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Design Photoshop Foundations Masks Basics Creating & Refining a Layer Mask

Mark Singleton
Mark Singleton
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Posted by Mark Singleton
Mark Singleton
5,182 Points

Unable to Select Refine Mask

I've followed the steps in the video but the Refine Mask option is greyed out in the select menu. Anybody got ant ideas why this might be? I'm using Photoshop CC 2014 because that was all I could get hold of. Thanks :)

3 Answers

Ricky Johnston
Ricky Johnston
27,445 Points
Ricky Johnston
Ricky Johnston
27,445 Points

Apparently the Refine Mask option has been retired in newer versions of Photoshop CC. There's a new Select and Mask feature in the latest releases that does something similar. A tutorial can be found on Youtube.

Frederico Graciano
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Frederico Graciano
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Frederico Graciano
Frederico Graciano
Courses Plus Student 2,768 Points

Make sure that you selected the Mask. The mask is the second thumbnail on the right side of the normal image thumbnail. if still does not work try ctrl+left click to select the mask and then go to select and Refine Mask.

Robert Grabowski
Robert Grabowski
1,220 Points
Robert Grabowski
Robert Grabowski
1,220 Points

There is no Refine Mask in my version of Photoshop CC 2015.5