03-31-2018, 10:17 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-31-2018, 10:26 AM by Espermaschine.)
Countless ways to make a selection:
basically all selection tools can be used (elliptical, rectangular, lasso, fuzzy, etc.) or a path and many more.
Lets say you have an active selection going on (marching ants are visible). All pixels in that selection of the active layer are now copied to the clipboard with the relevant command (like CTRL + C or Edit -> Copy).
When you paste (CTRL + V) as the next operation a floating layer will appear.
Click the new layer icon, and the floating selection will be turned into a new layer.
You can also click the anchor icon, which will merge the selection down to the selected layer (which is probably not what you want to do).
The problem with your question is that it does not address what the real goal is.
You say you want to copy something to a new layer, but what is really relevant is what you want to achieve.
The technique depends on the context.
For example: i can only explain to you how to make a selection when you tell me what you want to select.
Is it a person, or a red circle on black background, or irregular shapes on a busy background ?
etc.
basically all selection tools can be used (elliptical, rectangular, lasso, fuzzy, etc.) or a path and many more.
Lets say you have an active selection going on (marching ants are visible). All pixels in that selection of the active layer are now copied to the clipboard with the relevant command (like CTRL + C or Edit -> Copy).
When you paste (CTRL + V) as the next operation a floating layer will appear.
Click the new layer icon, and the floating selection will be turned into a new layer.
You can also click the anchor icon, which will merge the selection down to the selected layer (which is probably not what you want to do).
The problem with your question is that it does not address what the real goal is.
You say you want to copy something to a new layer, but what is really relevant is what you want to achieve.
The technique depends on the context.
For example: i can only explain to you how to make a selection when you tell me what you want to select.
Is it a person, or a red circle on black background, or irregular shapes on a busy background ?
etc.