Editing the Edge Adjustments of an Existing Layer Mask

[jmc708]

I made a selection of the green tumbler below with the quick selection tool.  I then clicked the Select and Mask feature to refine the edge.  I softened the edges, feathered and shifted the edge to get the image shown below.  I then save and closed the file.

Now I want to slightly adjust the selection- say reduce my feathering a bit but when I double click on the mask to open up the Select and Mask feature, none of my original adjustments show- they all go back to the default...

Is there a way to open up Select and Mask with my previous adjustments so that I can just change them a bit?

Thanks.

Jim

[Mylenium · Accepted solution]

There is no such thing. The adjustments are immediately propagated to the mask as pixel data. They are not parametric definitions. You have to start over. Next time simply duplicate the layer or save the original channel/ selection before tweaking your mask.

Mylenium

[jmc708]

Mylenium- thanks. I appreciate the response...fortunately the selection wasn't that hard to recreate!  I'll know next time to dup layer!

Jim

[Katie Houghton]

if you checked: Remember Settings, you would see those setting next time you opened Select & Mask dialog box, though you can't use it to reset since the mask is a destructive process. Like Mylenium says, duplicate the layer.

[jmc708]

Katie- thank you both for responding...I'm learning- slowly but surely!

Jim