Quoting "scott s." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I seem to be missing a basic concept. If I open an image with alpha channel, I can't find any way to edit the alpha channel. I end up using other software to save the alpha as a grayscale and editing that. That requires converting my 24 bit image to grayscale too so I can load the alpha as a layer for editing. What I want is to keep the 24 bit rgb image and edit the alpha as an 8 bit layer. FWIW, I generally use 32 bit targa format for editing image with alpha., because I don't have any filter for directX compressed formats (DXT1, DXT3).
Perform a "Layers->Mask->Add Layer Mask" and select "Transfer layer's alpha channel" as the initialize option. You can then edit the "alpha channel" by editing the layer mask. When you wish to transfer your edited layer mask back to the alpha channel, perform a "Layers->Mask->Apply Layer Mask".
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