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halfmoon00
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August 21, 2019
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After pasting an image on the layer mask, the image turns to black and white. How to restore the original color?

  • August 21, 2019
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Only today am i experiencing this problem and have no idea what to do.

When i paste a picture on the layer mask, the picture turns to black and white (I checked and the picture is in RGB color).

How do i switch back to the original color?

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 21, 2019

    Each Layer Mask is one Channel (bit-depth depending in the file) – so they cannot be full-color.

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    halfmoon00Author
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    August 21, 2019

    I do not understand. right now every picture that i try turns to black and white.

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    halfmoon00Author
    Participant
    August 21, 2019

    why the picture is grayscale in the first place?

    That has been answered repeatedly already.

    What do you imagine a Layer Mask to be?

    Why do you think it could be a full-color image?

    Why don’t you just paste or drag&drop the image into the composite if you want it to be color?


    In case i have 2 similar images but with different shadows, the mask is the best way to delete places i don't want shadows in. that's why i use with the mask, the pictures i post here is for example and to show what i see.

    I haven't had this problem before when the image is grayscale.

    whenever i pasted a picture on the mask, the picture was in color so i could paint with black or white, to show or cover places under the mask layer. but now everything is grayscale and i can't even paint on the picture.

    the answers i received here didn't exactly answer the point i asked.

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