How to show red overlay for layer mask in Photoshop?

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January 29, 2021
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Hi all! I used to know the key command to show a layers mask as a see-through red mask. But I can't figure it out now. Did they change? Is it no longer an option? If there's still a way to do this, please let me know. I'm on a Mac. Thanks so much!

How to

Correct answer Jeff Arola

Right click on your layer mask thumbnail in the layers panel and see what your Mask Options are.

The Defaults as shown are Color RGB 255, 0, 0 and Opacity 50%.

Jeff Arola

Correct answer

Community Expert

Right click on your layer mask thumbnail in the layers panel and see what your Mask Options are.

The Defaults as shown are Color RGB 255, 0, 0 and Opacity 50%.

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green157F

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thank you so much sir. You've spotted the reason right away 🙂

nikunj.m

Community Manager

Hi,

You can enable/disable the overlay while masking by using the backslash (\) key.

Let us know if it helps!

Regards,

Nikunj

DigitalChicksterAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks, but that's not what I was looking for. I need to describe it better. Basically, I was able to toggle on a red overlay that showed exactly the edges of the mask. You could see through it to your original image, but you could also see the edges of the mask. I am not sure what it was called.

DigitalChicksterAuthor

Inspiring

Here's a video showing how it used to work in CS6. I am pretty sure it worked in more recent versions... I swear I've used it within the last few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB9ME5YL8Xw

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