10.28. Add Layer Mask to Selection
| 10. The Layers Menu |

### 10.28. Add Layer Mask to Selection

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Revision $Revision: 2413 $ | 2006-08-16 | scb

The Add to Selection command converts the layer mask of the active layer into a selection, which is added to the selection that is already active in the image. White areas of the layer mask are selected, black areas are not selected, and gray areas are converted into feathered selections. The layer mask itself is not modified by this command.

#### 10.28.1. Activating the Command

- You can access this command from the image menubar through Layer → Mask → Add to Selection,

- or from the pop-up menu you get by right-clicking on the active layer in the Layers Dialog.

#### 10.28.2. Illustration of Add Layer Mask to Selection

Figure 15.115. Illustration of Add Layer Mask to Selection

From left to right: the original image with a selection, the Layers Dialog with a layer mask created with the “Layer's alpha channel” option, after adding the layer mask to the selection.

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