VIDEOGRAPHICS LAB USER GUIDE
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Performing a paste operation
Once the Clipboard contains an image, either from Video Paint or any other
image editor, you can paste it into an edit window. To do this, click the
Paste button on the Standard toolbar or Edit: Paste
[CTRL+V]. Images are
pasted at the same location they were cut or copied from. If the pasted
image was from a frame or other image larger than the active frame, then
the image is pasted at the top left corner of the current view.
Another option for pasting is the Edit: Paste - Selection Under Pointer
command. This pastes the image with the center of the image anchored to
your mouse pointer. Clicking anywhere within the edit window anchors the
image on that particular spot. The advantage of this command is that you
can position the pasted image without having to keep your finger on the
mouse button, providing greater freedom of movement.
Pasting masks
When you paste an image, it contains a selection area (mask) plus the
contents of the area itself (the image data). In Video Paint, you can choose
to paste only the mask without any image data by clicking Edit: Paste - As
Mask or Mask Under Pointer. After pasting, all you will see is the
selection marquee which now selects a portion of the active image. This is
useful if you wish to copy a selection area over multiple frames so that it
selects the same area each time.
Duplicating changes over frames
The Cut and Copy are useful for duplicating changes from one frame to
another. Often, however, you will want to duplicate changes over several
frames, even over several seconds. To do this, Video Paint provides the
Duplicate commands which work by duplicating your last edits. To
duplicate your edits to a new frame, first select the frame containing the
edits from the Filmstrip panel and then click either the Edit: Duplicate
Last Floating Selection [
CTRL+K] or Duplicate Last Paint Layer
[
CTRL+L]. Duplicate Last Floating Selection places a copy of the last