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44 Manipulating Images

• If nothing is selected, dragging with the Move Tool moves the entire

active layer. (Or, if the Move Tool's Automatically select layer

property is selected on its context toolbar, the tool moves the first

visible item's layer beneath the move cursor when you click to move.)

• When the Move Tool is chosen, you can also use the keyboard arrows

to "nudge" the selection or active layer.

• The "hole" left behind when the image content is moved exposes the

current background color (on the Background layer), or transparency

(see above; on standard layers), shown with a "checkerboard" pattern.

• To duplicate the contents of the selection on the active layer, press the

Alt key and click, then drag with the Move Tool.

• As a shortcut if you're working with any one of the selection tools, you

can press the Ctrl key to switch temporarily to the Move Tool. Press

Ctrl+Alt to duplicate. Release the key(s) to revert to the selection tool.

Cut/Copy/Delete/Paste

Cut and copy operations on selections 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 color (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.

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