Note: When you edit paint objects you can edit pixels in the images by selecting channels in the Channels palette. However, when you edit other objects, you can’t select the “object” channel. You can show or hide the object channel, but you can edit pixels only in the channel mask. Selecting views in the Transparency palette You can use the Transparency palette to change your view when you edit a channel mask. In channel mask edit mode, two buttons let you select editing views. Click the triangle at the lower left to expand the palette if necessary to display the buttons. To view the channel mask only:  Click “Channel Mask Only” in the Transparency palette. This is the same as hiding the “object channel” in the Channels palette. To view the object and channel mask:  Click “Image and Channel Mask.” This is the same as making the “object channel” and the channel mask visible in the channels palette. Click the eye symbol to hide the object or channel mask in the Channels palette A   Click to show the mask effect on the object B   Click to show the channel mask alone You can use the Transparency and Channels palettes to change your view when you edit a channel mask Click to show options A B
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