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Selecting
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To offset the duplicate by 10 pixels, press
Alt+Shift (Windows) or Shift
(Mac OS), and press an arrow key.
When copying between images, drag the selection
from the active image window into the destination
image window. A border highlights the destination
image window when you can drop the selection
into it.
To paste one selection into another selection border:
1
Use the Cut or Copy command to copy the part
of the image you want to paste.
2
Make a selection in the image into which you
want to paste the copied image.
Note:
The copied image appears only within the
selection border. You can move the copied image
within the border, but if you move it completely out
of the border, it won’t be visible.
3
Choose Edit > Paste Into.
4
With your pointer within the selection border,
drag the pasted image to the proper location.
5
When you’re satisfied with the results, deselect
the pasted image to lock the layer.
Using drag-and-drop to copy between
applications
The drag-and-drop feature lets you copy and
move images between Photoshop Elements and
other applications. In Windows, the other appli-
cation must be OLE-compliant.
To duplicate an entire image by dragging and
dropping, use the move tool to drag the image to
the other open application. If your image has
multiple layers, you must link the layers first to
drag all of them together. (See “Linking layers” on
page 99.) To copy an OLE object that contains .psd
data, use the OLE Clipboard. (See your Windows
documentation.)
In Mac OS, the application must support Mac OS
Drag Manager, and you must be running System
9.1 or later.
When you drag vector shapes or text to Photoshop
Elements from an application that uses Adobe
Illustrator Clipboard, Photoshop Elements
rasterizes the vector artwork—converting its
mathematically defined lines and curves into the
pixels of a bitmap image.
Using the Clipboard to copy between
applications
You can often use the Cut or Copy command to
copy selections between Photoshop Elements and
other applications. The cut or copied selection
remains on the Clipboard until you cut or copy
another selection.
In some cases, the contents of the Clipboard can be
converted to a raster image. Photoshop Elements
prompts you to paste the vector artwork as pixels
or as a shape layer.
Note:
The image is rasterized at the resolution of the
file into which you paste it.
