Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Selections

There are two ways to use cut and copy with selections: you can cut/copy the selection object itself, or you can cut/copy the image that the object is selecting.

Note: Cutting, copying, and pasting an image only works when making selections within a Paint operator, not within a selection operator.

To make a copy of the selected portion of the image:

1. Draw a selection.

You should see the selection marquee, but no bounding box.



2. Choose Edit | Cut or Edit | Copy.

Note: If you cut out the selection, the selection is replaced with the background color.

3. Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit | Paste to paste the new object on top of the selection. You can manipulate this object as you would any other object in combustion.



• Draw another selection in Replace mode, and then choose Selection | Paste Into. The portion of the image that you copied in step 2 is pasted into the center of the current selection.



• Draw another selection in Replace mode, and then choose Selection | Paste and Fit Into. The portion of the image that you copied in step 2 is pasted and resized to fit into the current selection.



Note: Changing the originally selected underlying images or objects does not change the pasted object.

To cut/copy the selection object:

1. Draw a selection.
2. Click the Arrow tool , then click the selection object to activate it.

A bounding box appears around the selection object.

3. Choose Edit | Cut or Edit | Copy.
4. Choose Edit | Paste to place the selection object into the active viewport.

To copy a background object from one Paint operator to another:

1. On the Toolbar, click one of the selection tools and select a portion of the background to be copied.
2. Choose Edit | Copy.

The background selection remains in the Paint operator and is copied to the clipboard.

3. Select the Paint operator where you want to paste the object.
4. Choose Edit | Paste. The selection is pasted into the current Paint operator.