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whats the keyboard short cut to the toggle between alpha channel & the original layer


balavalli

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whats the keyboard short cut to the toggle between alpha channel & the original layer in windows environment ?? :banghead:
 

balavalli

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Re: whats the keyboard short cut to the toggle between alpha channel & the original l

ok i think i found it its tilde (~) key ?? its really useful short cut indeed. Let me try.
 

Tom Mann

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Re: whats the keyboard short cut to the toggle between alpha channel & the original l

On my system, the default assignment is:

Ctrl + \ to switch from layer contents to the layer mask, and

Ctrl + 2 to switch from the layer mask to the layer contents.

Obviously, you can reassign these if you want. For example, I would love it if the same keystroke would simply toggle between the two, and didn't require a different shortcut for each direction.

Tom M
 

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Re: whats the keyboard short cut to the toggle between alpha channel & the original l

There isn't one.

Just drag the Channels Panel from the docked position if you need to both at the same time.

Screen Shot 2015-10-03 at 8.12.04 AM.png

Or........

If you want to go from the alpha to original state just click the RGB.

Original RGB (original state)
Screen Shot 2015-10-03 at 8.22.05 AM.png

Now click once in the body of the alpha layer.
Screen Shot 2015-10-03 at 8.22.13 AM.png

To go back, click on the RGB layer again.
 
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Tom Mann

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Re: whats the keyboard short cut to the toggle between alpha channel & the original l

Thanks, Sam. I saw "alpha channel" but somehow that registered in my mind as "layer mask" not as one of the three regular color channels or an added alpha channel. :redface:

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balavalli

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Re: whats the keyboard short cut to the toggle between alpha channel & the original l

Thank you for the replies. Thansk a ton Iamsam and Tom Mann .Kudos to you both.
 

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