screen area and paste an image into the selection. You can move the
pasted image within the selection to adjust the area that you see.
You can paste transparent objects into opaque images, or opaque
objects into transparent images. The background of the image deter-
mines the opacity of the pasted selection.
To paste into a selection
1
Place an object or selection on the Clipboard by choosing Edit >
Copy or Edit > Cut.
2
Make a selection in an image (or a channel mask), and choose
Edit > Paste Into. The Clipboard contents appear in the selection.
3
You can drag the pasted item or press the arrow keys on the key-
board to move it, to display the areas you want to see. When you fin-
ish adjusting the selection, deselect it to merge it into the image.
Floating and moving selections
You can move and manipulate a selection without affecting the origi-
nal image by making it a floating selection.
When a selection is floating, it sits on an invisible plane above the
original image. When you type text in an image, or paste an object
from the Clipboard, Canvas makes the text or pasted item a floating
selection.
Moving a selection that is part of the original image creates a floating
selection, but also leaves behind an area filled with the background
color.
Object with a symbol fill ink
Feathered selection
Object pasted into selection
Tip
To float a selection and fill
behind it with the background
color, hold down Option (Mac)
or Alt (Windows) and choose
Image > Select > Float.