Way to save a mask in a file

[Lich555]

Hi

I've got the attached image. I've already done the selection and masked it out (don't bother about the Recolor). Is there a way to export it, so I can return to the image tomorrow or any other time, and still have the selected mask there so I don't have to select it everytime I want to do something with it?

[Old Bruce]

Channels are your friend. Open the Channels pane aftering select the Mask layer in the Layers panel then right click on the Alpha for the Mask in the Channels panel and you should see something like New Spare Channel from Layer Alpha

[NotMyFault]

You can save selections as files, or convert selections from/to mask layers, or as Old Bruce said use channels panel and spare channels.

choose your favorite 🤩 

[thomaso]

1 hour ago, NotMyFault said:

You can save selections as files, or convert selections from/to mask layers, or as Old Bruce said use channels panel and spare channels.

I would expect also saving as Asset would work – but in my V1 it seems, though the adjustment layer does work, its nested mask layer gets ignored or corrupted when it gets used from the Asset panel and then even disables the adjustment unless the mask gets disabled in the Layers panel. – Maybe it's improved in V2.