    Based on your video, i can confirm the bug. If you want a workaround, just disable the transparency so that your grad goes from black to white. There’s really no need for transparency on a black and white layer mask.

      Sameer K
      Community Manager
      Sameer KCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 2, 2026

      Hey, ​@AndresGarcia84. Welcome to the Photoshop Community. I’ll need more info to help you figure this out. Could you record a short video and share it with me, along with the system info from Photoshop Help > System info > Copy & paste into a text document > upload & attach here. 

       

      There is another post about gradients here. Please go through it and verify if it matches what you see: 

       

      Let me know how it goes.

      Thanks!
      Sameer K

        AndresGarcia84
        AndresGarcia84Author
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        February 2, 2026

        Sameer, thank you for reaching out. I’ve tried and looked into “everything possible”, any suggestion or input would be highly appreciated.

         

        Attached is the system info and short video. You will notice how the opacity slider no longer has any effect and it seems to be stacking or even multiplying every new radial gradient within that same layer mask, even when I scroll though different gradient options it adds them together. In the past I have gradually worked detail in from the base layer. Really odd, feels like it happened all of a sudden. I updated apple OS and even did a hard restart of PS.

        Youtube video of issue:

        www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mC9ktzhrwU

        AndresGarcia84
        AndresGarcia84Author
        Participating Frequently
        February 3, 2026

        ​@Sameer K any idea or suggestion regarding this glitch/bug? Have any other users recently reported anything similar happening? Wondering if it is something isolated on my side

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