Simonkidd Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Steps as follows: > Drag and drop picture file into active picture as a layer > make a selection (e.g. rectangular, freehand...) > use menu or shortcut to copy, paste as new layer and then deselect, (cntr C, cntr V, cntr D). > new layer is a complete copy of the previous layer and not the selected bit. However: If the layer is rasterised first - it works. Should copy / paste selections to new layer work if non - rasterised ? Regards Drag and drop select.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 13, 2023 Staff Share Posted December 13, 2023 Hi @Simonkidd To copy selections from Image Layers without having to rasterise them use Edit > Copy Flattened. For regular Pixel Layers, Edit > Copy is enough. Simonkidd 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Hi @MEB, Out of pure curiosity, is there a particular reason why this feature is called Copy Flattened on Windows but Copy Merged on Mac? Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2437) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2437) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2437) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 13, 2023 Staff Share Posted December 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, Hangman said: Hi @MEB, Out of pure curiosity, is there a particular reason why this feature is called Copy Flattened on Windows but Copy Merged on Mac? No, there's no reason. I've filled a bug report for this sometime ago. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, MEB said: No, there's no reason. I've filled a bug report for this sometime ago. Thanks for letting me know, I wasn't aware that this was already logged... Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer Beta 2.5.0 (2437) | Affinity Photo Beta 2.5.0 (2437) | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.5.0 (2437) Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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