cdxp Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I want to copy a small square portion of a layer. I draw a marquee using the box marquee tool I copy I paste It pastes a new copy layer not the marquee selection . I can mask or fill but i cant seem to copy the selection. I'm obviously making a very basic error but i cant find it. João Vítor Martins, DelN and Kal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFisher Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 HiIt should just be a case of CMD + C and CMD + V and the selection should be copied rather than the whole layer.. Check out this post which you may find helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 It sounds as though you're working on an image layer, not a pixel layer. Image layers are treated as single objects, so you can only perform global operations such as rotating the image or adding layer effects: you can't work at the pixel level (e.g. for copying a selection). Go to the Layers panel, right-click the layer and choose 'Rasterize...' so that the designation changes from '(Image)' to '(Pixel)'. hdframez, cdxp, MalcolmC and 10 others 12 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdxp Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 It sounds as though you're working on an image layer, not a pixel layer. Image layers are treated as single objects, so you can only perform global operations such as rotating the image or adding layer effects: you can't work at the pixel level (e.g. for copying a selection). Go to the Layers panel, right-click the layer and choose 'Rasterize...' so that the designation changes from '(Image)' to '(Pixel)'. That was it. Thank you. For those wondering what an image layer is and why it exists this is the first post i found that explains it. https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/23041-what-are-pixel-layer-image-layers/ I am a bit curious why create new document from clipboard would create an image layer and not a pixel layer , but affinity does clearly tell you its an image layer I just didnt know to look for it. Alfred and MalcolmC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Very helpful post re: image layer - as most newbs I just jumped in and found most tools to be matches to PS. This one was a bit confounding.. DelN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeiligerBimBam Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Really confusing default behavior. Wouldn't it be helpful to let this magic "assistant" thing rasterize the image layer if a selection is present and the user uses copy or cut? Powerusers will get the assistant message, so they're aware of what has happened and novice users doesn't run into this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 5, 2021 Staff Share Posted February 5, 2021 Hi @HeiligerBimBam, Welcome to Affinity Forums Thanks for your feedback. I've filled this an improvement request (internally) some time ago however it wasn't implemented yet. HeiligerBimBam 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aymanzone Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Hi, Ijust wanted to say thank you @Alfred , I just had same problem copying a marque selection over an image object because I didn't rasterize it Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertagon Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Can I just say that it's outrageous that I had to google this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 5, 2022 Staff Share Posted August 5, 2022 Hi @Ertagon, Welcome to Affinity Forums If you wish to select and copy/paste from an Image layer there's no need to rasterise it. Go to menu Edit and use Edit > Copy Merged (macOS) or Edit > Copy Flattened (on Windows) instead of the regular Copy, then Paste as usual to get just the selected area in a new layer. There's a few advantages in having Image layers (besides pixels layers) - you can learn a bit more about their differences here. Hope this helps a bit.I'm logging the issue with the different names given to the same command so both OS's match. Tanya F and Old Bruce 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 4 hours ago, MEB said: Go to menu Edit and use Edit > Copy Merged (macOS) or Edit > Copy Flattened (on Windows) instead of the regular Copy, then Paste as usual to get just the selected area in a new layer. I do not seem to find Copy Merged anywhere in AD on my Mac so I assume this only applies to AP & to the Photo Persona of APub (if that persona is available). Is that correct? Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, R C-R said: I do not seem to find Copy Merged anywhere in AD on my Mac so I assume this only applies to AP & to the Photo Persona of APub (if that persona is available). Is that correct? Correct. And logical, too, because AD & APub have no Pixel Selection Tools. (regardless of the fact that APub can "have" a pixel selection from the APhoto persona). Edited August 6, 2022 by thomaso Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 11 hours ago, thomaso said: And logical, too, because AD & APub have no Pixel Selection Tools. What about the various pixel selection tools in the Pixel Persona of AD, like the four marque tools or the freehand selection tool? At least for me, they all work to make a pixel selection, including on image layers. thomaso and Alfred 1 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Oh, yes! Totally overseen. – Correct, also in AD's Pixel Persona is no "Copy Merged" option for me on mac. Did I read correctly that no specific Affinity application was mentioned before your post in the entire thread? Either @MEB had just APhoto in mind – or there may be difference between Windows and mac. – However, it is not mentioned in the AD help about copy & paste. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 27 minutes ago, thomaso said: Did I read correctly that no specific Affinity application was mentioned before your post in the entire thread? Yes, that is why I mentioned that it is only AP & the Photo persona of APub that has a Copy Merged option in the Mac versions. I do not know if the Windows versions are any different in this respect, other than the difference in the name of the AP option. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 44 minutes ago, thomaso said: However, it is not mentioned in the AD help about copy & paste. There is no difference in the AP & AD Mac help for the copy options. Nether one mentions Copy Merged, as far as I can see. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 hour ago, R C-R said: There is no difference in the AP & AD Mac help for the copy options. Nether one mentions Copy Merged, as far as I can see. Indeed, this makes it more strange – in particular because this article lists the SVG Copy option + all 5 Paste methods of this menu. In the APhoto Help Copy Merge is not a copy/paste method but a "Layer Operation". Note the highlighted sentence above: It seems to express that non-pixel layers are excluded (e.g. Image Layers vs. Pixel Layers?) while Copy Merged is one usage of Merge. Which can be understood as Copy Merge requires rasterization of a image layer. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psiess Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I know this is an old post, but THANK YOU!! I've been fighting with this for 3 days. I rasterized the layer and PRESTO!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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