Move tool is selecting the entire photo and not just the selection brush part

[Neforpubl]

Not sure what I did - but I am trying to just grab the purple part of the photo and "copy" it to put it into another photo. Usually I would use the selection brush, then hit the move tool, and press ctrl+c and then paste in the next picture. 
Now I cant do that. When I do it, it pastes the entire photo. 

[AffinityJules]

That's because you're using an image file.

Rasterise the layer to turn it into a pixel layer then all will be fine.

[Neforpubl]

How exactly do I do that if you don't mind? Still learning affinity. 

[Neforpubl]

6 minutes ago, AffinityJules said:

That's because you're using an image file.

Rasterise the layer to turn it into a pixel layer then all will be fine.

meant to quote you. my bad

[AffinityJules]

4 minutes ago, Neforpubl said:

How exactly do I do that if you don't mind? Still learning affinity. 

1. Layers tab/choose rasterise from the drop down list.

Or

2. Right click mouse/select rasterise.

[Neforpubl]

1 minute ago, AffinityJules said:

1. Layers tab/choose rasterise from the drop down list.

Or

2. Right click mouse/select rasterise.

Got it! Thank you!