Ron

[Ron1]

Hi

I have just started using Affinity photo and am trying to cut and paste a part of a photo. I have marked the area I want to cut or copy and tried moving it all I get is the outline of the image

with a flashing outline and no image. I have uninstalled   and reinstalled ver 1.8.2.620 (Windows 10) but to no avail probably something silly I am doing but dont know what

have spent hours on this so I would be grateful for any help

[Old Bruce]

38 minutes ago, Ron1 said:

I have marked the area I want to cut or copy and tried moving it all I get is the outline of the image

Marked how?

I will assume you mean you have used the Marquee tool to make a selection. Here on Mac I have to have a layer selected so the Marquee is actually given something to work with. Now if I just want to move the selection I can hold the Command key (again, I am on Mac so I think you would use the Control key on Windows) and I can then move what is in the selection.

Hold the Command and move the selection.

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If you just want to copy and paste then just copy and paste after you have selected the layer in the Layers panel.