masking multiple text layers

[bluefire777]

When selecting one text layer and drawing a rectangle mask around it, the other text disappears from the screen, how do I prevent the 2nd text layer from being hidden? I have seen a video where the other text layers do not disappear as you draw the individual masks on.

[Towerguy · Accepted solution]

Hi. In your mask settings, where it says Add, change it to None.

[bluefire777]

wish there was a setting in preferences to make that permanent for each layer,find I have to re-do it for each new layer, its just hard to find my text once they all disappear, but i`m new to this, maybe its better for others that way. thanks for that answer.

[Towerguy]

You're welcome. I'm curious, what are you doing? Setting the mask to None is saying to it "have no effect", so why are you drawing masks?

[bluefire777]

oh, I`m following an Udemy tutorial and I noticed that the other text blocks remained visible when he was drawing rectangle masks over the text pieces, but for me as soon as I drew a mask over text, the other text blocks disappeared, which makes them hard to find.

I thought there may have been an outline view like in illustrator but I havent found it if it exists.

so yea I wanted to be able to see all the texts as I drew out the masks to position them relative to the text blocks.