Saving and loading selections

If a selection that you're going to use is the basis of a targeted adjustment, or a…composite image takes any effort at all to create, it probably makes sense to save…that selection. Of course, it's worth pointing out right…from the start that if you utilize a selection as the basis of a targeted…adjustment, or a composite image You're probably already saving that selection,…even if you don't know it. Let me show you what I mean.…I'll start off by creating the selection of the sky and I'll just chose the quick…selection tool and drag it across the sky. Let's assume that this selection is…absolutely and I want to use it as the basis of an adjustment that only affects…the sky. I'll go ahead and create the new…adjustment layer. Simply choose curves, and then I'll adjust…my curves adjustment so that you can see I'm only affecting the sky.…

Well, that's because by adding an adjustment layer with an active selection,…the layer mask for that adjustment layer will automatically reflect the shape of…the selection. That means that essentially I've preserved…