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Please restore the old ability to move layer masks by holding the Option key

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When processing many similar images, a mask (layer) may be needed. Often when bursts are processed (e.g. birds, wildlife, portraits) the area needing to be masked changes position slightly from image to image.

How this is done for the last several versions of C1 (I think since around when the Radial Gradient tool was introduced): Copy the mask layer from one image and Apply it to the others, then clear the mask and redraw it OR fine tune the as-copied mask. This is extremely tedious and labor intensive. Imagine doing this for, say, a shoot of 1000 images consisting of 10 birds with each having 100 similar shots.

Until a few C1 versions ago, one could simply Option-Click on the mask to change its position and then do minor changes from there. MUCH faster and less labor intensive.

I miss the old way every time I do a shoot at the museum where I work, and every time I'm in the field photographing birds or wildlife.

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  • Denis Huk
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    Hey @...! You can do so by holding down CMD on your keyboard.

    Moving this post to another topic as this is not a feature request.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thanks Denis! I'm sure the feature was gone several versions ago and I haven't tried it since. However, you're right! It works again (at least as of C1 15). I appreciate your turning me back onto this...

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