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Selection > Edit Selections > Use Quick Mask and Channels to Edit Selection
Use Quick Mask and Channels to Edit Selection
You can use Quick Mask and Channels to Edit Selection. Both Quick Mask and Channels are gray scale images. You can edit
them just like you edit any other image with the painting tools, editing tools, and filters. The difference between the two is
that Quick Mask is a temporary mask. As soon as you exit the Quick Mask mode, the mask is converted back to selection.
To save a selection permanently, you should use Channels, which can be stored. Once a channel is stored, it can be
reloaded as selection at any time.
Create a selection and use the Select > Quick Mask menu item to convert selection to Quick Mask (see Quick Mask for more
information).
Create a selection and use the Select > To Channel menu item to convert selection to channel. After you click Select > To
Channel, follow the steps below.
In the Channels toolbox, you will see Selection Copy.1.
To edit, you click the space and turn on the visible flag (the Eye icon)2.
You will see the selected area is masked and the surrounding areas are protected. When you save the image in Image
Broadway format (*.ibw), the channel information associated with it will be automatically included. You can reload the
selection from the channels for reuse when needed.
3.