PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

54 Manipulating Images
Cut/Copy/Delete/Paste
Cut and copy operations involving the Clipboard work just as in other Windows
programs.
• To copy pixels in the selected region, press Ctrl-C or click the Copy
button on the Standard toolbar. (You can also choose Copy from the Edit
menu.)
• To cut the selected pixels, press Ctrl-X or choose Cut from the Edit menu.
• To delete the selected pixels, press the Delete key or choose Clear from the
Edit menu.
Cut or deleted pixels expose the current background colour (on the
Background layer) or transparency (on standard layers). If you want to
create transparency on the Background layer, first "promote" it to a
standard layer by right-clicking its name on the Layers tab and choosing
Promote to Layer.
• If nothing is selected, a cut or copy operation affects the whole active layer, as
if Select All were in effect.
When pasting from the Clipboard, PhotoPlus offers several options.
• To paste as a new image in an untitled window, press Ctrl+V or click the
Paste as New image button on the Standard toolbar. (Or select from the
Edit>Paste menu.)
• To paste as a new layer above the active layer, press Ctrl+L or choose Paste>
As New Layer from the Edit menu.
• To paste into the current selection, press Shift+Ctrl+L or choose Paste> Into
Selection from the Edit menu. The Clipboard contents appear centred in the
currently selected region. (This choice is greyed out if there's no selection, or if
the active layer is a text layer.). This option is useful if you’re pasting from one
layer to another. Because the selection marquee “follows” you to the new layer,
you can use it to keep the pasted contents in registration with the previous
layer.