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Save and load selections as channels

Save and load selections as channels - Photoshop Tutorial

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Save and load selections as channels

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Finally, you should also know about how to save and load selections now even though again this is something that you can replace by using layer masks because in a way layer mask are save selections there is another way of saving selections in Photoshop and that is by using the channels panel so if I just use the object selection tool in this case and maybe select the elephant on the left so I just clicked on that to create a selection. Instead of saving this as a mask I can just go to the Select menu and choose Save Selection. You will get a dialog box where you can rename it I'm just going to call it Elephant 1 and click OK then I'm going to click on the elephant here on the right side and then go to the Select menu again and choose Save Selection and I will call that one elephant2. So notice that here in the channels panel now we have two selections and even if I remove my current selection so I press command or control D to deselect it I will be able to go back to these selections…

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