icon covering layer masks

[Rachel.kleinman]

I'm not really sure how to describe this problem.  I believe it is part of the latest Photoshop CC release for Mac.  I noticed today that all of my layer masks have a weird square icon with a circle in the center, in the preview.  It's covering up about 50% of the mask, so i cant tell which mask is which by lookign at them.  I'm not sure what this is supposed to indicate but it's really annoying and I am looking for a way to turn it off, so i can see my layer masks.  see screenshot below.

I'm running Photoshop 2024 25.1.0 release on Mac running Ventura 13.6.1

 

[James Brown Photo]

Thank goodness someone was listening at Adobe. Version 25.2.0 was release and it fixed that dreadful layer mask icon issue, it's now gone and back to how most if not all of us prefer it.

[Ric Cohn]

@James Brown Photo thanks for letting all us fellow sufferers know this has been fixed!

[Trevor.Dennis]

I wonder what percentage of Photoshop users use small screens?  It seems reasonable that most professional users use at least one large monitor if not two or three.  As I said back this thread (or one of the other threads on this subject) if you have the screenspace and use the large thumbnails, the badges are not a problem.

It would still have been better if they rolled out the badges on the beta pre-release only to get feed back.  They would surely have held back on adding the feature to the full release version, until the option to disable the badges was sorted out.  We have to remember that there are 30 million paid for Creative Cloud subscriptions and most, if not all, of them use Photoshop, so a handfull of vocal objectors on these forums, does not represent meaningful feedback.

[James Brown Photo]

I use 27" screens so IMO they are big enough. If one isn't doing intricate masking then okay, but for detailed full frame work the badge gets in the way no matter how big your thumbnails are. Furthermore, what is the point of it anyway? Experienced PS users know how to identifiy a mask thus it serves zero purpose.

[Rachel.kleinman]

100% agreed.  I use a 30" and 27" and the badges did nothing but make it more difficult to view.  I'm not sure how it would benefit anyone...  Glad to hear there is an update.

[therealCarrieBeene]

Right? This was not a good idea!! Can't glance at your masks and navigate your layer stack easily. I see the 1 correct answer but I do not see where to turn this option off. I'm updating now to see if it does, in fact, become OFF by default. Can anyone tell us what the point of this little icon is? Soes it DO something?