Adobe photoshop cs2 Manual De Usuario
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
Note: When the new channel appears at the bottom of the Channels palette, it is the only channel visible in the image
window unless you click a color channel or the composite color channel.
window unless you click a color channel or the composite color channel.
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Select a painting or editing tool and do one of the following to add or subtract from the mask created from the
alpha channel:
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To remove areas in the new channel, paint with white.
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To add areas in the new channel, paint with black.
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Add or remove areas using opacities less than 100%, set the opacity in the options bar of the painting or editing
tool and then paint with white or black. You can also paint with a color to achieve lower opacities.
tool and then paint with white or black. You can also paint with a color to achieve lower opacities.
See also
Properties of alpha channels
An alpha channel has these properties:
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Each image can contain up to 56 channels, including all color and alpha channels.
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You can specify a name, color, mask option, and opacity for each channel. (The opacity affects the preview of the
channel, not the image.)
channel, not the image.)
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All new channels have the same dimensions and number of pixels as the original image.
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You can edit the mask in an alpha channel using painting tools, editing tools, and filters.
Original mask (left), and after a filter was applied (right)
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You can convert alpha channels to spot color channels.
To save a mask selection
You can save any selection as a mask in a new or existing alpha channel.
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Select the area or areas of the image that you want to isolate.
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Click the Save Selection button
at the bottom of the Channels palette. A new channel appears, named
according to the sequence in which it was created.