Masking

[charlienewman]

Operating System

1. macOS 15 Sequoia

After cropping & noise reduction (when necessary) masking is my go to tool. I recently encountered an unusual problem irrespective of what color I make the mask. It also occurs whether the overlay is on or off or what area where I wish to apply the mask.
Here is the issue: As you will see in the attached photos, after cropping and minor adjustments (2nd photo), I selected to mask the subject. The overlay was red (3rd photo).
To demonstrate the problem I started to move the exposure slider to the right and the subject turned green. It doesn't matter whether I am adjusting the background or the sky, or if I am using the brush. The result is the same.
This problem occurred about a week ago and I would appreciate your help as all my trials have failed to resolve the issue and I am out of ideas.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

Have you tried resetting the preferences? https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

 

[clee01l]

The Mask color should hide when adjusting exposure. Does It? Can you try setting the Mask color to some other color, say purple and the Masking opacity to near 100%/. Does the mask color shift or remain purple?

 

[charlienewman]

The Mask color should hide when adjusting exposure. Does It? Can you try setting the Mask color to some other color, say purple and the Masking opacity to near 100%/. Does the mask color shift or remain purple?

I've tried red, green, blue, etc. to no avail. This morning I resolved the problem by resetting the profile, presets etc. Appreciate your time and help.