10.30. Intersect Layer Mask with Selection
| 10. The Layers Menu |

### 10.30. Intersect Layer Mask with Selection

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

The Intersect with Selection command converts the layer mask of the active layer into a selection. The intersection of this selection and the selection that is already active form the new selection for 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.

#### 10.30.1. Activating the Command

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

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

#### 10.30.2. Illustration of Intersecting the Layer Mask with the Selection

Figure 15.117. Illustration of Intersecting the Layer Mask with the 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 intersecting the layer mask with the selection.

10.29. Subtract Layer Mask from Selection |  | 10.31. The Transparency Submenu of the Layer menu