In GIMP there's this quick function that when you right-click any layer and select "alpha to selection" GIMP will simply take this layer alpha and make selection of it.
Any ideas on how to do this in Photoshop?
At 5/2/10 01:03 PM, FroxTech wrote: In GIMP there's this quick function that when you right-click any layer and select "alpha to selection" GIMP will simply take this layer alpha and make selection of it.
Any ideas on how to do this in Photoshop?
I may be a little slow, but I don't understand your question. Try to rephrase it..
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Sorry, guess it's my fault. I'm not foreign English and it's pretty tricky when it comes to the technical language etc.
You know the drawing program called GIMP?
Well, it has a function which let's you copy the layer alpha to the selection, so to say.
Is there any way of doing this in photoshop?
BTW I'll include a screenshot this time.
At 5/2/10 01:14 PM, FroxTech wrote: Sorry, guess it's my fault. I'm not foreign English and it's pretty tricky when it comes to the technical language etc.
You know the drawing program called GIMP?
Well, it has a function which let's you copy the layer alpha to the selection, so to say.
Is there any way of doing this in photoshop?
BTW I'll include a screenshot this time.
I think what your wanting is duplicate layer?
if not that then try copy merger up under the edit menu?
At 5/2/10 01:18 PM, Kinsei01 wrote:At 5/2/10 01:14 PM, FroxTech wrote: Sorry, guess it's my fault. I'm not foreign English and it's pretty tricky when it comes to the technical language etc.I think what your wanting is duplicate layer?
You know the drawing program called GIMP?
Well, it has a function which let's you copy the layer alpha to the selection, so to say.
Is there any way of doing this in photoshop?
BTW I'll include a screenshot this time.
if not that then try copy merger up under the edit menu?
thanks for your reply, but no,
I know the basic function pretty well.
However I already found it, ctrl + clicking on layer thumbnail is the solution.
There's so many things in photoshop that can't be done with the normal context menus :S
At 5/2/10 01:05 PM, FroxTech wrote: And who's already got CS5 ? me do :)
Newgrounds does not approve of illegal activity. Also, CS 5 is not out yet, what you've got is compiled bits and pieces of the pre-release.
He's obviously asking where the option to select the entire alpha channel on a layer is in Photoshop CS5.
I don't know cuz I use GIMP and MSpaint.
At 5/2/10 02:25 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote:At 5/2/10 01:05 PM, FroxTech wrote: And who's already got CS5 ? me do :)Newgrounds does not approve of illegal activity. Also, CS 5 is not out yet, what you've got is compiled bits and pieces of the pre-release.
Jonny... CS5 Was released in mid April.....
At 5/2/10 02:28 PM, Kinsei01 wrote: Jonny... CS5 Was released in mid April.....
My bad, it was released for sale April 30.....
Ctrl+click on a layer's icon in the layer panel.
That will select all pixels on a layer based on their alpha.
It's a shortcut that's worked since ps7 and cs2, so it should still be active.
It really depends on what you are trying to do.
What purpose does this serve? I don't know what you'd use it for so I have to guess at what in Photoshop would give you the same result. If you want to continue painting over the top of the layer, and are using the selection to 'trap' your changes I'd recommend "lock transparency".
Sorry if you don't understand me I only speak english as I am incredibly lazy.
At 5/2/10 02:46 PM, kernalphage wrote: Ctrl+click on a layer's icon in the layer panel.
That will select all pixels on a layer based on their alpha.
Beat me to it. Right click or Ctrl click on the icon for the layer. Not the layer name. You'll get a menu. Choose select pixels.
At 5/2/10 01:33 PM, FroxTech wrote: However I already found it, ctrl + clicking on layer thumbnail is the solution.
See now you don't have to feel bad. English is my native language and I totally missed that you already solved the problem for yourself.
