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Problem with masking

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What do you have Overlay Mode set to?
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Maybe a silly question, but have you actually Brushed on the image, or drawn a Gradient on the image?
 
When I mask, I can't enable the color filter that allows you to see the masked area--in any of the options. It used to be either the letter O or Ctrl O.
I get this too but only occasionally. Undoing, moving to another image and back or rebooting LR usually fixes it. I put it down to an occasional glitch somewhere. I expect it will be addresses in some future LrC update.
 
You can also check to see if the Overlay Opacity is set correctly:
In the "Masks" panel click on the colour chip icon
There is an Opacity slider at the bottom, double click on the "Opacity" text to reset it to normal or adjust slider as needed.

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You can also check to see if the Overlay Opacity is set correctly:
In the "Masks" panel click on the colour chip icon
There is an Opacity slider at the bottom, double click on the "Opacity" text to reset it to normal or adjust slider as needed.

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Thank you. That was the problem. Opacity was set to 0 (far left).
 
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