How to use color channel as layer mask?

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Bruce_Palmer
Mar 1, 2004
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Hello. I’m trying to use the blue color channel (a greyscale image) to mask a gradient in a layer. I’ve tried just about everything but don’t see a way to do this. Any ideas? Thanks for any replies.
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Peter_Figen
Mar 1, 2004
Make your layer mask, ctr click on the blue channel to load it’s selection and then fill with black while having the layer mask active.
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Bruce_Palmer
Mar 1, 2004
Thanks for the response, Peter. This works partly, in that the selection boundry looks like mid grey (128??) but what I’m trying to do is have a true grey scale mask, not a black and white mask. Thanks again.

Bruce
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Mathias_Vejerslev
Mar 1, 2004
Bruce,

What Peter is describing is exactly the way to do what you describe and results in a grayscale mask.

Mathias
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Colin_Walls
Mar 1, 2004
To improve just a bit on Peter’s [accurate] answer …

Do the CTRL-click on the blue channel first, then make the mask, which will then automatically take up the selection.
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Bruce_Palmer
Mar 1, 2004
Yes! It works! Thank you all.

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