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  6.     <title>7.16.¬† Save to Channel</title>
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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">7.16.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Save to Channel</span>
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  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-qmask-toggle.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">7.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Select</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
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  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Save to Channel</span>
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  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2422 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-08-15</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">scb</td>
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  62.       <p>
  63.     The <span class="guimenuitem">Select to Channel</span> command saves the
  64.     selection as a channel. The channel can then be used as a channel
  65.     selection mask. You can find more information about them in the
  66.     <a class="link" href="gimp-channel-dialog.html" title="2.2.¬† Channels Dialog">Channel Dialog</a> section.
  67.   </p>
  68.       <p>
  69.     You will find a simple example how to use this command in the introduction
  70.     of <a class="xref" href="filters-alpha-to-logo.html" title="15.¬† Alpha to Logo Filters">Section¬†15, ‚Äú
  71.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Alpha to Logo Filters</span>
  72.   ‚Äù</a>. It shows how to convert a
  73.     selection to an alpha channel so that you can apply an alpha to logo
  74.     filter to this selection.
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  80.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2690652"></a>7.16.1.¬†
  81.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate the Command</span>
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  89.               <p>
  90.           You can access this command from the image menubar through
  91.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">S</span>elect</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Save to <span class="accel">C</span>hannel</span>.
  92.         </p>
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  94.             <li>
  95.               <p>
  96.           You can also access it from the
  97.           <a class="link" href="gimp-selection-dialog.html" title="7.8.¬† Selection Editor">Selection Editor</a>.
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  117.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-qmask-toggle.html">7.15.¬†
  118.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Toggle QuickMask</span>
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  125.           <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="selection-to-path.html">7.17.¬†
  126.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">To Path</span>
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