layer mask thumbnail only shows mask-icon

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August 10, 2023
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Photoshop CC 2023, 24.7.0. Mac OS 13.4.1

When I create a layer with a layer mask, I only see a mask-icon in the thumbnail, not the changes I made to the layer.

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Correct answer Kevin Stohlmeyer

Pete, can you fix this in the main version ASAP this makes photoshop unusable. A beta version fix is not good enough.

Hi all - happy to announce this feature was added in the latest public update 25.2. Upgrade your Photoshop 2024 and you can find the option in the Layers Panel menu. Bonus - it was off by default after upgrading.

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Janduza

Known Participant

Unfortunately now, the layer mask icon obscures a good part of the thumbnail at the small size. It was very useful to me to see all of the thumbnail when scanning through layers. I would hope there would be a way to turn this off, and the vector mask icon as well.

Ged_Traynor

Community Expert

@Janduza not sure why Adobe decided to push out this option out without the ability to turn it off, but you will be able to disable it in a future release

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-discussions/layer-mask-icons-in-25-1/m-p/14186617

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adpremxxx

Participating Frequently

Hopefully this ability to disable the layer mask badging will be moved to prod very soon. I don't use beta and am finding the badges to be highly annoying because I can't see the full mask thumbnail. This is NOT a workflow enhancement, it is a workflow degradation.