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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">10.28.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Add Layer Mask to Selection</span>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">10.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Layers</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-mask-selection-add"></a>10.28.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Add Layer Mask to Selection</span>
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  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2413 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-08-16</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">scb</td>
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  65.       <p>
  66.     The <span class="guimenuitem">Add to Selection</span> command converts the
  67.     layer mask of the active layer into a selection, which is added to the
  68.     selection that is already active in the image. White areas of
  69.     the layer mask are selected, black areas are not selected, and gray
  70.     areas are converted into feathered selections. The layer mask itself is
  71.     not modified by this command.
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  77.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2710247"></a>10.28.1.¬†
  78.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activating the Command</span>
  79.     </h4>
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  86.               <p>
  87.           You can access this command from the image menubar through
  88.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">L</span>ayer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">M</span>ask</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">A</span>dd to Selection</span>,
  89.         </p>
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  91.             <li>
  92.               <p>
  93.           or from the pop-up menu you get by right-clicking on the active
  94.           layer in the Layers Dialog.
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  104.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2710312"></a>10.28.2.¬†
  105.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Illustration of Add Layer Mask to Selection</span>
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  113.             <b>Figure¬†15.115.¬†
  114.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Illustration of Add Layer Mask to Selection</span>
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  122.             From left to right: the original image with a selection,
  123.             the Layers Dialog with a layer mask created with the
  124.             ‚Äú<span class="quote">Layer's alpha channel</span>‚Äù option,
  125.             after adding the layer mask to the selection.
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  147.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-layer-mask-selection-replace.html">10.27.¬†
  148.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Mask to Selection</span>
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  156.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Subtract Layer Mask from Selection</span>
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