RafaelRiva Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Hello! I work a lot with screen grabs of social media and sometimes I need to quickly cut an image to replace it with another due to copyrights, on the example below I want to grab this selection only and copy to the left to cover the guy's face. On photoshop, usually this shortcut is Control + J (Or CMD+J) But in Affinity Photo is not the case, I've tried to use "Control + C + Control + V" but no dice either, it just copy the whole image. the only way I managed to do this is by clicking on the mask icon, but this is far to slow when you need to do this all the time. So how I do this simple operation on Affinity? Cheers, Quote Motion Designer, 3D Artist and Film Editor You can check my work here: https://www.behance.net/RafaelRiva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 In Affinity Designer go into Pixel Persona - make your selection cmd+C then cmd+V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafaelRiva Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 I don't know why this method is not working for me... Designer_xtbkUN3blb.mp4 Quote Motion Designer, 3D Artist and Film Editor You can check my work here: https://www.behance.net/RafaelRiva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbon Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Olá Rafael. 16 minutes ago, RafaelRiva said: But in Affinity Photo is not the case, I've tried to use "Control + C + Control + V" but no dice either, it just copy the whole image. Before doing anything convert your layer from (Image) to (Pixel) by going to Layer > Rasterise. Then, instead of Control+C + Control+V press Ctrl+J. A bit faster. RafaelRiva 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 You can´t copy&paste from an "Image" layer and should get a warning sound - at least on macOS. SelectCopy+Paste.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_l Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, RafaelRiva said: I don't know why this method is not working for me... It works, when your layer is a Pixel layer and not an Image layer, as in your case. So you have to rasterise the Image layer first. Quote ---------- Windows 10 / 11, Complete Suite Retail and Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafaelRiva Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Thanks for all the replies! I think @Lisbon have discovered the problem! it turns out "IMAGE" and "PIXEL" are different types of data, so this why the copy and paste was not working. I've just tested on both programs and it worked on "PIXELS" mode! Thanks guys! Quote Motion Designer, 3D Artist and Film Editor You can check my work here: https://www.behance.net/RafaelRiva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 You should get a warning sound when you try to copy&paste from an Image layer and the menu entries are greyed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 11 minutes ago, RafaelRiva said: But in Affinity Photo is not the case, I've tried to use "Control + C + Control + V" but no dice either, it just copy the whole image. Image is the key word here. I think you have an Image layer and not a Pixel layer. You can use the Command + J on pixel layers. Copy and Paste from a browser window gives me an Image layer as does Drag and Drop from a browser window. Saving the image (right click and choose save or save as from the context window) then opening that PNG or JPEG will give me a Pixel layer. Screenshots depend on how you have that set up, is it saving to the desktop or downloads directory or is it going onto the Clipboard. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 19, 2022 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2022 Hi @RafaelRiva, Welcome to Affinity Forums You can also use the command Edit > Copy Merged on macOS (Edit > Copy Flattened on Windows) to copy directly from an Image layer without the need to rasterise it. Then paste as usual. RafaelRiva 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 @MEB. In Affinity Designer/PixelPersona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafaelRiva Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Thanks to you all! I'm glad that I finally asked here, now I can work much faster. Quote Motion Designer, 3D Artist and Film Editor You can check my work here: https://www.behance.net/RafaelRiva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 19, 2022 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, PixelPest said: @MEB. In Affinity Designer/PixelPersona? The command is not available in Designer, no matter the Persona. The OP stated he was using Affinity Photo. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Oh man, I'm really good at overreading. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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