Paul Masri-Stone Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) When I use the rectangular selection, copy merged, paste and then move the new layer, the bounding box of the new layer weirdly includes the original selection. Why is this and what am I doing wrong? Here is a video to demo the problem. I am using Affinity Photo 1.9.3 on MacOS 11.4 (M1). Edited July 12, 2021 by Paul Masri-Stone Replace downloadable video with YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Strange. (same specs here) What I don´t get is why "copy merged" instead of "copy" and why the pasted part is labelled (Pixel) instead of "Background (Pixel)" like here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Masri-Stone Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 I have discovered that if I deselect the marquee before I paste then the bounding box is not distorted, so I have a workaround. However the behaviour I described is strange. Please could one of the Affinity experts explain: Is this a bug or intended behaviour? If I want the selection to only select from one layer, is Copy Merged still correct? (I learned that Copy doesn't work, though I don't understand why.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Just "Copy" works here. I believe the effect is because you´re moving the content inside a selection that gets expanded: It seems intended to copy&paste, deselect, get Move tool to transform the pasted and all is good: Paul Masri-Stone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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