Copy and paste a selection from one picture to another

[mkuehn]

I´m new to Affinoity Photo and I´m looking for a possibility to copy a selection from one photo into a selected area in another one. In Photoshop it is just called 'copy into selection', where it is masked by the selected area.  Every time I try this the copied selection is placed onto the background layer, where it is fixed.

[tonyjt]

I'd also be interested if there is an equivalent or work around to PSE "Paste in selection" as I use this method to create a collage of images.

[Lee D]

Hi mkuehn,

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

After you have pasted and with the layer still selected, you can switch to the Move tool and then reposition/resize the selection as you require, you aren't limited to that position. Paste Inside allows you to paste a layer inside another layer.

[Alfred]

Paste Inside allows you to paste a layer inside another layer.

 

Paste Inside only allows you to paste a nested copy. Paste Into Selection would enable you, for example, to take a copy of a 100px square region of the image and paste it, reduced in size, into a 75px square region at a different position (a bit like cloning, but with automatic scaling at the same time). I can't see a way to do this in Affinity Photo 1.5.

[carl123]

I'd also be interested if there is an equivalent or work around to PSE "Paste in selection" as I use this method to create a collage of images.

 

Don't use a selection, use a quick shape instead, like a rectangle or circle and put that where you would have put the selection.

 

Then with the quick shape selected use Edit > Paste Inside

 

That should give you the same result as PSE's "Paste in selection"