Cropped images when copied into another image are shown in their original size instead of the cropped one

[rpk]

i ran into something odd, i thought that worked before, but somehow i am out of ideas right now. i have take a few screenshots and i wanted to create a collage of those images.i've cropped each source image which is saved as a png file. and then picked one of the images and extended the canvas in height (each image has the same width and i wanted to stack them onto each other). i've then copied one of the other cropped images into the clipboard and pasted it on the image with the extended height. but instead of pasting the cropped version the original uncropped full height version is pasted?

i am using affinity photo 2.0.4 on a mbp pro m1pro with monterey.  

[NotMyFault]

Crop is non-destructive in Affinity apps.

You can use one of these methods:

• rasterize & trim the layer before copy
• merge visible before copy to create a new (cropped) layer
• use a pixel selection & copy merged

[carl123]

Edit > Copied Flattened

also works