Copy not working

[Btwyx]

I've just upgraded to new M2 Pro MacBook, and I just bought Affinity Photo V2. Copy is not working.

That is:

Screen shot
Send to Preview
Select all
Copy
In Affinity Photo:
New From Clipboard
Use rectangular selection to select a portion of the image
Copy (cmd-C, or menu)

Nothing happens. The menu flashes to tell me it's taken the keystroke, but the clipboard has not changed. The clipboard still has the entire image I just pasted in.

If I paste, I get the entire image, not the copied pixels

If I New From Clipboard, I get the entire image, not the copied pixels.

If I go to preview and do a new from clipboard, I get the entire image, not the copied pixels≥

Ie, copy is not working.

 

[R C-R]

In the Layer panel of AP, see if the layer is identified as an Image layer, then right-click on it & select either Rasterize or Rasterize & Trim to convert it to a Pixel layer.

You should now be able to select just a portion of it to use with New from Clipboard.

[Btwyx]

12 minutes ago, R C-R said:

In the Layer panel of AP, see if the layer is identified as an Image layer, then right-click on it & select either Rasterize or Rasterize & Trim to convert it to a Pixel layer.

You should now be able to select just a portion of it to use with New from Clipboard.

Thanks, that worked. 

It's never done that before. I'm assuming this is MacOS Ventura doing silly things, it's never done that before, but I've avoided Ventura so far.

What format is an "Image" if not a pixel one? I was trying to find some way of seeing what format the layer was, and not finding anything.

[R C-R]

45 minutes ago, Btwyx said:

What format is an "Image" if not a pixel one?

Image layers are a special kind of container that retain the color space, resolution and physical dimensions of the original image.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Btwyx said:

It's never done that before. I'm assuming this is MacOS Ventura doing silly things, it's never done that before, but I've avoided Ventura so far.

It sounds like pretty standard processing for both Mac and Windows, in both Affinity V1 and V2.