problems with Copy & Paste in PS CS

[mark_blackman1]

In certain situations I select an area, copy, paste and move as

opposed to using the clone tool. However, after doing this a couple

of times, I get the message "there is nothing in the selected area" -

the only solution I've found is to flatten the image (even though I

haven't created new layers). On a large file, > 1 GB, this takes a

long time on my PC. Why is this happening? Is there anything I can do

to resolve the issue?

[witam]

Normally a copy paste action will always result in a layer added on top. I don't see how you do it without that happening honestly. Can you show a printscreen here?

[randy_samos]

Inge is right. PS should create a new layer each time you do a paste operation. If you don't switch to the background layer in the layers pallete before you make a selection (or you don't switch to a layer that has some image data in it in the selected area), you should get the message you're seeing.

 

Next time you paste, check the layers pallete. Not only should you find a new layer, but the PS 'focus' should be on that layer, not on the original.

 

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[mark_blackman1]

Ah, so what you are saying is that the copy/paste action will always create a new layer? How can I stop this?

[randy_samos]

Why do you need to stop it from working that way?

 

If it pasted directly into the background layer, you'd lose the ability to reposistion it after pasting it in. Get it where you want, and if the extra layer bothers you just flatten the image.

 

If you'd rather not bother with the layers dropdown after each paste, you could probably use the actions pallete to assign the flatten operation to a function key.

 

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