Layer Mask Issue: Repetitive Circles

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December 31, 2021
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I have an issue regarding the layer mask option on photoshop. When I add a vector mask onto a layer and hide the content with a black soft brush, multiple rings start to develop, instead of the the natural blend I used to get. I don't know what I need to do in order to revert back to what I used to get, wondering if anyone has a solution to the issue.

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JJMack

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A vector Mask can not be painted on. You must be painting on a normal layer mask and if you are printing with a soft low opacity tip. It is normal for overlapping brush strokes to build up opacity in overlapping area and if you used use several button clicks it normal for round brush tip areas to show up. You can select areas where you do not like the build up effect and Gaussian blur the mask area to smooth out the masking effect.

Masking knowledge need toe be learned and practice is required to develop masking skills. The Good thing is you can always delete a layer mask and and creat a new mask and you can always be edited and improved on a mask. Masking does no harm to your image..

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UhDoughBeeUserAuthor

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Just to clarify, your saying that these rings that form when using the layer mask cannot be softened?

JJMack

Community Expert

This did help, but as JJMack stated, my coloring options have become more limited. I would like to be able to have access to all the different coloring possibilites.

Shoot RAW and Process in 16bit ProPhotoRGB working space. Most devices can not display the full ProPhoto RGB color gamut. None I could afford can.