copying picture content from 1 file into another

[IanMitchell]

I have created a shape and pasted in a photo background successfully.
How can I use the same photo background and place it in a new shape in a new file.

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I feel there must be an easy way I'm missing.

Love the program.

[Callum]

Hi IanMitchell,

Welcome to the forums

You should be able to right click and copy the layer from the layers tab and then paste it into your document.

Thanks

C

[IanMitchell]

Thanks Callum, BUT I go into layers and can copy and paste the whole curve/shape complete with the texture/pic
(Affinity Designer)
But I just want to copy the texture/pic into another independent curve.

Alternatively am I able click and find out what the texture/pic file is called

 

Thanks Ian

[Old Bruce]

Click on the tiny thumbnail in the layers panel so only that single layer is selected and then copy it.

[IanMitchell]

Thanks Bruce, but when I do this I get the whole curve/shape complete with the photo/texture contained within.
I just wanted to copy the texture into a new shape, without having to trawl back through all my original files.
 

ian

 

[Old Bruce]

In the layers panel do you see something with a triangle next to the tiny thumbnail? If yes click on that and look at the layers, if no triangle is there then you may well be looking at a 'flattened' image in which case you are, as they would say in The Good Place 'royally forked'. 

[IanMitchell]

Thanks Bruce, but I've never seen these small triangles.

this screenshot sums it up.

thanks Ian

[Old Bruce]

Hi Ian,

You didn't paste it you are using it as a bitmap on the Gradient Tool.

I don't know of any way to get the picture from that, sorry.

Bruce.

[IanMitchell]

Ok, fine. Thanks for you time Bruce.
I still love the program.

[lepr]

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