Change from Photo shop

[Jawbones]

I have used photoshop for a long time and do a lot of photo mods but I cannot work out how to capture a part of a photo and place in the original.

[NotMyFault]

affinity uses a totally different way, focussing on non-destructiveness. While it is possible to use selection and drag that area within a pixel layer (after activating move tool), the Affinity way would be

• make selection
• copy
• if you want the selected area deleted, delete it (or create a mask, invert it)
• paste (creates a new layer)
• choose move tool
• Move layer to target position.
• if you want the layers combined, use merge down. This requires the source layer to be of type pixel. If it’s of type I age, rasterize it.

this might look like many more steps, but has its advantages of not deleting anything and allowing to re-adjust anytime later.

It is a major design principle where Affinity differs from other Apps who don’t offer this level of non-destructiveness.

[Jawbones]

Thank you I will try this way.