Why do marching ants go away?
I am trying to use a luminosity selection, but when I add a curves layer, the marching ants go away. I go to the channels and control click the RGB thumbnail to make the selection, then save the selection and name it. I then move over the layers panel and click on the adjustment icon (top or bottom of the panel) to create an adjustment layer. A mask is created, but the marching ants stop and the selection is not active. I have to right click on the mask that was created and select "Add selection to mask" to get the ants back. Shouldn't the selection stay active?
Thanks,
Jim Hodder
When you add an adjustment layer when there is an active selection the active selection is added as a layer mask on the adjustment layer and the active selection is deselected. If you want the ants back Crtl click on the Adjustment layer's Layer Mask. Why do you still need them the adjustments is masked by the selection? You can also run levels and curves on the Mask to adjust the effect the selection has,
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