Josh Neufeld Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 When I paste a photo into Photo, and then highlight some region of it, I am often trying to quickly highlight and delete background, or highlight and delete the subject (so I can paste it somewhere else). Sometimes it has worked, othertimes I delete and the entire image disappears. Why does the entire image disappear instead of just the selection? I'm sure it's something obvious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 An image layer needs to be rasterized — which turns it into a pixel layer — before you can copy or delete a selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Neufeld Posted December 7, 2022 Author Share Posted December 7, 2022 Perfect - thanks! Seems odd that a raster image would not be pasted in as a pixel layer by default. Brian_J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Sure thing. Each layer type has its advantages. Among other things, image layers retain all the data in the original image file, and that data is used when exploring the file, which may be desirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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