Sarah Alloway Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Hi Damien, I want to hold down my alt key and click my background layer to see before and after, but its not working! For EITHER alt keys, and my keyboard batteries are fine (I just tried putting new ones in and that didnt change it). Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Is this happening on every PSD you try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Alloway Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Oooh apparently not! I just tried another photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Sarah, is it just that one troublesome file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Sarah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Alloway Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hey! As I said above, it is not happening on every file, so its just this one. I also found that when I tried editing it, it seems to be locked or something. What have I done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Sarah Alloway said: I also found that when I tried editing it, it seems to be locked or something. Where are you seeing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Alloway Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 So I added a blank layer (on the photo in question), added a solid fill colour, added a layer mask, went to brush on with black (all for fun ok! haha) and there is no brush icon, just a circle with a dash through it. I dont get it? It says it needs to be rasterised before editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Screenshot please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Alloway Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Yeah, you simply don't have the mask selected. Click on it. (The white box in the layers panel, I mean) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Alloway Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Nope not the case. Not working. I think it is connected to the Alt Key issue, but I have no idea still why I cant use my Alt key lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 May I see the whole screenshot, so I can see the little border around the mask thumbnail? Not saying I don't trust you ... um, actually, yes, that is what I'm saying ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 The other thing we need to test is if you can Alt-click on the mask of another layer (one that's already been painted on) to see if it show the black-and-white view that it's supposed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Alloway Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 The screenshot might not be very helpful, because when I click on the layer mask, it doesnt get the border around it like usual. Keep in mind this all works fine on other files. When I get aggresive in trying to get the border, I end up double clicking and then it brings up the mask colour box lol. And the answer to your next question is no, Alt doesnt work on other layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's very weird, because your Quick Mask button is presses, but the title bar doesn't say you're in QM mode. That must have something to do with it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Alloway Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 So what do I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Well, go in and out of QM, I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now