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mal25
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October 31, 2019
Question

Image thumbnails showing a layer mask

  • October 31, 2019
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I am on a PC running W 10 and PS CC 2019.  When I save a layered tif I find the thumbnail is the top layer, if there is a mask that is what I see as a thumb.  It's getting irritating, is there a way to actually see an image thumbnail on a layered tif?

Thanks Chris

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Sahil.Chawla
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Sahil.Chawla
Adobe Employee
October 31, 2019

Hi Chris,


It's working as designed, as a work around, you can place an image layer on the top of the stack and then save the tiff file.

Let us know if it helps.
Regards,
Sahil

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mal25Author
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October 31, 2019

Thanks for your answer.  I tried this and it does not work.  It is the mask itself not the mask of the top layer, rather it is the image seen through the top mask in the channels pallet.  I have several layers with masks, none of the layer masks are the same as the masks in the channels pallet, if I change the order of the channels I made and save it, the thumbnail changes to the image through that top mask.  I made all sorts of changes in the layers pallet, saved it under a new name including what you suggested, turning layer visibility off, grouped them, it changed nothing in the thumb.

Thanks for your time.

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mal25Author
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October 31, 2019

I started this, so I can close it with a work around acceptable to me.  You can choose the mask at the top of the stack in the channels pallet, so make it one that shows the image so creates a  recognizable thumb.  That is if you select your background layer or layer 0 (so that a layer mask is not at the top in the channels panel) and arrange the channels so that the top one is exposing the subject and save you will have a recognizable thumb.  If you create a channel, delete it's mask and place it at the top in the channels pallet, you get a thumb of the whole image.  I haven't have tried it and it dose not work, if you select a layer without a mask to put an open white channel at the top in the channels pallet, it saves with the next mask down blocking part of your image in your thumb.  It seems it must be a unmasked channel in it's own right to create a thumb of the entire image.  

I hope I've been clear.

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