Save and load selections – Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual
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Paint on a channel to mask image areas
When the new channel appears at the bottom of the Channels panel, it is the only channel visible in the image window. Click the eye icon for
the composite color channel (RGB, CMYK) to display the image with a color overlay showing the mask.
Select the brush or an editing tool and do one of the following to add or subtract from the mask created from the alpha channel:
To remove areas in the new channel, paint with white.
To add areas in the new channel, paint with black.
To add or remove areas using opacities less than 100%, set the Opacity in the options bar of the painting or editing tool and then paint
with white or black. You can also paint with a color to achieve lower opacities.
Save and load selections
You can save any selection as a mask in a new or existing alpha channel and later reload the selection from the mask.
You can use a selection as a layer mask by loading the selection to make it active, then adding a new layer mask.
Save a selection to a new channel
1. Select the area or areas of the image you want to isolate.
2. Click the Save Selection button
at the bottom of the Channels panel. A new channel appears, named according to the sequence in which
it was created.
Save a selection to a new or existing channel
1. Use a selection tool to select the area or areas of the image you want to isolate.
2. Choose Select > Save Selection.
3. Specify the following in the Save Selection dialog box, and click OK:
Chooses a destination image for the selection. By default, the selection is placed in a channel in your active image. You can
choose to save the selection to a channel in another open image with the same pixel dimensions or to a new image.
Chooses a destination channel for the selection. By default, the selection is saved in a new channel. You can choose to save the
selection to any existing channel in the selected image or to a layer mask if the image contains layers.
4. If you’re saving the selection as a new channel, type a name for the channel in the Name text box.
5. If you’re saving the selection to an existing channel, select how to combine the selections:
Replaces the current selection in the channel.
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