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Bug - Clipboard problem - Sometimes can't Paste images into existing canvas

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April 21, 2022
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Hello, sometimes I get a weird bug where I can't Paste a copied image into an active canvas in photoshop. To fix the problem I have to jump through some specific hoops (hoping this is helpful to you guys for fixing the bug, too)

The problem:
Sometimes when I Right click (in my browser for example) > Copy image > Paste into my acvtive photoshop canvas > The previous/wrong/cached file from the clipboard is pasted in. No matter if i use Ctrl+V or Edit > Paste, same result.

The solution:
I have to goto File > New (note this is actually the wrong canvas size, it should be the copied file dimensions like it normally is) > Create > Paste now works > Close this new file > Paste again in my canvas and NOW it does work.

It's bizarre. Note this doesn't always happen. Maybe 50% of the time only.

I'm on windows 10, and I keep my photoshop up to date (subscription)

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks

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Weballfish

Participant

But then the one i copy pasted was invisable

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Weballfish

Participant

I realize i click copy by mistake

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ZealousMM

Participant

I started to notice my snipping tool screenshots were not pasting, even opening a new document and trying to paste.

However, I did stumble accross tabbing out and back in (I'd make chrome my active window, then back to PS) seemed to 'refresh' the PS clipboard and I was pasting the most recent image saved to the clipboard. This worked really well for me - annoying yes, but got me through without too much frustration.

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ZealousMM

Participant

Update - just pressing Windows key then back to PS works too.

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BlairPendragon

Participant

I have had this issue on multiple versions of Photoshop Elements, and one of the older Photoshops.
I also installed them on 4 different computers, 2 fresh, and 2 I had used for a while.
From experimenting its definitely correlated to picture size mostly, and then Chrome happens the most, followed by firefox. I also noticed a lag after right click copy, where if i right click the same picture i cant right click for a few seconds.

And like what OP says, I can instantly paste in MS Paint, but not in Photoshop. Ill also say i cant open a new file with the clipboard.

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essjayemm NEW

Participant

This issue still prevails, especially after the most recent update....has anyone come accross a work around or are aware of any fix from Adobe?

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Gautier B

Participant

Hello, I don't know if you have figured out a solution since. I had the same issue since more than a year now, and reading some comments made me realise that the cliboard history IS the solution.

When pasting from ctrl+V is not working, that's because your PS project might keep the last thing copied from PS itself (If you copied nothing from PS, pasting will do nothing as it has nothing to paste). At least that's what it does for me. To resolve that I had to do something else on PS and then paste again (so yes, probably cache issue), sometimes I had to do it 2 or 3 times.

Now, I have activated my clipboard history, I just have to do win+V to open clipboard history and click on the image I actually want to paste.

So instead of doing ctrl+V, I do win+V and click on the image, problem resolved. I hope it helps !

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razvancgart

Participant

Great workaround for this! Thank you for sharing!

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Dave30426313tox5

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I know this is an old post but I have recently started seeing this problem. As the original post discussed - WIN 10 - I am using WIN 11. The original post-er indicated the he thought this was a photoshop problem. This is in essence a PS problem, but it isnt PS causing the problem. PS just happens to be the victim of it and it and windows picks PS to be its path. It didn’t make sense to me how this occurred/started. Working fine, then all of the sudden NOT WORKING fine. This issue, while it picks PS to be its outlet, it is definitely a windows problem. I do not know the tech details behind it, but it is windows and or the snipping tool app in windows. After trying everything I uninstalled the snipping tool, then reinstalled. It now is working. If it occurs again its something Microsoft + Adobe will have to find a sollution to repair. dw

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PoofWizard

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I have had this problem on multiple computers and multiple versions of PS for years. Wierd thing is different fixes work different times. Nothing consistant and it just happens in PhotoShop. I can paste an image into AI, Corel, and Windows, but when I try in PS, it chooses the last successful image that was pasted, no matter it's original source.

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Bug Hater

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Years go by, this stupid bug still exists. Got introduced around ~2020 version. Still pastes previous copied image.

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razvancgart

Participant

I can confirm that this bug is still a thing. I have to copy images from the browser to another app like Pure Ref and then paste into Photoshop.

hxymxnx

Participant

I am having the same issue- had to install an older version of ps as the new one was giving me a bug with the '3D' functions (canvas rotate, etc). So I'm currently using 23.2.1- I had been having this issue a year or so ago and then it cleared up. Using this older version has had me encountering the issue again.

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fishflop

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Just jumping in here to see if there's any update on this. I'm have the same problem, exactly as OP describes it.

1) When working in a Photoshop file, copy & pasting one image from Chrome works as intended.

2) Copying a 2nd image from Chrome will paste correctly into any other program, but if I try to paste that 2nd image into Photoshop, it continues to paste the 1st image.

3) Opening a new Photoshop document somehow fixes the issue, allowing me to paste the 2nd image into Photoshop.

4) Trying to copy & paste a 3rd image from Chrome resets us to step 2, where the prior image is the only one that pastes into Photoshop.

My Windows Clipboard History is turned off and I have cleared the clipboard data in Windows, with no results.

geogispl

Participant

I have exactly the same. Always updating to the newes version of CC. It lasts for good few months now or maybe a year....

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SimplTrixAuthor

Inspiring

Just so photoshop engineers know, this IS a different bug than the incorrect canvas size from clipboard. To clarify, this particular thread is about "incorrect pasted document"

Granted, it may be related in some way to the clipboard size bug, because the way I solve the "incorrect pasting" bug with create new document > paste (now working) > actually has the incorrect clipboard size when creating new document - so really, the 'incorrect clipboard size' bug was happening to me long before it was an issue that affected everyone.

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smeckdesigns

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Can we expect to see a solution to this issue since it is really is negatively impacting my workflow if I i constantly have to have a secondary program open just to paste my image so Photoshop updates it's clipboard.

Turning off the Windows basic funcionality of multiple clipboards only fixed the issue for about a week. After which it somehow returned and cant be fixed again.