12-28-2024, 07:08 PM
(12-28-2024, 05:54 PM)james22 Wrote: The conventional copy command obtained by the free select tool makes a copy of the free select tool outline and what it encloses. Is it possible to copy the outline free select tool path only, move it to a new area, have the free select tool enclose some new material, and move the free select tool now with the new material back to sit over the original, exactly matching the original free select outline?
Maybe it already exists, but I don't know it's name!
Thanks in advance.
The thing to remember is making a selection (the crawling ants) does not include the contents - you do that. All the transform tools have a selection option, the second icon in the tool options.
You can save a selection to a channel, Select -> Save to Channel. This will catch you out. It makes the channel active and the layer you use inactive. Make sure you return to the layer dock and make the layer active again.
Use the Move tool in selection mode and move the "crawling ants" to the new location and Copy
Back to the channels dock Right click in the selection channel and put to selection. This back to the original location.
Make sure you return to the layers dock, make the layer active (click on it) and Edit -> Paste.
This a 40 second animation of that https://i.imgur.com/RZBcQzS.mp4