Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 211
Modifying alpha channels Photoshop, Loading a selection into an image
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 201 User Guide 4 In the Channel menu, choose 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. 5 If you're saving the selection to an existing channel, select how to combine the selections: • Replace Channel to replace the current selection in the channel. • Add to Channel to add the selection to the current channel contents. • Subtract from Channel to delete the selection from the channel contents. • Intersect with Channel to keep the areas of the new selection that intersect with the channel contents. 6 Click OK. In Photoshop, you can select the channel in the Channels palette to see the saved selection displayed in grayscale. A selection saved in ImageReady will appear in a new or existing channel in the Photoshop Channels palette. To edit an alpha channel: Use a painting or editing tool to paint in the image. Paint with black to add to the channel, paint with white to remove from the channel, or paint with a lower opacity or a color to add to the channel with lower opacities. To change an alpha channel's options: 1 Do one of the following: • Select the channel in the Channels palette, and choose Channel Options from the palette menu. • Double-click the channel name in the Channels palette. 2 Enter a new name for the channel. 3 Choose display options, as described in steps 2 through 4 of the procedure on Quick Mask options in "Creating temporary masks in Quick Mask mode (Photoshop)" on page 197. See "Modifying spot channels" on page 192 for information on changing Spot Color channel options. Note: You cannot modify options for the default color channels. Modifying alpha channels (Photoshop) You can edit an alpha channel to add or remove color in it, and you can specify settings for the masking colors and opacity. See "Managing channels (Photoshop)" on page 187 for information on rearranging, duplicating, or deleting alpha channels. Loading a selection into an image You can reuse a previously saved selection by loading it into an image. In Photoshop, you can also load the selection into an image when you have finished modifying an alpha channel.