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Hi everyone
I've got a slow period at work so thought I'd swat up on some Photoshop tutorials. Probably a silly question but I came acorss one guy's tutorial who did command J to create a new layer from a selection he'd made, I've always done copy and paste which also creates a new layer of my selection. I admit there are less keys to press with command J but is there any difference between doing that and copy and paste? Have I been doing something wrong all these years or just doing it the long way? haha
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No difference.
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No difference when copying a selection but it is different when copying a smart object layer.
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Great thanks both, from googling there didn't seem to be any difference.
As for copying smart layers, should I use command J then?
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That depends on what you want.
Command J makes a duplicate that is linked to the original which means if you edit one the other is also changed.
By copying and pasting you create a duplicate that is independent of the original. Editing one does not change the other.
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Great thanks Ronald, that's very helpful indeed
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You're welcome