Hey all... I have an issue that has me puzzled. Below are three scenarios. The third presents the problem, but also my preferred method to accomplish what I need to do. Does anybody know what's going on here?Scenario one:I have file 'A' open. I click and drag file 'B' into file 'A', creating a new layer.No issue with blending.Scenario two:I have file 'A' open. I open 'file 'B'.I copy a layer from file 'B' and paste into file 'A', creating a new layer.No issue with blending.Scenario three:I have file 'A' open. I highlight and copy (CMD+C) file 'B'I paste (CMD+V) into file 'A'.Strange ghosting/outline around the pasted content. (Help!)

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Copying and pasting into a file shows ghosting/outline

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April 18, 2022
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Hey all... I have an issue that has me puzzled. Below are three scenarios. The third presents the problem, but also my preferred method to accomplish what I need to do. Does anybody know what's going on here?

Scenario one:

I have file 'A' open.
I click and drag file 'B' into file 'A', creating a new layer.
No issue with blending.

Scenario two:

I have file 'A' open.
I open 'file 'B'.
I copy a layer from file 'B' and paste into file 'A', creating a new layer.
No issue with blending.

Scenario three:

I have file 'A' open.
I highlight and copy (CMD+C) file 'B'
I paste (CMD+V) into file 'A'.
Strange ghosting/outline around the pasted content. (Help!)

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War Unicorn

Community Expert

My first thought at issues like this: Video/GPU drivers. (They're usually the root cause.)

Out of curiosity, have you tried disabling GPU accleration via Preferences > Performance > Graphics Processor Settings and uncheck "Use Graphics Processor"? (Similarly, try "Deactivate Native Canvas" under Technology Previews.)

Michael Bullo

Community Expert

Have you tried a good old reset of the Preferences?

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HenbonesAuthor

Participant

@Michael Bullo I did reset. No luck.

Michael Bullo

Community Expert

Can you please tell us more about file B?
- Single or multi layered?
- PSD, JPG, TIFF...?
- Contains layers with Blending Modes?
- etc...

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HenbonesAuthor

Participant

@Michael Bullo
File B
- PSD (Until I save as .png)
- Single Layer

-pasting in PNG

- All layers =

Michael Bullo

Community Expert

Sorry but I don't understand. Are you saving a multi-layered PSD file as a PNG and then copying that?

Do you know about Copy Merged within the Edit menu? This will copy everything within a selection across all layers.

J E L

Community Expert

Hi @Henbones. All methods are working okay for me. Instead of copy and paste, what happens if you have both files A and B open, and then duplicate A as a layer and choose Destination Document as B? Does any ghosting appear?

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HenbonesAuthor

Participant

@J E L I will definitely check.

Though this is part of a generative project, so I'm kind of stuck needing scenario 3 to work. The files/layers are going to be pressed at the end ine of generation.

I though it may have something to do with a Gaussian blur used to finish each layer - but it doesn't make sense that the paste behavior would be different. (To me, anyway)

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