Python: How to load a saved selection

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1

We can do

saved_selection = Gimp.Selection.save(image)

to save a selection.
How can we retrieve that selection later ? Aka load selection from channel?

2

When you call:

saved_selection = Gimp.Selection.save(image)

GIMP stores the selection as a channel.

To restore it later, use:

Gimp.Selection.load(saved_selection)

If you need to retrieve it from the image’s channels list (for example after reopening the image), you can access it via:

for channel in image.get_channels():
    if channel.get_name() == "Selection Mask":
        Gimp.Selection.load(channel)
        break

Just make sure you’re loading the correct channel object associated with the saved selection.

3

And doing this tells me:

Gimp.Selection.load(saved_selection)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: type object ‘Selection’ has no attribute ‘load’

So, please dear devs tell me how to do it right.

4

Try:

Gimp.Image.select_item(image, Gimp.ChannelOps.REPLACE, saved_selection)
or
image.select_item(Gimp.ChannelOps.REPLACE, saved_selection)