Photoshop :: The Color Mode Harvester

Intermediate and advanced members probably know the following technique (beginning users, probably should better first start with learning the tools before trying this):

1) Switch an RGB-image to another color mode (CMYK, CMY, Lab, ...)

2) Copy the channels you find in the other mode and paste them back in the original RGB image as Alpha Channels

What's the purpose of this?

By gathering channels of the same picture in other color modes, it becomes easier to get the best channel for your needs (selecting, masking, etc ...)or just for plain experimentation with other color modes

Why don't people do this:

The hassle of switching to other color modes, the copying, the pasting, ...

So, I made an action for this which gathers all the channels from CMYK, CMY, HSB, HSL, Grayscale, Lab and puts all these channels as alpha channels fully automatic.

WARNING BEFORE USING !!!

1) You should have the HSBHSL fitler installed (which you'll find in the goodies folder of your Photoshop software)

2) You should start out in RGB mode

This action has only been tested in Photoshop CS and Windows XP,