User Guide

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0
User Guide
• If you display an alpha channel at the same time
as color channels, the alpha channel appears as a
transparent color overlay, analogous to a printer’s
rubylith or a sheet of acetate. To change the color
of this overlay or set other alpha channel options,
see the procedure to change a channel’s options on
page 253.
To show or hide a channel:
Click in the eye column next to the channel to
show or hide that channel. (Click the composite
channel to view all default channels. The
composite channel is displayed whenever all the
color channels are visible.)
To show or hide multiple channels,
drag through the eye column in the
Channels palette.
To see individual channels in color:
1 Choose File > Preferences > Display & Cursors.
2 Select Color Channels in Color, and click OK.
To change the order of alpha channels:
Drag the channel up or down. When the heavy
black line appears in the position you want, release
the mouse button.
Whatever the order of alpha channels, the color
information channels always appear at the top.
Drag channel in palette, and release to set new position.
To hide or change the size of channel thumbnails to
work more efficiently:
1 Choose Palette Options from the Channels
palette menu.
2 Select a display option:
• Click a thumbnail size. Smaller thumbnails
reduce the space required by the Channels
palette—helpful when you’re working on smaller
monitors.
• Click None to turn off the display of thumbnails.
3 Click OK.