Macos – Copying part of an image in GIMP

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Using GIMP on Mac OS X (10.9.4), copying part of an image using the select tool ends up copying the whole image instead.

I've selected the part of the image I want to copy with the Rectangle Select Tool. Then I copy it (so far so good). But when I paste it, and then try to move it around, the original image is moved around instead, not the part I want to copy. So it's either copying the whole image or not even copying correctly in the first place.

I've tried both with the main GIMP distribution and the GIMP on Mac OS X version.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

This was located at the GIMP docs website.

"hold down Ctrl+Alt keys and click-and-drag the selection. This makes the original place empty. A floating selection is created. The required key commands may differ on your system, look in the status bar to see if another combination is specified; for example, Shift+Ctrl+Alt."

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