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I've opened a pdf file of a series of records on an A4 page.

I'm then using the rectangular marquee tool to select one record and to cut and paste it into a new layer (either CtrlJ or CtrlC/CtrlP), Either way the whole A4 image is always recreated in a new layer.

Out of interest, I then saved the one layer image as a jpg, reloaded it and tried again. No problems - I just got the single extracted image in the new layer as I wanted.

Is this a bug or a quirk of affinity that I'll need to remember?

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It is a matter of the layer type. Yes, it is quirk of affinity ("document" & "image" layers for a non-destructive workflow approach) and worth to remember. See for instance:

On 4/30/2016 at 6:49 PM, MEB said:

Note that you can only copy pixel selections from Pixel layers. Image layers will be fully copied despite them being entirely inside the selection or not (Image layers are considered an object layer type - they can be modified "globally" - rotated, skewed, scaled etc - but can't be edited at a pixel level).

So if you want to make changes at a pixel level to an image (using brushes, creating/editing selections etc) you must convert them to Pixel layers first.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q="copy pixel selection"&quick=1&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&q=copy pixel selection&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and

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Hi @rfj10101,

Further to the reply from @thomaso. If you look at the Layers panel, you'll likely see the image shows as an Image Layer, to convert this to a Pixel Layer, simply right click on it and select Rasterise.  You'll then be able to use the selection tools to cut part of the image out :) 

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17 hours ago, rfj10101 said:

I've opened a pdf file

Did you really use Open? If so, I think everything should have worked. If you didn't use File > Open, then it would help to be more precise about the steps you actually took because different workflows generate different results. Specifically, Open is not the same as Place nor as drag-and-drop onto an existing opened file.

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