<a name="1010200"> </a>Loading a selection reactivates a selection that was saved as a channel. When you load a selection, you can replace the current selection, add it to the current selection, subtract it from the current selection, or intersect it with the current selection. For more information, refer to <a href="12-Selections8.html#1010111">"Combining Selections Using Boolean Operations"</a>.
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<a name="999261"> </a>To load a selection from a channel
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<li class="SmartList1" value="1"><a name="999262"> </a>Do one of the following:</li>
<li class="Bulleted2"><a name="999264"> </a>Click the Load Channel as Selection button <img src="images/12-Selectionsa11.jpg" height="16" width="16" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" />
on the Channels palette.</li>
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<li class="SmartList1" value="2"><a name="999265"> </a>In the Load Selection dialog box, choose a channel from the Load From pop-up menu.</li>
<li class="SmartList1" value="3"><a name="1010841"> </a>Choose a loading operation:</li>
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<li class="Bulleted2"><a name="1010842"> </a><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Replace Selection</span> replaces the current selection with the chosen channel.</li>
<li class="Bulleted2"><a name="999277"> </a><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Add To Selection</span> adds the channel to the current selection.</li>
<li class="Bulleted2"><a name="999279"> </a><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Subtract From Selection</span> subtracts the channel from the current selection. In other words, the channel "cuts away" from the selection.</li>
<li class="Bulleted2"><a name="999281"> </a><span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">Intersect With Selection</span> determines the intersection of the channel and the current selection. This intersection becomes the new selection.</li>