Cut part of an image and paste it into another photo

[geomdavey]

I am new to editing and working through the tutorials but i am unable to cut part of an image and paste it into another photo any help?

george

[Gabe]

Hi @geomdavey,

Welcome to the forums. 

Sorry for the delayed reply. 

What software are you using?  On what platform? 

Next time when you have a question, try to reply to a related topic, or if you do not find a related one, start a new thread. 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

[MEB]

Hi geomdavey,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
I'm assuming you want to paste in the same or another document in Affinity apps. If that's the case check if the layer from where you are trying to copy the selection is identified as an Image layer (look at the label between parenthesis after there layer's name in the Layers panel). If that's the case right-click on it in the Layers panel and select Rasterise. You can then paste just the selection you have copied.

Image layers are a special layer type that retains all the original image data - you can think of them as embedded images. They are created when you use the Place Image Tool (in Affinity Designer only), the File ▸ Place command or when you simply drag them from the Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows) to the canvas of an opened document. They can be transformed globally (rotated, skewed etc) without losing quality but they cannot be edited/manipulated at a pixel level. For that they must be rasterised first. To do it right-click on them in the Layers panel as explained above and select Rasterise. They are then converted to a Pixel layer type (as you are used to from other programs) which you can then manipulate at a pixel level and copy/paste to another layer's.