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arwen morgenstern
Known Participant
July 13, 2023

P: Alt+drag layer mask - Copies but layer icon does not update

  • July 13, 2023
  • 22 Antworten
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To copy a layer mask to another layer in the layer panel i use the method: ALT+drag to the new layer mask icon in the layer panel.

 

In Photoshop 24.6 the mask is copied and takes effect - but the icon does not update. I have to click on the eye icon of the new layer Layermask icon.... only then the correct display is updated.

 

Of course I have tried the usual measures:

  • Complete uninstall (with preferences)
  • Reinstall Photoshop
  • Deactivating GPU in preferences and using GPU better acceleration without OpenCL.

Nothing helps

 

Then I noticed that everything works correctly in PS 23.5.5. But in all 24 versions I have the described error. So the cause must be a bug in PS 24.x. Or did I miss something?

Kind regards, Kai

22 Antworten

jonathanv94257306
Participating Frequently
March 23, 2024

Great! Finally. Hopefully no new problems to find in this update. But I'm glad for this fix.

Participating Frequently
March 20, 2024

Finally!  Over 8 months to fix. 😮

arwen morgenstern
Known Participant
March 20, 2024

Finaly..... Update v25.6 fix the issue 🙂

Participating Frequently
February 22, 2024

Crazy.  How does this bug still exist?  You have to drag the mask twice or toggle the layer visibility to update the thumbnail.  Surely that's not a hard bug to fix.  For something a lot of people run into multiple times a day, I would think this would have been fixed long ago.

jonathanv94257306
Participating Frequently
February 22, 2024

How I go about it right now is I invert the mask twice. Then it will update as well. But it is a hassle and I have to remember to do it and big mistakes can easily occur. I'm working for big publications and I can't afford to have a faulty mask in my files.

Really pleading for a fast fix for this. 

arwen-morgenstern
Participating Frequently
February 22, 2024

Today the update to 25.5
Unfortunately a disappointment, the bug is still in there

 

arwen-morgenstern
Participating Frequently
October 29, 2023

"For me, if I drag the Layer Mask twice, and on the second time the layer mask updates propperly, don't know if that helps someone."

 

I would never have thought of that... Super tipp, so I can work at least to some extent in the current version :-). Thanks a lot for that!
Of course this is not a final solution. I'm really surprised that Adobe doesn't seem to recognize the problem. And also that more users don't come forward with this problem.

Participant
October 28, 2023

I'm having the same issue, it's extremely annoying. For me, if I drag the Layer Mask twice, and on the second time the layer mask updates propperly, don't know if that helps someone. But Adobe really has to improve these last versions! Since 24 versions, I've had to endure all kind of bugs, checking on Adobe community for hacks like "Deactivate Native Canvas", "Older GPU mode (pre 2016)", etc. to make Photoshop work properly. Writing the damn PSConfig text file to have Pen Pressure on Windows since forever. One should not have to go through all these stuff to make a program work propperly Adobe!

jonathanv94257306
Participating Frequently
October 11, 2023

Every new updates brings usually more problems than it resolves unfortunately. I'm havind the same issue and I don't seem to be learning from that mistake. I'm rolling back a couple of versions until all the new annoying bugs have been removed.

Participant
October 11, 2023

I have been having the same issue. V25