andren Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 I am having an issue with Copy & Paste that I don't remember having before. Maybe I'm doing something wrong here, but I'm not sure what it could be. I selected an area from a photo using the Freehand Selection tool. Then I copied the selected area and pasted it on a different layer. Once this selection was pasted, I noticed something strange, where an outline from the copied area was also pasted into this new layer. So, in this new layer, I have the pasted area, but I also have an outline from the selected area. I attached an image to show you the problem that I'm experiencing. Thank you for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 I’ve just tried this with Photo 2 on Windows 10 and the result was as I expected with no ‘extra outline’. If you can give us a step-by-step workflow that reproduces this then we can probably help more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andren Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 12/5/2022 at 3:48 AM, GarryP said: I’ve just tried this with Photo 2 on Windows 10 and the result was as I expected with no ‘extra outline’. If you can give us a step-by-step workflow that reproduces this then we can probably help more. I'm still using version 1 of Affinity Photo. I haven't switched to version 2 yet. All I did was select an area of the image, copy it, and then paste it. I have done this many times before and never had problems with it until this time. I just tried this again though, and the problem is no longer happening. Maybe it was just a temporary bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- S - Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 It's because the freehand selection has antialiasing and/or feather applied. Then when you move the newly pasted layer with the Move tool, you still have the selection enabled. This means what you're moving is not the newly pasted layer as a whole, but the (still) selected part of the newly pasted layer (which still has antialiasing and/or feather applied). Therefore, you need to go to [Select > Deselect] (CMD/CTRL + D) to deselect the active selection before moving the layer. andren, GarryP and NotMyFault 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andren Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 5:36 PM, - S - said: It's because the freehand selection has antialiasing and/or feather applied. Then when you move the newly pasted layer with the Move tool, you still have the selection enabled. This means what you're moving is not the newly pasted layer as a whole, but the (still) selected part of the newly pasted layer (which still has antialiasing and/or feather applied). Therefore, you need to go to [Select > Deselect] (CMD/CTRL + D) to deselect the active selection before moving the layer. Thank you for pointing this out! I will pay attention to this next time if the problem occurs again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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