Crop, Copy Visible In the selected region

swamimarti · **Joined:** Jul 03, 2015 **Posts:** 2

GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 7
GIMP Experience: New User

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I am able to hi-lite a selected area with the knife selection tool and / or with the rectangle. The selected area is brighter than the surrounding area. However, I can't copy just the selected area.

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When I select edit and copy visible to a new blank photo, the entire original photo copies, not just the selected area. I am sure I did this successfully before! Help!

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:04 pm **(#2)**

Just use, Edit>Copy.
If you use Edit>Copy Visible, you'll get a copy of everything that is visible.

Note: When using Edit>Copy, this will copy any active selection. Edit>Copy Visible, can't be apply to selections.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

swamimarti wrote:

GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 7
GIMP Experience: New User

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
I am able to hi-lite a selected area with the knife selection tool and / or with the rectangle. The selected area is brighter than the surrounding area. However, I can't copy just the selected area.

List any ERROR messages you received:
When I select edit and copy visible to a new blank photo, the entire original photo copies, not just the selected area. I am sure I did this successfully before! Help!

If the selected area is brighter than the rest , then you are using the wrong tool (Crop tool: :crop

). The rectangle selection is another tool ( :rectsel

) and it just shows a border to mark the selection boundary. And don't forget to confirm the selection ([enter] or click near center).