Having trouble copying and pasting a group.

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JustD
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Having trouble copying and pasting a group.

Postby JustD » Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:24 am

So when I paste the group it has some white fill in the area the object isn't. So when I try to layer things it ends up looking like this...
Screen Shot 2012-02-17 at 5.19.08 PM.png
This is what happens!!!
Screen Shot 2012-02-17 at 5.19.08 PM.png (8.39 KiB) Viewed 946 times
... what am I doing wrong?? is there a setting for this or something?

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prkos
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Re: Having trouble copying and pasting a group.

Postby prkos » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:23 pm

Do you have a white rectangle inside the group?

Are you making a bitmap copy instead of copying objects? How exactly are you making the copy?
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Re: Having trouble copying and pasting a group.

Postby ~suv » Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:11 pm

JustD wrote: ... what am I doing wrong?? is there a setting for this or something?

Are you using a Mac? If so, change the pasteboard settings for X11 as described here: Re: Mac Snow Leopard?


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