Tilt Shift - Issue in selecting focus area

I am newbie to PS and trying to create tilt shift effects. I had done this few times but strangely I could not do it anylonger as I face issue in selecting focus and blur areas. I do the following - Go to Quick Mask(Press 'Q') --> Select Gradient (Press 'G') --> Then I draw a vertical line to define the focus area. Usually a relatively darker red color used to appear as a band. But suddenly I see a very vague red color. And when I exit Quick Mask (Press 'Q') again the marching ants selects the entire picture and not the focus and blur areas. I do not know what mistake (without knowing did I press any keys) I made but I see this happen couple of times and was lucky it got resolved automatically. But alas, I am now not sure how to reset it. Any help would be appreciable. I use CS5.1.

You might check the gradient tool settings, i.e you might have blend mode other than Normal or low opacity.
You also might just reset the gradient tool by right clicking on the Gradient icon in the tool options bar and clicking Reset Tool and see if that works.

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