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4.1.4 Setting a Channel Mask's Color, Transparency, and Title

Double-clicking in the channel mask title area brings up the Channel Options   dialog, shown in Figure  4.5(b).

  
Figure 4.5: Changing a Channel Mask's Color, Opacity, and Title
Figure 4.5

This dialog allows three mask attributes to be set: the Channel name, the Fill Opacity, and the mask color. Setting the name is self-explanatory, but the other two attributes merit some discussion.

The Fill Opacity slider sets the degree to which the image layer is visible through the filmy parts of the mask. The slider's units are in percent so if the opacity is set to 100, the only parts of the image that are visible are those that correspond to the white part of the mask, and the parts of the image corresponding to the black parts of the mask cannot be seen. Alternatively, if the opacity is set to 0, the image layer is completely visible, and the mask cannot be seen. An intermediate opacity setting allows the masked-out regions of the image to be seen through the black part of the mask. Adjusting the Fill Opacity slider allows an optimum working level to be set for the mask.

If some of the image pixels seen behind the semi-opacity of the mask are dark, it will be difficult to see the details of these pixels. This may impede your ability to make useful edits to the mask, regardless of the Fill Opacity slider's setting. This is why the color of the mask can be changed. Changing the mask's color is done by clicking in the color patch of the Channel Options dialog. This brings up the Color Selection dialog, from which any color can be chosen. A good choice, of course, is one that contrasts well with the image layer pixels. Closing the Color Selection dialog changes the color in the Channel Options color rectangle. Closing the Channel Options dialog makes this color appear at the chosen opacity level in the image window. This is shown in Figure  4.5(a), where a 50%-transparent red has been chosen for the mask color.

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