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caleb5
caleb5
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March 30, 2018
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Copy and Paste an Custom Drawn Area in CS3

  • March 30, 2018
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I am using Photoshop CS3 and I am wondering how to draw an area in the way I would a shape using the pen tool, and then copy the contents of that area.  I would think it would be some kind of select, but I can't find abything like it under the select tools section.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer Norman Sanders

After converting the Path to a Selection choose Select > Save Selection and name it.

Then go to the layer where you want to put the selection. Choose Select > Load Selection and choose the one you named.

The Selection will appear on the layer. (I do not have CS3 but this should work well.)

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Norman Sanders
Norman Sanders
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March 30, 2018

At the bottom of the Paths panel is s dotted circle. Rest your cursor on it. It says "Load path as a Selection"

caleb5
caleb5Author
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March 30, 2018

I have the same problem when doing this.

caleb5
caleb5Author
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March 31, 2018

After converting the Path to a Selection choose Select > Save Selection and name it.

Then go to the layer where you want to put the selection. Choose Select > Load Selection and choose the one you named.

The Selection will appear on the layer. (I do not have CS3 but this should work well.)


Saving the selection worked.  I converted it to a selection, saved the selection, then deleted the layer where the shape was drawn with the pen tool, then loaded the selection, then copied it.

Thanks very much for your help.

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 30, 2018

Go to the Path palette and convert the path to a selection. There may be other ways.  I no longer have CS3 installed its very old....

JJMack
caleb5
caleb5Author
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March 30, 2018

I drew an outline of what I wanted to select with the pen tool, then used the Path palette to convert the shape to a selection by right clicking on it and click "Make Selection."  It made it a selection, but then when I went to the edit menu, copy was greyed out.  I'm not sure if I am doing this right.  Please watch this video so you can see what I am doing.  I am trying to copy and paste everything that I am outlining with the pen tool.

Photoshop Selection - YouTube

Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 30, 2018

If your intent is to copy the contents inside the selection to another layer (new layer), then go to Layer>New>Layer Via Copy or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+J.

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