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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
See also
“About channels” on page 438
“About spot colors” on page 442
To load a saved selection from an alpha channel
Youcan reuseapreviously savedselection by loadingitintoanimage.You canalsoloadthe selectionintoanimage
after you finish modifying an alpha channel.
❖ Do one of the following in the Channels palette:
• Select the alpha channel, click the Load Selection button at the bottom of the palette, and then click the
composite color channel near the top of the palette.
• 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.