Erg Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 First off, 4.0 is awesome, some great new features, really amazing tool for the price . I do a lot of UI prototyping, and one feature that I use a lot is the ability to quickly copy a selection. I would: - S to select - Select a region with mouse - M to move - Hold CTRL, then click in the selection and drag It would make a copy of the selection, leaving the original bitmap behind it. This is great for say, copying "controls" on a UI mockup, or duplicating any section of the graphic. This is a very handy feature, but it seems to be missing in 4.0. Was this intentional, or bug? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 That doesn't exist in 4.0. You can work around this by quickly pressing Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V (in other words, copy and then paste). Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erg Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Oh bummer! So a few more keystrokes required. Thanks for the quick reply. -Erg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 After Ctrl + C to copy your selection, Ctrl + Shift + V will paste the selection into a new layer & the Move tool will automatically be selected! Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erg Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Thanks Ego. I used it more for quick copies within the same layer, since I do a bit of duplicating selections. No biggie though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I'm hoping to add this back in for 4.0.2. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erg Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Awesome, glad it's back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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