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                    Save and load selections
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76bda"><h1 class="topictitle1">Save a selection to a new channel</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76bca"><h1 class="topictitle1">Save a selection to a new or existing channel</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76baa"><h1 class="topictitle1">Load a saved selection from the Channels panel</h1>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You can save any selection as a
mask in a new or existing alpha channel and later reload the selection
from the mask.</p>
<p>You can use a selection as a layer mask by
loading the selection to make it active, then adding a new layer
mask.</p>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76bda" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76bda"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Save a selection to a new channel</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select the area or areas of the image
you want to isolate.</span></li>
<li><span>Click
the Save Selection button&#160;<img src="images/P_Mask_Wi_N.png" /> at
the bottom of the Channels panel. A new channel appears, named according
to the sequence in which it was created.</span></li>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76bca" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76bca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Save a selection to a new or existing channel</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Use a selection tool to select the area
or areas of the image you want to isolate. </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Select&#160;&gt; Save Selection.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify the following in the Save Selection dialog box,
and click&#160;OK:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Document</dt>
<dd>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.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Channel</dt>
<dd>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. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you’re saving the selection as a new channel, type
a name for the channel in the Name text box.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you’re saving the selection to an existing channel,
select how to combine the selections:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Replace Channel</dt>
<dd>Replaces the current selection in the channel.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Add
to Channel</dt>
<dd>Adds the selection to the current channel contents.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Subtract
From Channel</dt>
<dd>Deletes the selection from the channel contents.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Intersect With Channel</dt>
<dd>Keeps the areas of the new selection that intersect with the
channel contents.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
 <p>You can select the channel from the Channels panel to see
the saved selection displayed in grayscale.</p>
</li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76baa" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76baa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Load a saved selection from the Channels panel</h3><div><div class="section"><p>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. </p>
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<div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do one of the following in the Channels panel:</span><ul><li><p>Select the alpha channel, click the Load
Selection button&#160;<img src="images/P_LoadChnl_Wi_N.png" /> at
the bottom of the panel, and then click the composite color channel
near the top of the panel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Drag the channel containing the selection you want
to load onto the Load Selection button.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac&#160;OS)
the channel containing the selection you want to load.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To add the mask to an existing selection, press
Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac&#160;OS), and click
the channel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To subtract the mask from an existing selection,
press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac&#160;OS), and
click the channel.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To load the intersection of the saved selection
and an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift
(Mac&#160;OS), and select the channel.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You
can drag a selection from one open Photoshop image into another.</div></li>
</ul>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76c9a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76c9a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Load a saved selection</h3><div><div class="section"><div class="para"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If you are loading a saved selection
from another image, make sure to open it. Also, make sure your destination
image is active.</div>
</div>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose
Select&#160;&gt; Load Selection. </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify the Source options in the Load Selection dialog
box:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Document</dt>
<dd>Chooses the source to load.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Channel</dt>
<dd>Chooses the channel containing the selection you want
to load.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Invert</dt>
<dd>Selects the non-selected areas. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select an Operation option to specify how to combine
the selections if the image already has a selection:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">New Selection</dt>
<dd>Adds the loaded selection. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Add To Selection</dt>
<dd>Adds the loaded selection to any existing selections
in the image. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Subtract From Selection</dt>
<dd>Subtracts the loaded selection from existing selections
in the image.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Intersect With Selection</dt>
<dd>Saves a selection from an area intersected by the loaded
selection and existing selections in the image.<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You
can drag a selection from one open Photoshop image into another.</div></dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</li>
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