pstein Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Assume I loaded an image into PDN. Then I inserted (via Ctrl+V) another image from windows clipboard. It is displayed afterwards as selected area with a dashed border. When I want to apply it now via menu Layer-->Merge Layers down it does not work: This menu is greyed out/disabled. How else can I merge the selected area otherwise into the original base image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution frio Posted December 31, 2023 Solution Share Posted December 31, 2023 Control-V doesn't paste a layer, it pastes a selected object which will merge automatically once you deselect it. Paste a new layer with control-shift-V. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tactilis Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, pstein said: When I want to apply it now via menu Layer-->Merge Layers down it does not work: This menu is greyed out/disabled. How else can I merge the selected area otherwise into the original base image? As @frio says, you are not pasting a layer. To deselect the selected area you can do any of: 1. Use the menu Edit -> Deselect 2. Press the shortcut Ctrl + D 3. Press Esc 4. Press Return 5. Press S (to activate the Rectangle Select tool) and then click once on the canvas Even though you are a long term paint.net user, it's worth spending a little time (re)reading the Documentation, which covers all this. Click the Help icon in paint.net. Have at look at Paste and Paste into New Layer: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/EditMenu.html#7 Read up on the Layers Window: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/LayersWindow.html and Working with Layers: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/WorkingWithLayers.html And then look at the Keyboard and Mouse Input section: https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/KeyboardMouseCommands.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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