The cursor changes to a cross with an arrow.

Lifting the stylus selects the area.

• To copy the contents from the current layer only, flick toward this icon (or press Cmd+C for Mac or Ctrl+C for PC ).
• To copy the merged contents from all layers, select Edit > Copy Merged .
• To paste, flick toward this icon (or for Mac, press Cmd+V or for PC , press Ctrl+V ).
  NoteTo paste the copied area to a different layer or another application, go to the other layer or application before pasting.

The cursor changes to a lasso.

Lifting the stylus selects the area.

To copy the merged contents from all layers, select Edit > Copy merged .

(Otherwise, the layer pastes onto itself.)