Yet more trivia…

Yes, I do know that, and I consider it to be one of the less charming features of Elements. 🙂 I seem to think Brent might have given a workaround for this, but if he did, I don’t remember what it is.

Beth why least charming?

If you have an image with a layer and you do a copy of that layer you now have two options. A New From Clipboard will give you single layer with no background. Opening New and pasting <ctrl> + P will give background layer the exact size of the copy and a new layer.

Grant

I’m thinking it’s a innate feature from the full version. Not sure about PS 7, but in PS CS there is no New from Clipboard in the File menu. So…for that reason this little feature of remembering the size of the clipboard content comes in VERY handy.

Another reason I like it (in PSE) is sometimes I want to start a new file with just one layer’s content. It’s nice when I can Select All, Copy and use New from Clipboard and have it be an exact fit.

Patti

If it helps, choose File/New, then hold down Alt key before letting go of button. Will make file same size as last one you made, bypassing clipboard. Option key in MacOS of course.

Mac