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How to Hide Mask in Adjustment Brush

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Paul_DS256

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I have a feeling this is operator error but I can't find an answer.

When I enable the ADJUSTMENT BRUSH (just started playing with it) and paint an area, the mask appears. I make adjustments using the slider but I can't toggle off the mask to see the adjustments.

When I paint, the mask is red. If I toggle 'Show selected Mask Overlay' off, it turns yellow. I can use shift-O to go through the colours but not mask off.

I have DEVELOP opened on one screen and a secondary screen on. The mask always show on the secondary as yellow even after clicking on DONE for the adjustment brush.

Thanks for any guidance
 
Check page 252 of your Classic book - hit just 'O' and see what that does (should just turn the Overlay Mask off)
 
hit just 'O' and see what that does

Paul, that has the same affect as turning the mask on/off. It just changes colour. I've been through the book and the forums before posting but I'm obviously missing something.
 
Had similar problem recently. Turned out that one of the <Shift> keys on my keyboard was stuck in the down position so "o" was really <Shift+o> which just changes the mask color. Type something and see if it's all caps.
 
Attached is an illustration of what I'm experiencing. I've shut down the secondary display for this test.
 

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What happens if you set your Temp slider to 0?
 
Yep. Your image changes color under the brush, because you paint with a large Temperature correction towards yellow.
 
because you paint with a large Temperature correction towards yellow

Thanks Johan. I have no idea of how that got set but realize it is somehow user error. When I opened the brush and saw the settings, I assume it was an inheritance of some sort. As I mentioned, I'm new to the adjustment brush. After your comment I went back to the FAQ and saw all sliders were 0 in Fig 12.4.3.

All works as advertised now.
 
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