Key to show where brush strokes have been applied

[Anne Line22295006jujk]

Earlier versions you could press backslash to see where your brush strokes had been applied. Similar to what you can do in LR for masks. It is really useful when you are making subtle corrections where it is difficult to see where the brush has been applied. 

[jane-e]

@Anne Line22295006jujk 

Brushes in Photoshop create pixels.

Are you thinking of Illustrator where the brush strokes are vector? In Illustrator there are several ways to see where brushes have been applied to a path.

Jane

[Anne Line22295006jujk]

I have watched an editing tutorial in an old version of PS that had this feature. That you could hit backslash and get an illustration of where you applied the brush strokes (showed like a red filter over the brush strokes). So not Illustrator 🙂

[jane-e]

@Anne Line22295006jujk 

Backslash is the shortcut to hide/show the rubylith layer. Can you post a link to that tutorial?

Result	Windows	macOS
Toggle layer mask on/off as rubylith (layer mask must be selected)	\ (backslash)	\ (backslash)

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html

Jane

[Anne Line22295006jujk]

@jane-e thank you 🙂 I talked to a customer service representative that said this function did not exist anymore. 

I have a Norwegian keyboard on a Macbook air without \ (backslash). Any idea of how to hide/show the rubylith layer in this case? 

[jane-e]

I have a Norwegian keyboard on a Macbook air without \ (backslash). Any idea of how to hide/show the rubylith layer in this case? 

By @Anne Line22295006jujk

You're welcome Anne. I don't know how to hide the rubylith layer without a backslash key, but will tag Community Expert @D Fosse who uses Windows, but may know the answer.

Jane

[D Fosse]

Er...actually I do have a backslash key on my Norwegian keyboard, and it works straight up, no modifiers. Even if the symbol is for some reason painted green:

I really need to go clean my keyboard, that's a big fat stain on the Enter key, complete with fingernail scratching 🙂

Anyway, you can always click the eye in the Channels panel. A bit more awkward perhaps, but it works.

[Anne Line22295006jujk]

Thank you for the reply 🙂 Hehe, mine too - on my PC, but not on the Macbook air. Any substituion options there? 

[D Fosse]

The only other way I know is to click here: