Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Copy and paste
. Press Ctrl+C/
⌘
-C to copy the object from the first photo. Next,
click the second photo to make it active, and then press Ctrl+V/
⌘
-V to paste what
you copied.
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Use the Move tool
. Press V to activate the regular Move tool, and then drag the
selection to the other photo. As you're moving, you may see a hole in the original
where the selection was, but as long as you keep your mouse button pressed till
you get over the second photo, Elements fills the hole back in after you let go of
your mouse. (If seeing this hole bothers you, just Alt-drag/Option-drag to move a
copy
of the selection instead.) It would be nice if you could use the Content Aware
Move tool for this technique, but unfortunately you can't.
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Drag the layer
. If the object you want to move is already on its own layer and
surrounded by transparency, then you can just drag the layer from the first photo's
Layers panel into the destination photo's main image window or tab.
No matter which method you use, Elements puts whatever you moved on its own lay-
er in the combined image.
5.
If necessary, use the Move tool to position or resize the transported object, as
shown in
Figure 6-24
.
See
The Move Tool
for more about using the Move tool.
