If you want to make a copy of exactly what you are seeing in the selection outline, use the Copy Merged command in the Edit dropdown menu (Ctrl + Shift + c, or Mac = command + Shift + c). Big difference, right?īut guess what? The old dog learned a new trick while writing this post. Here’s what that pasted section looks like if I turn off the original two layers. So the pasted section is not what I thought it would be. The pasted selection isn’t just a part of Layer 1, it’s that part with the blend mode set on that layer (Overlay). I was on Layer 1 when I made the selection and pressed Ctrl + j. You can’t use copy/paste, no matter which layer you are on and which method you use.īelow is my attempt to copy that section. Notice how the upper center part of the blended image doesn’t look like either the top or bottom layer? And, if you have used a blend mode on the layers to affect the way the image looks, it gets even more complicated. Then no matter which way you copy and paste, you will just be copying what’s on the active layer. All of this copying and pasting works fine unless you have a file with more than one layer. This shortcut isn’t even listed in Photoshop’s dropdown menu. So instead of copying and pasting, use the shortcut keys Ctrl + j (Mac = Command + j).
Deb’s Wayĭeb prefers to use one step instead of two whenever she can. See the little rectangular thumbnail next to the green arrow?Īn easier way to copy and paste selections is to use the shortcut keys Ctrl + c (Mac = Command + c) to copy and Ctrl + v (Mac= Command + v) to paste. Yes, you won’t know there’s a copy there unless you look in the Layers panel. The copy of the selection will be placed on a new layer right on top of the area it was copied from.
Then go to the menu and choose Edit > Copy: Use the Rectangular Marquee tool to create a selection from an image. One way to copy and paste a part of an image in Photoshop Elements (it works for regular Photoshop, too) is to make a selection. We’re going to go over some different ways to copy and paste in our first installment of Pixelady vs.
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