Load A Saved Selection From The Channels Panel; Load A Saved Selection - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

2. Choose Select > Save Selection.
3. Specify the following in the Save Selection dialog box, and click OK:
Document 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.
Channel 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:
Replace Channel Replaces the current selection in the channel.
Add to Channel Adds the selection to the current channel contents.
Subtract From Channel Deletes the selection from the channel contents.
Intersect With Channel Keeps the areas of the new selection that intersect with the channel contents.
You can select the channel from the Channels panel to see the saved selection displayed in grayscale.

Load a saved selection from the Channels panel

You can reuse a previously saved selection by loading it into an image. You can also load the selection into an image after you finish modifying an
alpha channel.
Do one of the following in the Channels panel:
Select the alpha channel, click the Load Selection button
top of the panel.
Drag the channel containing the selection you want to load onto the Load Selection button.
Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the channel containing the selection you want to load.
To add the mask to an existing selection, press Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac OS), and click the channel.
To subtract the mask from an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS), and click the channel.
To load the intersection of the saved selection and an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift
(Mac OS), and select the channel.
You can drag a selection from one open Photoshop image into another.

Load a saved selection

Note: If you are loading a saved selection from another image, make sure to open it. Also, make sure your destination image is active.
1. Choose Select > Load Selection.
2. Specify the Source options in the Load Selection dialog box:
Document Chooses the source to load.
Channel Chooses the channel containing the selection you want to load.
Invert Selects the non-selected areas.
3. Select an Operation option to specify how to combine the selections if the image already has a selection:
New Selection Adds the loaded selection.
Add To Selection Adds the loaded selection to any existing selections in the image.
Subtract From Selection Subtracts the loaded selection from existing selections in the image.
Intersect With Selection Saves a selection from an area intersected by the loaded selection and existing selections in the image.
You can drag a selection from one open Photoshop image into another.
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