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Hurleyind
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August 7, 2011
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Adobe Photoshop Quick Mask Won't Work

  • August 7, 2011
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I'm using Adobe Photoshop 7. I didn't feel like upgrading.

Ok. I'm trying to use the Quick Mask but it won't mask. Instead, it does a light red mask instead and it won't select anything. I deletes the mask. I can't figure out how to make it so it creates masks instead. I had found a way where if you double click the quick mask button, it will bring up that menu where you can decide what it shows. I change it and it doesn't make a difference. After I select my masked area with the light red and exit out, nothing happens. When I double click the quick mask when on another layer and click the other option, it will make the whole screen red. When I draw with the brush while everything is red, the blank area is the new mask. (Blank as in Un-Red. The brush acts as an eraser.) Please help. I asked a few of my friends and I posted on a clan forum. I also asked on Yahoo Answers. I scowered Google but couldn't find anything that matches my problem. I'm getting quite pissed because it was working perfectly dismorning. I could use the way that is working right now but it is quite irritating.

    Correct answer Noel Carboni

    What are your brush settings?

    Mode normal?  Opacity 100%?  Is your brush hard or soft?  Are you painting with white or black?

    -Noel

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    HurleyindAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    August 9, 2011

    Dang it... I accidentally marked Noel as the correct answer. Enjoy those 10 points which emil emil deserved. I'm sorry, emil emil.

    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    August 9, 2011

    Ah well.  Next thread I post I'll give Emil the points.

    -Noel

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    emil emil
    Inspiring
    August 9, 2011

    lol

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    HurleyindAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    August 9, 2011

    Ok. I'm sorry for wasting your time. Noel pointed out that I was supposedly ignoring answers so I decided to re-read all the posts just in-case I had missed one. I am sorry for not checking this often. I check it whenever I can. emil emil. His second post was the answer. All I had to do was push D to go back to the foreground color. I even manually went and made it straight black. Sorry for wasting all of your time. Thanks emil emil. Just to answer the additional questions,

    Bill Hunt. I was trying out different colors ranging from straight black and straight white to random colors.

    MTSTUNER. Here is what happens. Obviously behind I had it inverted so, it had something to do with the brush...

    Noel Carboni. Right after I conducted MTSTUNER's test, I had not touched the colors. I went and drawn random lines using white first. Nothing showed up.

    Here, I flopped them by pushing the flip over/switch button.

    It started doing the usual..

    Sorry guys. I feel kinda like a jerk. I didn't fully understand what emil was talking about. Plus, I think I was multi tasking. Talking to some people about finances. My appologies. But, thank you all for trying to help. I really appreciate it.

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    emil emil
    Inspiring
    August 8, 2011

    You are not describing clearly what you are doing.

    Here's how I use the quick mask mode:

    Click the quick mask button or alternatively press Q key to enter the quick mask mode. Use tools like bush or any other tools that can change color to create the mask indicated by default with light red areas.

    When done, click the quick mask button or press Q key again to exit the quick mask mode which converts the mask to a selection.

    If it doesn't work like that for you, please describe, what you are doing in a way that everyone can understand and repeat the steps you make. This will help with figuring out the problem.

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    HurleyindAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    August 8, 2011

    Ok. All I'm trying to do is use the quick mask tool using the brush. I don't know how it happened but when I try to use the quick mask brush, it draws a faint red line instead of the normal dark one. When I exit quick mask, it does not select anything.

    Noel Carboni
    Noel CarboniCorrect answer
    Legend
    August 8, 2011

    What are your brush settings?

    Mode normal?  Opacity 100%?  Is your brush hard or soft?  Are you painting with white or black?

    -Noel

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