Re: Copy and paste without creating new layer

"Fred" <jabba@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> Is there a simple way to copy and paste within the same picture
>> without creating a new layer?
>> I'm currently doing a mundane task via repeatedly cycling thru 'copy,
>> past, flatten image'.
>> Thanks
>> Tony
>>
>
> I don't think that's possible.
> But just paste as a new layer (CTRL-V) and merge down (CTRL-E)
> Can be done in 0.2 secs.

stop saying that
it has been  a feature of PS as long as I can remember (version 4.0)

select
hold alt and ctrl>>>>hold mouse button down and drag
done