Luckily, this red highlight is nothing to worry about. It simply means that you’ve entered quick mask mode. When you enter Quick Mask Mode in Photoshop, your selected layer will become red. To get rid of this red highlight on your layer, press Q on your keyboard or click the quick mask icon in the toolbar to exit this mode.
You could be thinking “Why is my image greyed out in Photoshop?”
The filter gallery of Photoshop is greyed-out because either the image is in 16-bit or 32-bit channel, the image mode is CMYK instead of RGB, or the selected layer is locked. The solutions to these problems are changing the image to 8-bits per color channel, changing the image to RGB mode and then converting it into s. RGB color space if.
Moreover, why can’t I edit a locked layer in Photoshop?
Check if the layer is locked, because you cannot apply changes to a locked Photoshop layer. Of course, locking a layer is good when you want to keep certain parts of the work from changing. But it is annoying when you want to use a layer mask. So you need to unlock the layer before you could use a mask for editing.
How do I remove a red overlay from a layer mask?
, and thanks guys. When hitting \ on the mask if you get black then do this: Be on the layer and mask that you are referring to. Then go to channels and double click on that same layer mask and Layer Mask Display Options will come up. Change it from black 100% to red 60%. Paint black for the red overlay and white to remove the red overlay.
If this is made visible (clicking the eye at left of the layer’s thumbnail) and the R G and B channels are also visible, then the mask appears as a red translucent overlay by default. If only the mask is visible then you see only that, in its true tones (white to black).
The \ key shortcut is working for me, in order to toggle on and off the display of this layer mask channel. The context menu (right-click on the mask thumbnail in Layers) gives you Mask Options. Here you can set the colour and opacity that you want to see – the same as with Quick Mask.
One of the next things we asked ourselves was: how do I make the Mask of an adjustment layer visible?
If you are working on a different layer then AFAIK you cannot directly make the mask of your adjustment layer visible. When You ARE working on that adjustment layer, perhaps while you are modifying its mask, the Channels palette shows the mask as an extra alpha channel, underneath R G and B.
What are layer masks in Photoshop and how to use them?
While working in Photoshop, layer masks allow removing pixels from the image safely. It is a very useful option because the pixels are not removed permanently, as is the case with the Eraser tool. Layer masks are used for seamlessly combining one or more image in Photoshop. Sometimes, you might encounter problems with these layer masks.