How to paste selections not loosing their position

Hi,

let’s say I have a layer with no background and an object, inside the layer, smaller then the canvas.
If I select all the canvas (ctrl-a) then I copy the selection inside the clipboard only the object is stored inside the clipboard, so when I paste it back on a different canvas the image is pasted in the middle of the destination canvas. Is there a way to make PS store the entire layer inside the clipboard so the object doesn’t loose it’s position?

4N wrote:

Hi,

let’s say I have a layer with no background and an object, inside the layer,
smaller then the canvas.
If I select all the canvas (ctrl-a) then I copy the selection inside the clipboard only the object is stored inside the clipboard, so when I paste it
back on a different canvas the image is pasted in the middle of the destination canvas. Is there a way to make PS store the entire layer inside
the clipboard so the object doesn’t loose it’s position?

You could copy the object to buffer then do a ‘file new’ so the dimensions will be the same for a new document. Then instead of pasting the object into the new document you can ‘shift drag’ the object from source document to the new one with the move tool.
Hth,
Ron

if I got it right the first part could be done using duplicate image and anyway using the drag of a layer from an image to a second image doesn’t keep the position of the layer, in fact often it’s pasted as PS please, even partially outside the canvas.

Hi,

let’s say I have a layer with no background and an object, inside the layer, smaller then the canvas.
If I select all the canvas (ctrl-a) then I copy the selection inside the clipboard only the object is stored inside the clipboard, so when I paste it back on a different canvas the image is pasted in the middle of the destination canvas. Is there a way to make PS store the entire layer inside the clipboard so the object doesn’t loose it’s position?

4N wrote:

Hi,

let’s say I have a layer with no background and an object, inside the layer,
smaller then the canvas.
If I select all the canvas (ctrl-a) then I copy the selection inside the clipboard only the object is stored inside the clipboard, so when I paste it
back on a different canvas the image is pasted in the middle of the destination canvas. Is there a way to make PS store the entire layer inside
the clipboard so the object doesn’t loose it’s position?

Ctrl-J for Layer Via Copy; Shift-Ctrl-J for Layer Vis Cut.
In both cases the object will be pasted exactly in the position it was originally. No long procedure necessary. I am amazed that this basic command is apparently not well known here.

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right, it isn’t a trivial matter because you usually don’t really need it. Thanks.

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4N wrote:

Hi,

let’s say I have a layer with no background and an object, inside the layer,
smaller then the canvas.
If I select all the canvas (ctrl-a) then I copy the selection inside the clipboard only the object is stored inside the clipboard, so when I paste it
back on a different canvas the image is pasted in the middle of the destination canvas. Is there a way to make PS store the entire layer inside
the clipboard so the object doesn’t loose it’s position?

Ctrl-J for Layer Via Copy; Shift-Ctrl-J for Layer Vis Cut.
In both cases the object will be pasted exactly in the position it was originally. No long procedure necessary. I am amazed that this basic command is apparently not well known here.

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

if I got it right the first part could be done using duplicate image and anyway using the drag of a layer from an image to a second image doesn’t keep the position of the layer, in fact often it’s pasted as PS please, even partially outside the canvas.