Cannot select parts of a JPeg file and cut it out

[James.Coleman]

Hello;

I am new to Affinity Photo. I am trying to do something very simple and I am embarrassed to say I am stumped. I copied a JPeg to the clipboard and used the "new from clipboard" command. My goal is to cut out portions of the JPeg for a transparent background. I found that I cannot use the flood select tool, it does nothing at all when I click the mouse button.  If I use the square select tool and cut, It cuts the ENTIRE picture, not just what is in the square. This should be easy so I must be missing something obvious. Why can't I use the Flood Select Tool and why does a square select erase the entire JPeg and not just what was in the square?

Thanks!

[Sara72]

Hi,

Sounds like you are working on a image layer and not a pixel layer, your jpeg needs to be rasterised to enable all tools to work.

Check out this post on the different layer types: What are Pixel Layer & Image Layers

 

[v_kyr]

That way the pasted image is treated as an embedded image (you can see this in the layers panel where (Image) should be shown for that one). Right click in the layers panel on the image layer and use the "Rasterize" option, or use the top menu "Layer > Rasterize..". menu option, now the layers panel should show (pixel) instead of (image), retry to cut or perform other operations with the image layer now etc.

[James.Coleman]

Got it. I needed to get this out quickly and I wasn't sure where to go next. Thank you so much for taking the time to help!