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Add screenshot to layer


mikecox

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I had been using the Brush tool but it stopped being active for some reason, while trying to get it active again I pressed a key combination, by mistake, that added a recent screen shot to my layers panel.

I have no idea what combination was but I was so excited to see it happen because it appears to mean that there is a shortcut for loading screenshots into the layer panel of the current image. Can someone tell me what that shortcut is?
 

fredfish

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+1 to IamSam

Did you perhaps simply press Ctrl + v ? Which as I am sure you know is the universal shortcut for paste and if you have a screenshot on the clipboard that would certainly place it as a new layer directly above the currently active layer.

Cheers

John
 
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+1 to @iamsam

did you perhaps simply press ctrl + v ? Which as i am sure you know is the universal shortcut for paste and if you have a screenshot on the clipboard that would certainly place it as a new layer directly above the currently active layer.

Cheers

john


obs!!!!
 

mikecox

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Oh, that's what must have happened!

But I learned something from your response! I was not aware that screenshots went directly to the clipboard. I always went looking for them after I took them. Maybe it's because I rarely use the Screenshot option because I prefer to use Fullshot to capture specific areas of my screen.

Thanks!
 

mikecox

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It was the screenshot clipboard! But thanks for the shortcut link, I bookmarked it.
 

fredfish

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Oh, that's what must have happened!

But I learned something from your response! I was not aware that screenshots went directly to the clipboard. I always went looking for them after I took them. Maybe it's because I rarely use the Screenshot option because I prefer to use Fullshot to capture specific areas of my screen.

Thanks!

No problem - we all have something new to learn!

Cheers

John
 

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