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When i paint black in a mask, it faintly reveals instead of erasing. Why?

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September 24, 2018
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When i paint black in a mask, it faintly reveals instead of erasing. Why? All my settings are correct, such as brush and layer opacity, brush and layer blend mode. I have reinstalled PS CC 2018, and it's still not working properly. Solution?

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Show a screen capture Are you sure its not hiding the current layer and revealing a lower layer's image. If it is actually not working try resetting your tools and if still not working reset your Photoshop preferences

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Open your Brush Settings. Is Wet Edges selected?

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Hi Myra, no, Wet Edges is not selected, Marcel

On Monday, September 24, 2018, 3:53:21 PM EDT, Myra Ferguson <forums_noreply@adobe.com> wrote:

When i paint black in a mask, it faintly reveals instead of erasing. Why?

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Open your Brush Settings. Is Wet Edges selected?

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If it still doesn’t work after trying these ideas, then please post a screen shot of

the Optionts panel for your brush tool
the layers panel for the current layer with the mask

Also, type D to switch to your defadult colors and X to switch between black and white if necessary

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thanks, resetting Preferences did work

On Monday, September 24, 2018, 11:11:29 PM EDT, happie_97 <forums_noreply@adobe.com> wrote:

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If it still doesn’t work after trying these ideas, then please post a screen shot of

- the Optionts panel for your brush tool

- the layers panel for the current layer with the mask

Also, type D to switch to your defadult colors and X to switch between black and white if necessary

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Check your Brush Blending Mode - choose Normal, Be sure you have "normal" - white mask, restet tool and PS preferences

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Thanks very much. I reset my Preferences and my masking is working correctly again. I will never know what did this

On Monday, September 24, 2018, 2:42:41 PM EDT, macpawel <forums_noreply@adobe.com> wrote:

When i paint black in a mask, it faintly reveals instead of erasing. Why?

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Check your Brush Blending Mode - choose Normal, Be sure you have "normal" - white mask, restet tool and PS preferences

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Try resetting the brush options? (Right-click (Cmd + click on Mac) > Reset Tool)

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I had done that, with no results

On Monday, September 24, 2018, 2:23:22 PM EDT, Warunicorn <forums_noreply@adobe.com> wrote:

When i paint black in a mask, it faintly reveals instead of erasing. Why?

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Try resetting the brush options? (Right-click (Cmd + click on Mac) > Reset Tool)

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Show a screen capture Are you sure its not hiding the current layer and revealing a lower layer's image. If it is actually not working try resetting your tools and if still not working reset your Photoshop preferences

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I will post a screen capture. No, it is not revealing a lower layer. Thanks

On Monday, September 24, 2018, 2:19:43 PM EDT, JJMack <forums_noreply@adobe.com> wrote:

When i paint black in a mask, it faintly reveals instead of erasing. Why?

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