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In the Layers palette, the layer thumbnail for the
source selection appears next to the layer mask
thumbnail for the destination selection. The layer
and layer mask are unlinked—that is, you can
move each one independently.
Source selection pasted into destination selection
For more information on editing layer masks, see
"Applying and discarding layer masks" on
page 280.
4 Select the move tool ( ), or hold down the Ctrl
(Windows) or Command (Mac OS) key to activate
the move tool. Then drag the source contents until
the part you want appears through the mask.
5 To reveal more or less of the image underlying
the layer, click the layer mask thumbnail in
the Layers palette, select a painting tool, and edit
the mask:
To hide more of the image underlying the layer,
•
paint the mask with black.
To reveal more of the image underlying the layer,
•
paint the mask with white.
To partially reveal the image underlying the
•
layer, paint the mask with gray.
6 If you are satisfied with your results, you can
choose Layer > Merge Down to merge the new
layer and layer mask with the underlying layer and
make the changes permanent.
Using drag and drop to copy between
applications
The drag-and-drop feature lets you copy and
move artwork between Photoshop and other
applications.
In Windows, the application must be OLE-
compliant. To duplicate an entire Photoshop
image by dragging and dropping, use the move
tool to drag the image. To copy an OLE object that
contains .psd data, use the OLE Clipboard. (See
your Windows documentation.) Dragging vector
artwork from Adobe Illustrator or from other
applications that use the Illustrator Clipboard
converts the artwork to a bitmap image (also
called raster format). To copy the artwork as a path
in Adobe Photoshop, hold down Ctrl as you drag.
In Mac OS, the application must support
Macintosh Drag Manager.
Using the Clipboard to copy between
applications
You can often use the Edit > Cut or Copy
commands to copy selections between Photoshop
and other applications. The cut or copied selection
remains on the Clipboard until you cut or copy
another selection. By default, the contents of the
Clipboard are usually converted to a bitmap image
(also called raster format), or rasterized.
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