Photoshop question for experts

[MagyarKhans Cham]

So far our knowledge stretches concerning copy and pasting in photoshop u can not select an area in a layer and copy it direct into the same layer...

now when u paste it creates a new layer which u have to merge later...

any ideas how to do this faster?

[Kraellin]

i dont know about photoshop, but in psp you can select, copy, and paste an area from a layer back into the original. you highlight a given area, copy, then 'paste as selection' and can move it around then drop it where you want it back into the original.

K.


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[solypsist]

you can usually chain the layers together, but yes, pasting will automatically create a new layer which has to be merged to have a single image.
using the keyboard shortcuts speeds this process up considerably.

[MagyarKhans Cham]

we found it, its make selection and then use the alt key for duplications in same layer http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif