Copying and pasting in Photoshop

Thursday 13 December 2018, 12:25 by Michelle Peeters | 29,153 views | 0 comments

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Photoshop's biggest strength is that you can work with layers. This means you can place multiple photos on top of each other, copy and paste selections, and even make parts transparent. How? In the Layers panel, right at the bottom on the right.

Create a new layer and a new duplicate layer (Ctrl/Cmd-J)
When you open a photo, it is often shown as the Background layer. This means it is locked. Double-click it to unlock it. Go to Layer, New, Layer to create an extra layer.

Use Ctrl-J (Cmd-J on a Mac) to create a duplicate layer. In the Layers panel, you can then move this layer or these layers to a different position if you wish.

Double-click the background to turn it into a layer

Copying and pasting

Use the Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V keyboard shortcuts (Cmd-C and Cmd-V on a Mac) to copy a selection you have made, for example with the Quick Selection Tool, and paste it into a new layer.

This new layer is created automatically when you 'paste' the selection you have made. You can then move the selection to the correct position.

The final result with an extra copied and pasted bird

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