Mask Issue

I created some masks from letters. When I paste these on a solid layer, they come out the original size and are fine. Whenever I place them over a .jpg, however, they shrink smaller. This would not be a problem, except that re-sizing masks is annoying. I'm also curious to figure out why they are shrinking?

If your workflow was to create a text layer, then use Layer>Create Masks from Text, then select the masks in the timeline and paste the mask a jpeg that has been scaled then the masks will also be scaled to match the scale of the layer. Change he layer scale back to 100% and reset the position to comp center and the masks should be exactly the same size and in the same place.
The only way to mask a layer and keep he mask size and position the same size and in the same position in the composition is to use the mask as a track matte for the layer. You do this by placing your text above your jpg and then selecting Alpha Matte from the Track Matte options in the Modes column in the Timeline.
If you want the mask size to match a scaled layer then you must pre-compose the layer by selecting it then go to Layer>Pre-Compose (keyboard shortcut is Shift + Ctrl/Cmnd +C) and select Move All Attributes to the new composition. Now the pre-composition will be the at 100% scale so when you paste a mask it will be the same size and in the same position as it was when you copied it from the original layer.

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Hans I am sure you will now be relieved to find out that CS4 is behaving as it should with the right setting.
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See these help documents: Layes Basics: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78e3a.h tml
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