DESELECTED AND FORGOT TO SAVE? DON T SWEAT IT

DESELECTED AND FORGOT TO SAVE? DON'T SWEAT IT

If, after you've created a selection in an image, deselected it, and moved on to other things, you suddenly wish you had that selection back, you're not out of luck. As long as you haven't made another selection (since the one you want to get back), Photoshop remembers your last selection and lets you get it back by going under the Select menu and choosing Reselect. When you choose it, the last selection you created reappears within your image. If you create a selection that, while it's still active, you know you want to keep for later use, then go under the Select menu and choose Save Selection. When the Save Selection dialog appears, click OK, and Photoshop saves it. You can reload it anytime by going under the Select menu and choosing Load Selection. Your selection will be named "Alpha 1" by default, and you can choose to load it (or other subsequent saved selections) from the Channel pop-up menu in the Load Selection dialog.