Loading masks and alpha channels

You can modify the current mask in an image by loading a mask saved to an alpha channel.

When you load a mask saved to an alpha channel in the image, you can choose the mask mode that is used to apply the mask. Depending on the mask mode you choose, the saved mask either replaces the current mask or is combined with it.

You can also load a mask or a color mask from disk and replace the current mask. You can apply the mask over a specific image area or over the entire image.

When you load an alpha channel from disk, you can apply the mask saved in the alpha channel to the current image.

To load a mask from an alpha channel

If the Channels docker is not open, click Window Dockers Channels or Image Channels.

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Normal mode

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Additive mode

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Subtractive mode

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Overlap mode

4 .	Click Mask Create Channel to mask.

To load a mask from disk

1 .	Click Mask Load Load from disk.

You can apply the mask to the entire image by clicking in the image window. If the dimensions of the image in which the mask was created are different from the dimensions of the active image, the mask stretches or compresses to fit the active image.

To load a color mask from disk

1 .	Click Mask Color mask.

If you load a color mask before you save the current color mask, the current color mask is lost.

To load an alpha channel from disk

If the Channels docker is not open, click Window Dockers Channels or Image Channels.

If you load a mask that was created in an image with different dimensions than those of the active image, the mask stretches or compresses to fit the entire active image; however, the mask’s aspect ratio may change.

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