How do you duplicate a section of the image?

Question

Hi, a few yers ago I used to use a shortcut to duplicate a portion of the image. Here layer 2 is a potion of the wall to cover the girl's face.

I don't need a duplicate of layer 2, but a copy paste of the patch in layer 2, which I used to do, from layer 2, with something like, in mac:

option C optionV or command C command V, which now does't work.

I can't use a larger patch because I took it from another image which I have to look for.

I have PSCS6 but it's irrelevant in that I did it before with it.

Thank you.

blogsofwar.me · Accepted Answer

With the move tool on the patch, on the image itself,  option shift mac, I pushed the patch up. That gives a duplicate patch with the job done at the image. When Trevor said shift, I remembered. Than you Trevor

melissapiccone · Answer

You are going about this the long way. Just use the patch tool or healing brush. With the patch you want selected, use cmd + J to duplicate it to a new layer. Copy and past should work too, I find my mac is finicky and I have to right click to select copy and paste sometimes to make it work.

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