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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2 
User Guide 
To toggle between the Masked Areas and Selected Areas options for quick masks, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click 
(Mac OS) the Quick Mask Mode button. 
To choose a new mask color, click the color box, and choose a new color.
To change the opacity, enter a value between 0% and 100%.
Both  the color  and opacity  settings  affect  only  the appearance of the  mask  and have no effect on how  underlying  areas 
are protected. Changing these settings may make the mask more easily visible against the colors in the image.
See also 
To create an alpha channel and add a mask 
You can create a new alpha channel and then use painting tools, editing tools, and filters to create a mask from the 
alpha channel. You can also save an existing selection in a Photoshop or ImageReady image as an alpha channel that 
appears in the Channels palette in Photoshop. 
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Do one of the following: 
To create a new alpha channel using the current option settings, click the New Channel button 
at the bottom 
of the Channels palette. Skip to the note in step 6. 
To create an alpha channel and specify option settings, either Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the 
New Channel button at the bottom of the Channels palette, or choose New Channel from the Channels 
palette menu. 
If you are specifying option settings, begin by typing a name for the alpha channel in the Name text box of the 
New Channel dialog box. 
To set a display option for the mask, select one of the following in the New Channel dialog box:
Masked Areas 
Sets masked areas to black (opaque) and selected areas to white (transparent). Painting with black
Mask button in the toolbox becomes a white circle on a gray background 
increases the masked area; painting with white increases the selected area. When this option is selected, the Quick 
Selected Areas 
Sets masked areas to white (transparent) and selected areas to black (opaque). Painting with white 
increases the masked area; painting with black increases the selected area. When this option is selected, the Quick 
Mask button in the toolbox becomes a gray circle on a white background 
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To specify the appearance of the mask, any of the following in the New Channel dialog box: 
To choose a new mask color, click the color box and then use the Adobe Color Picker to select a new color. 
Click OK to close the Adobe Color Picker after selecting a color. 
To change the opacity, enter a value between 0% and 100%. 
Both  the color  and opacity  settings  affect  only  the appearance of the  mask  and have no effect on how  underlying  areas  
are protected. Changing these settings may make the mask more easily visible against the colors in the image. 
Click OK to close the New Channel dialog box. 
(Optional)  Click the  eye icon  
next to a color channel  or  the composite  color channel, such as RGB, to display  
the image with a color overlay showing the mask.