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limey,

The third work around probably isn't the best anyway. However you might wish to learn what it is about because saving selections as alpha channels and then reloading them is very handy and quite simple. At the bottom of the Channels palette are a series of buttons. The left-most is 'Load channel as selection' and the next to it is 'Save selection as channel.' To save a selection simply click on the Save button and a new alpha channel appears. To load an alpha channel as a selection, go to the Channels palette, highlight the channel you've saved and click the Load button and then return to the RGB view. An interesting aspect of alpha channels is that you can use the to add and subtract from an existing selection by highlighting the channel and then holding down the Option (Alt)=subtract or Shift=add keys as you click on the load button.