Copying and pasting marquee selections

[Guest]

How do I copy and paste a marquee selection without creating a new layer with every paste?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

You can duplicate the selected area by cmd-alt-click-and-dragging the Selection.

[Guest]

Well that kinda works: I have to keep re-selecting an area, but that will do what I need it to...wish Photoshop had a simple "paste selection" function (not the same as "paste into selection" on Photoshop, which creates a new layer) like Paint Shop Pro.  That works so well but I dislike it when PSP changes the color scheme all the time...I'm trying to use Photoshop more for these simple things......thanks...

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

Well that kinda works: I have to keep re-selecting an area

You can just cmd-alt-drag the Selection from its new area.

Why do you want to avoid the creation of new Layers for the pasted content anyway?

[Guest]

Because when it creates a new layer I can't see where the selected portion is in order to place it properly, then of course I have to flatten the image in order to save it...just too much work really.  And yes that works perfectly, thanks again for your help...always a challenge trying to learn new software when you're used to using something else.  I prefer learning to do things myself but every now and then an issue pops up that baffles me

[c.pfaffenbichler]

If a Selection is active the content should be pasted on a new layer at that position.

In the long run you may want to save the layered files and just save copies (jpg, png, …) off of that as necessary.