> If I create a selection, then copy and paste, why isn't the result a new layer? Why is it something floating? I don't get that. Without having been exposed t

> If I create a selection, then copy and paste, why isn't the result a new layer? Why is it something floating? I don't get that. Without having been exposed to other paint programs, this seems reasonable to me. You said it yourself, you create a selection, then copy / paste. So why would the result be a new layer? You didn't copy a layer, you copied a selection. And this way you can either anchor it into the same layer (which I often do) or decide that it should be a new layer and get the result you're expecting.