Copy a Selection from an image and Paste it in another Pixel Layer?

[augustya]

is there a way? Can I copy some selection from the main image and paste it on a different pixel layer in the same project?

So what I want to do is basically I have an image in a project. I want to copy the under eye area of the main image paste it on another layer and then adjust its opacity. How can I do this?

[NotMyFault]

Use merge down or merge selected to combine 2 pixel layers.

check the size and position of the lower layer. If you perceive blurriness, undo, rasterize the lower layer, and repeat the merge.

[NotMyFault]

10 minutes ago, augustya said:

So what I want to do is basically I have an image in a project. I want to copy the under eye area of the main image paste it on another layer and then adjust its opacity. How can I do this?

1. have the source layer chosen
2. Select the area
3. copy merged
4. choose target layer
5. paste. It should be atop of the target layer
6. Adjust opacity of layer

a better approach would be using patch tool or clone tool, which can blend in the copied portion so it better matches the target layer.

[augustya]

14 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

1. have the source layer chosen
2. Select the area
3. copy merged
4. choose target layer
5. paste. It should be atop of the target layer
6. Adjust opacity of layer

a better approach would be using patch tool or clone tool, which can blend in the copied portion so it better matches the target layer.

the last approach  that you have just mentioned,  to implement that  the background image which is the main image, i aready have dded some leers with changes and are placed on top of it no to clone from that main image i need to select the main image but. if i select that image  how am I going to be able to clone from it. i hope you understand

[Alfred]

42 minutes ago, augustya said:

Can I copy some selection from the main image and paste it on a different pixel layer in the same project?

In either the Pixel persona in Affinity Designer or the Photo persona in Affinity Photo, if you’ve made a ‘marching ants’ selection and the currently active layer is a pixel layer, you can use the ‘Duplicate’ command to put a duplicate of the selected pixels on a new layer. The new layer will be directly above the layer that you copied from, and the duplicate pixels will likewise be directly above the originals.

[NotMyFault]

20 minutes ago, augustya said:

the last approach  that you have just mentioned,  to implement that  the background image which is the main image, i aready have dded some leers with changes and are placed on top of it no to clone from that main image i need to select the main image but. if i select that image  how am I going to be able to clone from it. i hope you understand

As always getting the actual image would help.

if other layers are „in the way“, try to deactivate them temporarily so they won’t get copied.

if the source is not a single layer, but consists of multiple layers, you may use merge visible and a mask layer to get all combined in one layer.

[NotMyFault]

Or to phrase it differently. If you use copy merged, it will always copy the chose layer from the layer stack, no matter if other layers are above it.

if you paste, ensure that the pasted layer gets on top of the layer stack to become visible, otherwise it may become covered by other layers.

 

edit: just tested, I was wrong. Copy merged copies what is visible.

you need to use copy, it will copy only the selected area of the chosen layer.

[NotMyFault]

[R C-R]

Do you actually want to copy a 'marching ants' selection from a single pixel layer & paste it into a different existing pixel layer, or do you really just want to paste it to a new pixel layer?

If the latter, just copy & paste should do what you want.

[R C-R]

7 hours ago, Alfred said:

In either the Pixel persona in Affinity Designer or the Photo persona in Affinity Photo, if you’ve made a ‘marching ants’ selection and the currently active layer is a pixel layer, you can use the ‘Duplicate’ command to put a duplicate of the selected pixels on a new layer. The new layer will be directly above the layer that you copied from, and the duplicate pixels will likewise be directly above the originals.

When I try this with the Layer > Duplicate command, it creates a copy of the entire active layer, not just the selected pixels.

What am I missing?

EDIT: is it that you mean the Layer > Duplicate Selection command in Affinity Photo? Edit > Duplicate in Affinity Designer works as you say but not in Photo.

[Alfred]

3 hours ago, R C-R said:

EDIT: is it that you mean the Layer > Duplicate Selection command in Affinity Photo? Edit > Duplicate in Affinity Designer works as you say but not in Photo.

I can’t check right now, but I think the behaviour in Photo may have been changed. It used to be the case that the ‘Duplicate’ command would work exactly as I described, so long as the current layer was a Pixel layer rather than an Image layer.

[R C-R]

6 minutes ago, Alfred said:

It used to be the case that the ‘Duplicate’ command would work exactly as I described, so long as the current layer was a Pixel layer rather than an Image layer.

There is both a Duplicate & a Duplicate Selection choice in Affinity Photo. My assumption is that "selection" applies to 'marching ants' selections while Duplicate applies to the selected layer (thus why these two commands are on the Layers menu).

But this applies to Pixel layers. For Image layers, both commands duplicate the marching ants selection. Don't know if that is a bug or not.