Select and Mask is not previewing with black Background in View Mode doesn't seem to work

[charlenew32803587]

Hi guys,

Ive been using Photoshop for 17years and used to using the Refine edge tool, however upgraded from CS3 to CC recently and I am lost!

After starting with a coloured image, with rough and blurred edges on a white Background, then making a quick selection on it and clicking Select and Mask... the selection doesn't show up. I cannot see any marching ants, no way of knowing what is actually selected. Changing views only looks like a filter over the WHOLE image and doesnt exclude the parts I was to extract.

I do not have "Show Edge" checked and tried to change transparency without success.

Once I click ok, no changes are made at all.

I have a client job due yesterday and I am stressed out to the max so any help would be much appreciated. My machine is a desktop 3.2 GHz Mac, 2016 version. Running CC graphics suite. Running El Capitan 10.11.6

Please help!

[Benjamin Root · Accepted solution]

Uncheck "show edge" and move the transparency slider to 100%. You won't see marching ants, but only the portion of the image within the selection. The transparency slider will determine how much outside of the selection is shown.

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