I am trying to edit some photos from a recent photo shoot I did for a friend. I use layer masks a lot in my workflow. I was trying to to paint with white on a black layer mask. For a while, it was working great. Until I decided to press shift+alt to bring up a red overlay. Something broke after that. I have double and triple checked that I am painting on the later mask. First, the brusg behaved like I had the flow set to 1%. I had the flow set to 100%, the opacity to 100%, and the mode to normal. I had to paint over and over aghain before the black changed to white. Yes, I double and triple checked all my settings. When I screw up by leaving the opacity or flow way down, I notice quickly. It was not my mistake. Then I restarted PS. That problem corrrected. Then, I was painting on white on my layer mask. Instead it behaved like I was painting on the layer itself. It gave me a strip of pure white. Yes, I made damn sure I was painting on the layer mask, and not the layer. But wait! The plot thickens! The white that I was painting only showed up in selected areas. Meaning it showed up in certain areas, then when I painted in other areas, it did not show up. This weirdness did not correlate with the areas that the layer mask was blocking out. And yes, yes, yes, I made sure I was painting on the layer mask. And yes, I reset my prefs multiple times, and restarted my computer also. My layer masks continue to give me grief. My PS version is 22.43. I am on Windows 10. Thanks. Any help would be appreciated.
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