I’m having a problem with path based mask layers in Photoflow on macOS. If I save a .pfi, and then quit and relaunch Photoflow the mask will not show (it behaves as if the mask is empty). Making a change to the mask layer such as clicking the ‘invert’ checkbox fixes the problem. Exporting the image as a JPG produces a correct image even though the preview is wrong.
I have tried removing the ~/.photoflow directory in case I had a bad setting or something, but that makes no difference.
The problem occurs 100% repeatably for me on all .pfi files I have tried.
I am currently fixing some bugs related to interactive tools like the path mask. What I discovered is that in recent versions the image is not properly updated when controls points are added or moved in the preview - this is a consequence of the recent changes to the processing pipeline.
I do not know yet if this is related to what you are reporting, however in my private development version I apparently cannot reproduce the issue, so it might be fixed already by the changes I am introducing.
I should be able to provide a new version for testing later today or tomorrow.