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October 28, 2024
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Key to show where brush strokes have been applied

  • October 28, 2024
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Earlier versions you could press backslash to see where your brush strokes had been applied. Similar to what you can do in LR for masks. It is really useful when you are making subtle corrections where it is difficult to see where the brush has been applied. 

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Participant
October 29, 2024

@jane-e thank you 🙂 I talked to a customer service representative that said this function did not exist anymore. 

 

I have a Norwegian keyboard on a Macbook air without \ (backslash). Any idea of how to hide/show the rubylith layer in this case? 

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2024
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I have a Norwegian keyboard on a Macbook air without \ (backslash). Any idea of how to hide/show the rubylith layer in this case? 

By @Anne Line22295006jujk

 

You're welcome Anne. I don't know how to hide the rubylith layer without a backslash key, but will tag Community Expert @D Fosse who uses Windows, but may know the answer.

 

Jane

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 29, 2024

@Anne Line22295006jujk 

 

Backslash is the shortcut to hide/show the rubylith layer. Can you post a link to that tutorial?

 

Result

Windows

macOS

Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)

\ (backslash)

\ (backslash)

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html

 

Jane

 

Participant
October 29, 2024

I have watched an editing tutorial in an old version of PS that had this feature. That you could hit backslash and get an illustration of where you applied the brush strokes (showed like a red filter over the brush strokes). So not Illustrator 🙂

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 28, 2024

 

@Anne Line22295006jujk 

 

Brushes in Photoshop create pixels.

 

Are you thinking of Illustrator where the brush strokes are vector? In Illustrator there are several ways to see where brushes have been applied to a path.

 

Jane