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weaselady
Inspiring
January 22, 2024
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Mask problem

  • January 22, 2024
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For the past few weeks whenever i go to the mask and select a brush or gradient etc., the mask appears in green and will not go away.  It is not an overlay color.  It will even remain after I close the mask.  What have I clicked in error to get this?  Thanks!

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    Correct answer weaselady

    Thanks for the input from individuals attempting to solve my problem.  I wound up trashing the preferences I had and now the problem has disappeared.  Whew!!

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    Samir36055046sa4l
    Participant
    March 13, 2024

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    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    January 23, 2024

    And in the Develop Module, over in the history panel. If you click on the first history state, how does it look? Does that Navigator panel go all green?

     

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    weaseladyAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 23, 2024

    The first entry in the History panel is ok as are several global adjustments I made to the image before I selected the Sky mask;  then the sky turned that bright green.

    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    January 23, 2024

    So apparent GPU issue. Now on MACOS, that GPU driver is care of Apple during a MACOS update. Hence a inquiry

     

    What is you MACOS version? (the number)

     

    That Navigator pane looking all green overcast, just screams GPU driver. Either that or a corrupt preferences file.

     

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    weaseladyAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 24, 2024

    Thanks for your help so far. I've upgraded my Mac OS to the most current version, 14.3, and the problem continues. Considering your second suggestion of a corrupt preference file, how might I pursue that? My husband suggests perhaps removing the Lightroom Classic app, using AppZapper, and then re-installing a fresh copy of Lightroom Classic. What do you think?

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    weaseladyAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    January 24, 2024

    Thanks for the input from individuals attempting to solve my problem.  I wound up trashing the preferences I had and now the problem has disappeared.  Whew!!

      JohanElzenga
      Community Expert
      JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 22, 2024

      Check this. Go to Preferences - Performance and disable the use of the GPU. Does that solve it?

       

      -- Johan W. Elzenga
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        weaseladyAuthor
        Inspiring
        January 22, 2024

        Unfortunately not.  I clicked on the overlay button (which I had selected as red) and it superimposed on the green mask with the result being brown!  I did a quit and restart after turning off  the GPU, but the mask remained green when LC restarted

        GoldingD
        GoldingD
        Legend
        January 22, 2024

        How about a screen capture of your issue. If you should choose to do so, make sure the histogram is shown (it can sometimes give clues), and the Navigation window (that can also give a clue if it is very odd)

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