Dragging Layer Sets to the same position in an other image as in Photoshop 7

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werner_custers
Jun 22, 2004
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How can I drag a Layer Set to the same position in an other image that has not the same size as the one I dragging it from.

Let me make myself clear.

I have an image; I copy it and make the canvas height bigger. Then from my first file I drag a new made image set to the copied image while holding down the shift key.

The result is very strange. Photoshop CS positions the dragged set on the same x position but in the y position is different. It seems to take the center of the images into account and not the top left position.

Can someone give me a tip of how I can resolve this?
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Ed_Hannigan
Jun 22, 2004
Photoshop wants to center objects when pasted or dragged in with Shift. What you might try is to add a layer that is filled with pixels to the set then align to top left using Layer>Align to Selection with Select All on the document. Then ditch the pixel filled layer.
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werner_custers
Jun 23, 2004
Thanks Ed this worked.

But it is a bit odd that Adobe changed this drag feature in Photoshop CS?

As far as I can remember it was one of THE NEW features in PS7 and now ….. it’s gone.
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Ed_Hannigan
Jun 23, 2004
How have they changed it?
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Doug_Katz
Jun 23, 2004
Don’t think they have.
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werner_custers
Jun 23, 2004
If you copy and then paste an object in the same image does the pasted one apears on the same location or centered?

In PS 7 it pasted on the same spot now in CS it’s centered, on my machine it does.

Is there something in the preferences that I can change to make all this happen.

I appreciate you’re help.

Thanks
EH
Ed_Hannigan
Jun 23, 2004
No, it has always pasted in centered. It seems to paste into the same place if the documenbts are the same size.
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progress
Jun 23, 2004
centred on screen i believe is more accurate…if your image is offset because its zoomed i think it appears in the visual centre of the displayed portion of the image…could be wrong though, been using it too long to notice now.

pasting into a selection can also change the position.

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