Copy & Paste / Clipboard issues in Photoshop

[Damien25112787lv1k]

Hi Everyone. For the past week like many people -  I have had issues with copying and pasting into new layers and new documents in Photoshop..... the clipboard is not pasting the actual size of the area selected & copied and when pasting into a new document.

I have followed a lot of previous tips from the community pages and still having issues.

Normally i would lassoo or use the selection tools - copy or copy merged and then paste into a new layer or a new document page to edit.

Even if I use the keys Ctrl C etc, the clipboard isn't giving the actual size of the copied area - so if i now copy> create a new document > the new file size is either too small for the image or too large.

I can't seem to work this one out - I have followed all the preference edit posts and NOTHING is working as it should...

I have updated my version to PS22 with the latest update, running windows 10 home with plenty of memory etc. 

Any help appreciated... 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

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I have updated my version to PS22 with the latest update

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You know that stating the exact version number would have been shorter and more meaningful? 

Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible of the copy/paste-steps you are taking? 

Did you check Photosop > Preferences > General > Use Legacy "New Document" Interface? 

If you duplicate unmerged content into the same document try using Layer > New > Layer Via Copy (ctrl-J). 

[Damien25112787lv1k]

Thank you - that worked   why would this suddenly switch itself off?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

The preferences file might have gotten corrupted and effectively reset when starting Photoshop …

But I guess sometimes it’s not really worth wondering why. 

Try figuring out what setting (either Tool or Preferences …) might cause a problem, change it, see if that works.