Questions tagged [copy-and-paste]
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How do I remove my selection?
I'm trying to paste something on this layer, but it always pastes inside of this yellow selection box. How I remove it ?
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How to reset Krita's "Download as Remote Source" default option on pasting images?
When using Krita, I pasted an image, and it asked if I wanted to download the file from remote source, copy it from local, or paste from bitmap (or something along those lines). I clicked Download ...
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Copy and Paste in GIMP from one PNG to another is not in the same position
When I right click open a PNG in Gimp and select the upper left corner and copy it with Ctrl+C
And then paste it with Ctrl+V in another PNG, which I also opened in Gimp, it doesn't get pasted in the ...
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Adobe Illustrator Paste on All Artboards
Maybe, I'm using it wrong, however, when I use 'Paste on All Artboards' it also pastes onto the artboard that I copied the object from. I understand that is technically what "All" means, but ...
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Sketchup: copy, paste and snap (at the other end)
In Sketchup, I can copy and paste some structure. Also, I can snap the pasted structure, but I wanted to snap it at the other end. How can I do this?
In other words, I can create a sequence of copy/...
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Can layers be symlinked in gimp? Like if they were the same layer
Can layers be symlinked in gimp? Like if they were the same layer.
For example, I have one tree, and I want to create a forest. I want to draw a single tree, dup that layer into 20 layers. Then i will ...
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In Illustrator is there a way to copy then paste in specific position relative to an object, similar to adding object relative to a point in autocad?
I have several identical objects on one artboard and decided to add a new object to the first, and now I need to make them all identical. Is there a way to copy the new object and place it in the ...
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Copy a (text) layer and paste in place in Gimp?
I have seen Copy/Paste Layers from one Project to another? on the GIMP forum:
Yes, you make the layer active, and Select>all + Edit>Copy and then in the target image do Edit>Paste as>New ...
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In Adobe Illustrator, pasting an object to a specific location
Is there any way in AI to past an object at a specific location in my artboard and not let it paste somewhere random?
For example, I would like to paste an object several times and not drag it and ...
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How to set the resolution of pasted vectors in Word/Writer etc.?
When copying geometry from Inkscape for pasting into a word processor, how or where is the rasterisation done and where is the resolution set?
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Arrowheads not handled in copy+paste to external application
Using the latest version of Inkscape in Windows 10, I am trying to copy vector geometry from my drawing out into a powerpoint presentation. I have accepted that no technology exists yet to exchange ...
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Drop a file to a folder on Adobe Acrobat DC Pro
Most of the applications I use have a little trick to drop the opened files into a folder:
Drag the mini icon at the header and move it to the destination window.
However, the new version of Adobe ...
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Create " windows trail" effect in vector
Is there a way to create this effect like in this post but in Adobe Illustrator?
Hold Alt key copy-pasting kind of works, but it is near impossible to lake it look like "window drag" and ...
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How to copy an element in Photoshop without creating a new layer?
I drew one star and in that particular layer I want to copy paste it. Is there any way to do so in photoshop?
I must keep all the stars in one layer but induvial so that I can edit them in animation. (...
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Image Batch Processing: Remove horizontal slice of an image and fill its void by the surrounding areas from above and/or below
Original Images & Desired Outcome
I have a batch of PNG images which need the same automated image processing:
Middle part (red) shall get eliminated entirely and its void filled from above/below
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How to type text into a box I copied and placed onto a Master using InDesign
I want to update a "Master" using InDesign. Each time I copy a "Text Box" and "Paste" it onto the "Master," the copied Text Box does not allow new text to be ...
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Paste into an existing frame
Using Illustrator. I have an image which I have pasted in and resized as I wish. I now want to replace that image with another from the clipboard. The image is effectively embedded. Is it possible to ...
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Photoshop: Pasting PNG from the web turns transparency black
I have searched for a solution to this problem and I have found many answers, all of which tell me that this is not an issue with Photoshop, but an issue with Windows. They will tell me: "The ...
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Gimp copy paste between layers
I have a 256×256 image with multiple named layers to make it easy to edit game graphics that have transparency as PNG. I want to paste the contents of one layer to the next... so I select the source ...
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Script to copy text object and increment value in Adobe Illustrator
I would like to have a hotkey in Adobe Illustrator that copy, paste text object and increment number value inside that object.
For example I select text object with value "1", press hotkey ...
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How to paste a raster image into Illustrator with pixels positioned 1:1
I have copied and pasted a raster image to Illustrator and this is what I get:
The pixels of the image obviously disagree with pixels of the grid, they're smaller and shifted.
Is it possible to paste ...
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Need direction on automating the process of copying and pasting a shape
I'm trying to automate the process of pasting a box over some existing text on a pdf. For each new pdf I would like to cover some text in a light gray box, so the end result is that the text is not ...
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When copying graph from Excel and pasting into Illustrator, text is corrupted
Using Excel for Mac 16.40 & Illustrator 24.2.3, when I copy a graph from Excel to Illustrator, all the text corrupts:
The text font is Arial.
It would be so nice if Excel graph text copied and ...
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Intermittently can't copy pie graph from Illustrator to InDesign
I've created a pie graph in Illustrator using the pie graph tool.
I've selected the pie graph with the black arrow tool, and pressed CMD + C on the keyboard, and selected a blank page in my open ...
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In Sketch, is it possible to copy a symbol and paste an instance?
I have a very large and complicated file with hundreds and hundreds of symbols all of which are used and reused over and over with slight variations.
My naming schema is about as good as I can get it, ...
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How can I tell illustrator to paste a copied pixel-perfect item in a pixel-perfect manner?
My issue is that I have created a pixel-perfect shape. I copy it and I paste it into the same document, and it's pixel-perfectness is destroyed:
You can see that it was pasted at a very odd pixel ...
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Link coreldraw characteristics
Is there any option to "link" paragraph content and characteristics something similar to object style
posted an example where i have to copy some contents from left to the empty right side
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Pasting Inkscape vectors on Krita
I have some projects on Inkscape that I would like to transport to Krita as there are more tools there. However, when I copy them and then paste them on Krita, nothing is pasted. I tried both with the ...
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Can I copy an artboard with link in Illustrator?
I am trying to create a card, and wish to duplicate it multiple times on a page, while keeping the copies in sync with the source artboard. The idea is like copy with link in Word or Excel.
Is this ...
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Is it possible to paste at the top-left corner in Krita?
I have been porting images over to Krita from other places on occasion, or copying a layer, editing in another program, and pasting it back into Krita. Every pasted image is placed at the cursor ...
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Keeping Layers when Copy/Pasting in Inkscape
I am new to inkscape but have some experience with Illustrator CS4.
I am working on a card game, and I have decided to create various layers to make it easier to order and select various elements.
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Copy/Paste a selection from Photoshop to Illustrator "round" pixels
I'm copy from Photoshop CS6 this selection:
Which is exactly 16x50 pixels, correctly snapped with grid.
Once I paste in Illustrator CC 2019, it round both pixel sizes and grid position:
Why 15,...
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Copy paste svg elements from illustrator to inkscape
I am trying to copy paste svg elements from illustrator to inkscape, but inkscape rasterize the image rather than pasting the svg code. I know it's possible to paste the svg code via the built-in xml ...
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Is it a copyright infringement [closed]
As I asked above .Is it a copyright infringement or not.
If it is ,what to change in order to make an original content.
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Copy/Paste in Gimp not working properly [closed]
I am using Gimp to create a skin for a 3D model of a building. I am currently placing different styles of windows in my model. To do this, I am opening a window file, copy the image and paste it ...
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Copy & paste artwork with editable text from Adobe Illustrator to InDesign?
I can't believe it: when pasting some diagram drawing with text from Illustrator to InDesign, text is not completely editable and becomes broken.
I would like to adjust text in InDesign brochure ...
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What is the Krita equivalent to copy & paste?
I am brand new to Krita. I opened an existing JPEG picture with Krita 4.17 and am unable to copy a door and paste it to make a second door in the picture. If I use the polygonal Selection Tool to ...
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what causes this copy pasting bug? [closed]
I found this odd and unexpected copy paste behavior using Photoshop CC and windows 7 MS Paint
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FIVXog49k4
Can anyone explain what might be happening here? Very ...
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Copying textured illustration from Illustrator to InDesign results in giant borders
I make math and geometry books.
I usually Have 1 to 3 .ai documents for each practicing book each with 1-100 artboard\s.
Each artboard has 1 artwork.
My problem is when having a textured geometry ...
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Copying and pasting directly from GIMP has black background
Sometimes I edit an image in GIMP with transparency and copy the entire canvas and paste it directly into another application, such as a tweet on Twitter or a message on Discord. The image pastes with ...
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Help with copying and pasting smart objects from indesign to photoshop (blank pixels at edge of objects)
So im copying vectors from indesign to photoshop (for a mockup) and when I paste some things, there is a blank space at the edge of the vector in photoshop. in the indesign document, I've checked that ...
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"Unable to set bounding box" in InDesign
Using InDesign CC 2015, I copied a diagram (consisting of some simple vector artwork and text frames, grouped) from one InDesign document into a text frame in another. I used the Transform -> Scale ...
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Paste within visible area in Photoshop CC
Photoshop CC images are pasted in the middle of the document which require me to zoom back or drag layer from very far (webdesign may be really tall).
In Photoshop CS images were pasted somewhere in ...
