Saving selections - Saving histories

[PatN]

I understand about saving and loading selections, but is it possible to save a selection, close the program and then reopen the program and still be able to retrieve the selection?

Is it possible to do the same with histories?

I suspect not but I thought I'd ask. Thanks.

[Wendy]

Hi Pat ...

Yes it is possible to later reload a saved selection just as long as you save the file as a psd :)

Just make your selection and then do Select>Save Selection ... when you want to use the selection you just do Select>Load Selection.

I';m afraid that its not possible to do the same thing with histories :(

Wendy

[TonyW]

Pat: I guess the answer is yes and no :) Yes a psd file saves any selections you've made so you can load it back up again after you've closed the file but no you can't save histories although I will often save a "snapshot" layer using Ctrl-Shft-Alt-E which represents history up to that point.

Tony

Like Wendy just said :D

[PatN]

Pat: I guess the answer is yes and no :) Yes a psd file saves any selections you've made so you can load it back up again after you've closed the file but no you can't save histories although I will often save a "snapshot" layer using Ctrl-Shft-Alt-E which represents history up to that point.

Tony

Like Wendy just said :D

Thanks Wendy and Tony; out of curiosity can you save histories in Photoshop?

[Wendy]

Hi Pat ...

No you can't do that in Photoshop either :)

Wendy