Extended-crop area turns red

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September 28, 2017
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Hi there,

Somehow the layers in this one file in Photoshop CC 2017 cannot be edited; only the channels can. The mode is CMYK. It was originally shot in TIFF (as were all the other files).

I thought I solved it by creating a duplicate layer. This permitted me to extend-crop and fill, etc. in the duplicate layer.

But now when I open the file, the extended-crop area is highlighted red again. How will this print out? Why is my layer 0 inaccessible in this one file alone, and is there any way to reverse that?

Thanks!

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Correct answer happie_97

Djuna,

Are you in quick mask mode? Try hitting Q on your keyboard to check.

Djuna_A_Author

Known Participant

Brad, I tried changing to an RGB profile, and I just got a different shade of red.

Melissa, unfortunately I didn't save my layers. But above is what I'm seeing. The first is uncrossed; the second is when I try to extend a crop in layer 0, and the third is the cropped-and-filled file from yesterday whose extended areas have been turned red

happie_97

Correct answer

Community Expert

Djuna,

Are you in quick mask mode? Try hitting Q on your keyboard to check.

Djuna_A_Author

Known Participant

Yes, I was in quick mask!

That was the problem. Now I can crop and edit normally.

Thanks, everyone, for your help! Whoo hoo!

Brad Lawryk

Legend

What kind of edits are you making? Many edits cannot be done in CMYK mode. Just for the heck of it, try switching the image to RGB and see if the tools you need to edit the image are available.

melissapiccone

Community Expert

Can you post a screenshot and include the layers?

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