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I had forgotten I had the alpha mask plugin which does basically the same thing as Paste Alpha. Thanks for the help, guys!

I'd still like to know the way how to do it without any plugins. Is there a way to add another layer and somehow change the properties of one of the layers..?

So I made these shapes a while back. I somehow put a gradient on the entire circle, except pixels where the circle is partially transparent, the gradient was also partially transparent. However, when I use the magic wand tool at 70% to select the entire circle, the use the gradient tool, the transparency factor goes away and all the pixels become opaque. I know it was easier than readjusting all the transparency pixels. Could someone help me out on how to do this? I have attached a small circle below just so that you can easily see the partially transparent pixels that I am referring to. I also attached a second circle of what happens when I try the method I explained above.