screen area and paste an image into the selection. You can move the pasted image within the selection to adjust the area that you see. You can paste transparent objects into opaque images, or opaque objects into transparent images. The background of the image deter- mines the opacity of the pasted selection. To paste into a selection 1 Place an object or selection on the Clipboard by choosing Edit > Copy or Edit > Cut. 2 Make a selection in an image (or a channel mask), and choose Edit > Paste Into. The Clipboard contents appear in the selection. 3 You can drag the pasted item or press the arrow keys on the key- board to move it, to display the areas you want to see. When you fin- ish adjusting the selection, deselect it to merge it into the image. Floating and moving selections You can move and manipulate a selection without affecting the origi- nal image by making it a floating selection. When a selection is floating, it sits on an invisible plane above the original image. When you type text in an image, or paste an object from the Clipboard, Canvas makes the text or pasted item a floating selection. Moving a selection that is part of the original image creates a floating selection, but also leaves behind an area filled with the background color. Object with a symbol fill ink Feathered selection Object pasted into selection Tip To float a selection and fill behind it with the background color, hold down Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) and choose Image > Select > Float.
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