SamSteele Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 How do I copy part of a placed image in Publisher? I have two placed png scans on a single Publisher page. I want to copy part of one image over to the other image. When I do a freehand select of a part, copy it, and then paste it, what I get is the whole of the first image, not just the freehand selected section. This was done in the Photo Persona BTW, as I assumed I had to when working with a pixel image. Do I need to get out of Publisher and do the copy/paste thing in Photo? Publisher Win 7, V 1.8.5.703 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 When you Place an image you get an (Image) layer. If you want to operate on its pixels you need to make it a (Pixel) layer by Rasterizing it. Layer > Rasterize... or right-click on it in the Layers panel and choose Rasterize.... Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSteele Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 That worked. Thanks Walt. I hope Affinity has key man insurance on you. Now, what do Rasterise & Trim and Rasterise to Mask mean? Searched Help but no luck. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Rasterize & Trim: You would use that after using the Crop Tool in Photo if you want to make the crop permanent/destructive. It will throw away the areas of the photo you cropped out. Rasterize to Mask: After rasterizing, it will move the layer down into the layer below it as a mask. SamSteele 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSteele Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 Much obliged Walt. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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